this can be a very touchy subject and i agree that it is personally up to the parents as to what they decide, i do not judge either way.

my ds (5) is done, we had him done when he was still in hospital (24hrs after birth) and there were no problems, apparently it is easy to get them done if you are at a private hospital and the public hospitals don't routinely do them. we asked the midwife and our ob for all the fors and againsts and decided as dh was done we will get our son done.

i also asked around heaps when i was prg, i found in my circle of friends those that worked in the "medical profession" ie nurses etc, alot of their sons were done, i also asked the sonographer when she was doing my 18wk scan if she had a son and if he was done she said yes - i asked alot lol.

we have had absoulately no problems whatsover and alot of my friends with sons are now wishing they had it done as a few of their boys have had quite alot of infections and problems.

so there you go thats my point of view - if we are lucky to have another child and it is a boy we will also get him done but i must say the guilt i felt in getting him done was quite hard to get over but in saying that i feel we made the best decision for our son and our family