I have one question for you guys, how hard is using a condom with the foreskin? 

I am with L2A.  After reading here, and watching that one video where they show a baby getting it done, I don't think I am going to do it either. 

Hey, L2A and everybody else, a piece of info I just found out on another website.  I was researching circumcision, and found out that here in the US, it is no longer covered by insurance and it costs about $450 and that has to come out of your pocket.  The consider it a cosmetic procedure.

So if nothing else, that looks like a good reason to me to not get it done, since I can't seem to find any  good reasons to get it done.

Okay, so I guess it depends on your insurance company. 

I have one question for you guys, how hard is using a condom with the foreskin? 

I have to concur with r0b0t I can't recall ever having an issue using a condom. Also, though I've never run into this problem, I don't think I would be interested in a serious relationship with a women who judged me for being intact its kind of superficial and best that I know that before investing too much of my time, just my thought on that.

Ours will actually be covered if we get it done in the hospital (I called to double check because I had heard that same thing).
I still think we're not going to do it!

Hey, L2A and everybody else, a piece of info I just found out on another website.  I was researching circumcision, and found out that here in the US, it is no longer covered by insurance and it costs about $450 and that has to come out of your pocket.  The consider it a cosmetic procedure.

So if nothing else, that looks like a good reason to me to not get it done, since I can't seem to find any  good reasons to get it done.

Actually, to my knowledge insurance coverage is hit and miss because circumcision is not medically necessary. For example Medicaid does not cover circumcisions in the following states: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, and Washington while the others do perhaps because the wheels of government turn slowly.

In any event congratulations to both L2A and SnowQueen. Be sure to check out www.cirp.org if you have questions there is a lot of good information there like: www.cirp.org/library/normal/ or www.cirp.org/library/hygiene/ Also useful would be www.nocirc.org/publish or even  www.aap.org/publiced/br_uncircumcised.htm  Good Luck. :)

It is really a personal thing.  Since I had my son at home, I didn't take him in to have healthy tissue cut off of his body...I have never done anything "special" hygiene wise and he has never had any issues. 

I do think that the procedure is done with out anesthetic, which just seems cruel.  My son will soon be seven, so I haven't researched it in a while....I think at the time around 50% were not having it done.  So if you are concerned about him feeling "different", there will probably be a lot of other intact boys/eventually men in his age bracket.

Circumcision seems normal in the US. In some countries girls are circumcised and we freak out about how awful that is but ironically we do the same thing to the boys here.

I guess that an intact penis "feels" better to the man and his partner...and supposedly helps prevent problems such as impotence or loss of sensation on the head...um, is this tmi...lol, I used to research this a lot, can you tell?

Its really up to you and your family. I'm sure whatever you decide will be fine.  Did you have Noah circumcised?  Do you think it would matter to the boys if one was and one wasn't?

The process of a male being circumisized is totally different than a female being circumsized. When a male is circumsized just the foreskin is taken off when they are a newborn and too  young to remember when they are older. When a female is cicumsized, she is held against her will when she is usually about four to eight years old usually and her clitoris is cut off, sometimes along with her labia and sometimes even more cruel things are done. I don't know about anyone else, but its not really a fair comparison

If you are looking for any info on circumcision, I would recommend checking out my group:
http://www.cafemom.com/group/13109/
I was with my sons when they were circumcised and they honestly didn't feel a thing. Here is a video link of a (modern) circumcision if it would help:

If a mother has her daughter's labia cut off, it would help for local anaesthetic to be used, but it wouldn't make it right.

That's a pro-circumcision group, so only really worth checking out if you want pro-circumcision information.  In common with most other pro-circ forums, they don't allow anyone to present opposing points of view.  On their front page, they say
We do not want to debate whether this procedure is "right" or "wrong".

Says it all really.  (anti-circ forums generally allow pro-circers to comment, and debate with them).

If anyone's going to check that out, then they should also check out this group for the opposing view:
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/

Or better still, why not see what the medical organisations say:
American Academy of Pediatrics
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;103/3/686
Existing scientific evidence demonstrates potential medical benefits of newborn male circumcision; however, these data are not sufficient to recommend routine neonatal circumcision. In circumstances in which there are potential benefits and risks, yet the procedure is not essential to the child's current well-being, parents should determine what is in the best interest of the child. To make an informed choice, parents of all male infants should be given accurate and unbiased information and be provided the opportunity to discuss this decision.

American Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/clinicalrecs/circumcision.html
Neonatal circumcision is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in the United States. However, little is known about the long-term risks and benefits. There have been few methodologically generalizable prospective studies concerning medical outcomes.

The AAFP Commission on Science has reviewed the literature regarding neonatal circumcision. Evidence from the literature is often conflicting or inconclusive. Most parents base their decision whether or not to have their newborn son circumcised on nonmedical preferences (i.e. religious, ethnic, cultural, cosmetic). The American Academy of Family Physicians recommends physicians discuss the potential harms and benefits of circumcision with all parents or legal guardians considering this procedure for their newborn son.

Canadian Paediatric Society
http://www.cps.ca/english/statements/fn/fn96-01.htm
Recommendation: Circumcision of newborns should not be routinely performed

Canadian Pediatric Society: Information for parents
http://www.cps.ca/caringforkids/pregnancy&babies/circumcision.htm
Circumcision is a "non-therapeutic" procedure, which means it is not medically necessary. Parents who decide to circumcise their newborns often do so for religious, social or cultural reasons. To help make the decision about circumcision, parents should have information about risks and benefits. It is helpful to speak with your baby’s doctor.

RACP Policy Statement on Circumcision
http://www.racp.edu.au/download.cfm?DownloadFile=A453CFA1-2A57-5487-DF36DF59A1BAF527
After extensive review of the literature the Royal Australasian College of Physicians reaffirms that there is no medical indication for routine neonatal circumcision. (their bolding.  The circumcision rate in Australia and New Zealand was over 90% in 1950, so most of the the doctors responsible for this policy will be circumcised themselves, or married to circumcised men.)

British Medical Association: The law and ethics of male circumcision - guidance for doctors
http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/malecircumcision2006?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,circumcision#Circumcisionformedicalpurposes
Circumcision for medical purposes:
to circumcise for therapeutic reasons where medical research has shown other techniques to be at least as effective and less invasive would be unethical and inappropriate.
...
Non-therapeutic male circumcision:
There is a spectrum of views within the BMA’s membership about whether non-therapeutic male circumcision is a beneficial, neutral or harmful procedure or whether it is superfluous, and whether it should ever be done on a child who is not capable of deciding for himself. The medical harms or benefits have not been unequivocally proven but there are clear risks of harm if the procedure is done inexpertly.

National Health Service (UK)
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=649
Many people have strong views about whether circumcision should be carried out or not. It is not routinely performed in the UK because there is no clear clinical evidence to suggest that it is has any medical benefit.