Informed Consent: Circumcision
Published on: 27/05/2024
The side of the conversation you might not have had on circumcision.
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The side of the conversation you might not have had on circumcision.
The side of RhoGAM you didn't hear from your health care practitioners.
I started instinctually swirling my hips. I told my midwife that I was feeling the urge to bear down and asked if I was OK to go ahead. She said if your body is telling you to then go ahead.
I knew at 6 weeks pregnant that I was pregnant with a boy. Maybe it was the masculine energy I felt from him, or the fact that none of the go-to names we had been sitting on for 5+ years felt right.