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However, I had decided to NOT have a baby boy circumcised if I'd had one. For a few reasons. I don't believe some of the negatives from the anti-circ crowd, because some seem silly, however, there are still plenty of good reasons IMO to skip the procedure.

1. It's painful and babies have been through enough. My instinct after birth has always been to hold onto the baby and try to avoid any thin that will create more pain unless it is absolutely needed.
2. I question how great the benefits are when Europe has a very very low circumcision rate and men seem to do OK there.
3. It isn't a flap of skin - it's a fold - and it seems like you wouldn't know how much of that fold would be needed until the kid reached sexual maturity. There is a potential for problems and the problems wouldn't necessarily be seen until sexual maturity, when it might be too late to do much if anything.
4. It seems like he should be allowed to decide and he can't do so at that age.