I wouldn't stress either way about him being the odd one out - I was surprised though in my mother's group of 8 mums and 6 boys, only one of them had not been circumcised. I thought it would be the other way around but most of my friends have had their boys circumcised as well so it is not that uncommon. It doesn't seem to align much with religion here either - I have religious friends who haven't circumcised and non-religious friends who have. I really think it is about personal preference. Mind you, I am in North Queensland which is a long way from Sydney, so it could be a very different story down there.

Personally, I have had my son circumcised and it was a difficult decision and one we ummed and ahhhed about a lot before making the choice. I would say do as much reading as you can on both sides of the fence before making up your mind. Different people will tell you different things but really at the end of the day, only you can know what is right for you. I won't go into what made up our minds because I think it is a very personal decision.

Our experience of having our DS circumcised was a very positive one but there are no so positive experiences out there as well. Our doctor used the plastibell method and it was all over in less than 5 mins. DS let out one cry and then he was fine. I felt terrible afterwards though because he was so little (24 days old) and I wondered if I had done the right thing. It wasn't an easy thing to do but after all is said and done, I am really happy with our decision.

I guess my other main consideration was that I wanted to do the same for all my sons. So far I have one DS and two DDs so it hasn't been an issue but I kind of felt like whatever I did, I wanted to continue. So that might be something else to think about if you have more boys with whichever way you decide to go.

Anyway, I hope that was helpful. Welcome to BB and congratulations on your pregnancy