Circumcision is a very sensitive topic which should be approached with care and consideration of the parent/s views about it. Usually, only males are circumcised and the procedure is mostly done when they’re a newborn baby. The foreskin is a tissue which covers the tip (meatus and glans) of the penis and it gets removed via a surgery. This procedure is elective so if you’re not guided by religion, tradition or culture to make it mandatory. It can become a medical necessity to be circumcised due to various health reasons but readings have stated that it becomes riskier as we age. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has stated that the benefits do outweigh the risks to recommend circumcision but not universally as it is the final choice of the parent/s or caregivers. A circumcised and uncircumcised penis have different physical appearances. We just have to find a way to accept whichever version we have unless we have a means to change it. Do not allow people to body shame you in any way so you have to learn to like and defend yourself. Newborns’ circumcision is a few minutes whereas adults are a hour or more then the healing is a few days. Will my baby feel pain? There may be pain but your baby’s doctors will use medications to help relieve it. You may be wondering what are some of the benefits so here they are: a lower risk of getting urinary tract infections, of sexually transmitted diseases, of penile cancer, of giving females cervical cancer, of balanitis (inflammation of the glans), of balanoposthitis (inflammation of the glans and foreskin), phimosis (unable to retract the foreskin backwards), and paraphimois (unable to extend the foreskin outwards). Some of the risks are excessive bleeding (inform your doctor if any family member has a history of bleeding prior to the surgery), infection, meatitis (inflammation of the opening), and injury. You can prevent some of the things with proper hygiene practices so you as a parent/ caregiver is responsible for teaching your male children how to care for their uncircumcised penis. I do not want my child to get sick requiring medications, sonograms, etc. as this can affect their bladder and kidney functioning. I’ve seen parents/caregivers struggle with a sick male baby with an uncircumcised penis so I would definitely advocate for circumcision based on medical reasons. For me, I feel that it is beneficial and has better health outcomes based on the little research I have done and from witnessing how others have had issues with their uncircumcised babies. My Grandmother said that during her era, some babies who were born at home in Guyana were circumcised as their parent/s granted permission to a Muslim priest to do it. According to the World Health Organization, the rates of circumcision has been declining in USA which comes from records of hospital births.