Originally Posted by stevielynn You are right about personal opinion.
steph
You know, this has got me thinking, and feeling sort of "second-guess"ish about when I state my opinion. I mean, okay, it's not like I am out there campaigning for new parents to leave their boys intact. BUT, if a patient or her husband says to me about a circ "we haven't decided what to do yet. What did you do, and why?" or if they ask me "what do you think?", I respond with the honest way that I feel. I say "I didn't circ. my son based on the research showing that there was no strong medical need. That combined with years of seeing the procedure done and seeing how much pain the babies go through made the decision easy for me." Perhaps, though, I need to just leave the way *I* feel about it out if it, even if they ask. Like, maybe I need to fudge it and tell them something neutral. I don't know... it seems like a personal opinion was asked for, so I give it. But this has me wondering if I need to be adament about keeping it to myself.
It's an interesting issue--sort of like names. If parents are deciding which name to name their child and they throw options at me, I hesitate to offer my opinion because it's so personal.
I don't know... I guess I'm just pondering out loud!
To tell the truth I did that on purpose because I think they need all the information. Especially about pain relief . . . I want them to know when that one particular doc takes their son for his circ, their son won't be medicated. 
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