our hospital was respectful. and the "new born booklet" they gave us even had a blurb about "deciding whether to circumcise" that was shockingly "progressive". (it had a pro/con list, and one of the cons was that it "might lead to reduced sexual pleasure in adulthood". i shit you not). it also said "uncircumcised is the default in most of the world". and yet... they asked us 5 or 6 different times though the course of our 2 day stay (different nurses). one of them even said "well, it is neither necessary nor recommended, so no problem there." again, they were all cool about it... but the number of times they asked was disconcerting. like... if they do a shift change, and i don't make it known to the new nurse, are they just going to absent mindedly slice his foreskin off? is there a mohel hiding in the corner? wtf!?  we also refused to let them take the baby out of the room. pediatrician wanted to do her check-up in the nursery. no, come in the room or don't do it.
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