My husband is Jewish, although I am not. I totally respect his religion, and when we had a baby boy I had no hesitation in his wishes for him to be circumsized. Although I come from a Christian background... my father and both of my brothers are circumsized.

I had discussed circumcision with my ob - and he was totally fine about it and said that he would find a surgeon if we needed one. When I later mentioned that my husband would like a Rabbi to do it - my ob said that the mohel (rabbi's that do the circumcisions) - do heaps of them, and are probably more experienced than any surgeon. He said that it is completely safe.

I had witnessed the brit (circumcision) of a friends boy.... so I was prepared for it.
Jewish tradition is that the the brit is performed on the 8th day after birth. And the Rabbi comes to our house to do it. Many Jews have a big 'party' but we chose to just have my parents there. As I was not Jewish, it was difficult to find a Rabbi willing to perform a brit on a boy that is essentially 'not Jewish'... but we found a lovely Rabbi who understood our situation.

It was over in seconds... and Shaun used to cry more when he used to have a bath or get his nappy changed. We gave him his bottle immediately after the brit, and he was quite content. It was a lot less traumatic then I thought it would be.

The Rabbi did a great job, and he checked and redressed it a couple of days later. A week later the little bandage was soaked off, and there has never been any problems.

I would not be fussed either way if my husband was not Jewish. I think it's a personal decision and no-one should be judged - regardless of their reason for doing it.