This is one of those decisions that is so hard to make, and at the end of the day there just might not be a "right" answer. Certainly the medical profession can't even agree so what hope do we have!

We decided to have DS1 done - using the plasitbel as has been mentioned above for mainly similar reasons to Mel - decreased risk of UTI etc and needing to have it done later. The thing that swayed us more than anything was having a close friend who needed to have it done as an older child after he developed problems. He still remembers how painful that was and is a strong advocate of circumsing babies as a result.

One of my main concerns about having it done (after I found out that the plastibel method was basically pain free), was about DS being different from other boys given the low circ rate. My mind was also eased somewhat on this count by a school teacher in our ante-natal class who said that more than half of the younger kids at her school were done (aparently boys talk about it!) although fewer than half of the older ones were. So it appears to be getting more popular again.

Having said that though, since having DS1, and then DS2 done, most of the boys I have come across seem not to have been done. So now I am not sure whether we did the right thing. Certainly neither boy seemed to feel pain and neither has had any problems since, so fomr that pov it's all good. So I guess we just wait and see what happens at school.

As I said, a difficult decision. And a very personal one.