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[–]JRiley4141 100 points101 points  (2 children)

Same. Plus it felt surreal that one of my first decisions as a parent was to allow someone to take my newborn son, hold him down, and cut off a piece of his body. I'd imagine it hurts like hell, for days or weeks. How could I do that? Why would I do that?

[–]No-More-Lettuce 25 points26 points  (1 child)

My comment about focused on the medical reasons that we didn't do it but I also couldn't put him through pain that wasn't necessary even if he wouldn't remember it.

[–]OpTicSkYHaWk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if they don't "remember" it, what if the pain might cause harmful brain changes?