Thank you Natalie. My thoughts exactly. I would never criticise anyone for not circing, but that statement regarding trauma is definitely not true. I have seen both my sons go through it and they were fine. As a mother I would know if they were distressed. And like Natalie, I would never have done it again if there was any doubt about my first son being fine. In both cases a lot of local anaesthetic cream was applied first so why would there be pain? And as for shock, the most distressing thing for my first son seemed to be having his nappy taken off! As I have mentioned previously, I know of boys who had to have it done later in life and I believe that is far more likely to cause trauma. To each his own, but I'd hate for anyone to mistakenly think that we have put our boys though pain, shock and trauma.