Julie: Well, the doctor just took him and I didn’t think much about it, and I don’t think I knew what was really going on. I just did what my culture and society did according to my knowledge base and what everyone in my family had done.ĬW: What do you remember about the time before and after the procedure? I do remember the doctor coming in and saying “It’s not a necessary procedure, are you sure you want to do it?” and I just said, “Yeah, we’ll do it.” I figured it’s just what you do and followed the trend.
Julie: To me it was kind of like, maybe cultures farther away don’t do it, but here in America we do it.
She agreed to talk with me about her experience and how she and her husband made both decisions.ĬW: Tell me about how you made the decision to have your first son circumcised. Her older son was circumcised, and her younger son was not. Julie (name changed for privacy) is a 40-year-old mother of two boys, ages 11 and 7. The first explores circumcision in general and tells the story of my first experience with it as a nursing student, and how I counsel expectant parents now as a midwife.
This is the second post in the series on circumcision.
