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| Title=Thinking back I was so stupid... | Text=I will start by saying I do not remember where I learned about circumcision. It may have been when I was a candy striper in pomona valley hospital at 13 years old. That would be around 1991 I guess. I worked on labor and delivery and I remember walking by a room with windows and a doctor had 2 babies strapped to boards side by side. I remember one of the babies was a girl though. To this day I dont understand what I saw as I walked by. I knew what he was doing to the boy but not the girl.
Flash forward to december of 2002 I was pregnant with my first boy. My daughters were 6 and 3. I had checked into rehab and found out I was barely pregnant with my son in may of that year. I was finally trying to get my life together and would be a single mom still. The absolute only thing I knew about having a boy was that you were supposed to get him circumcised. I really believed that. After I had him in the hospital and before they sent me home to rehab with all 3 of my kids, I asked about circumcision. Now, thinking back i am betting that the nurse was against it. I wish she had said something. Instead she told me that medical no longer pays for it because it is considered cosmetic. I was so confused. Then she gave me the name and number if a doctor and told me that he charges $100 and it had to be done by 10 days old. I made the appointment for my sons 10th day on earth. Thinking back I was so stupid that I really didnt realize that what was about to happen was going to hurt my baby.
Recently i started to speak about it to my now 16 year old son. One day he came home with his 4 friends he always hangs out with and he tells me that they are all intact and anti-circ. He says he isnt upset about being circumcised but he wishes he could have experienced having a foreskin because he cant go back and experience both. My infant son is 5 months old now and his foreskin hasnt attacked him yet. I cant believe that I was ever so brainwashed. I also want to add that my mother was completely pro-circ and my daughter made her sit down and watch American circumcision. After that I did my birthday fundraiser on facebook for bloodstained men. The next day I noticed I had met my goal. My mom had donated the full amount and thanked me for opening her eyes to such an important issue.
| Source=Rebecca Sanders
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