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KennysMommy
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Danielle
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
We did it twice! (we had to have it redone because they didn't take enough!)
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jennyal
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
Posted by ABCiverson
I did with my first son but not my second son.
can i ask why you did one and not the other? I'm askin bc 1st DS was done at birth and for my 2nd who is 4 months now isnt bc he has a webbed penis (too much scrotum skin) so they will have to do a surgery, but that scares me...
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:35 PM |
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Richmar00
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
I have a daughter and if I have a son one day, I am unsure what I will do. I guess that I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. :)
I am not a MD or expert, however, I do have experience working with a physician who specialized in Human Papilloma Virus infections. Highly, highly contagious (even condoms don't prevent the spread). This is what causes cervical cancer in women. This being said - the HPV virus is not as followed in the male population.
Men who are uncircumcised have a greater risk of
penile cancer and a greater risk of catching sexually transmitted diseases. I wouldn't go so far as to say that this is a medical reason for circumcision, but I'd like to throw this information out since I know about it.
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:40 PM |
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LeShellem
A new beginning
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
We did not. DH isn't so DS isn't either.
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:44 PM |
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itsbabytime
LIF Adult
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
We did and, honestly, I didn't think twice about it for a number of reasons. I can honestly say that IRL I do not know one person in my family or circle of friends that has not circumsiced their child. Nor have I ever had this discussion (should I or shouldn't I with anyone).
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:47 PM |
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Erica
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
Posted by BriBri2u
I left the decision up to DH to make.
There was no hesitation on his part to go ahead with it.
This was my DH too. I figured he had the parts and I was evenly on the fence.
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:48 PM |
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itsbabytime
LIF Adult
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
Posted by Richmar00
I have a daughter and if I have a son one day, I am unsure what I will do. I guess that I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. :)
I am not a MD or expert, however, I do have experience working with a physician who specialized in Human Papilloma Virus infections. Highly, highly contagious (even condoms don't prevent the spread). This is what causes cervical cancer in women. This being said - the HPV virus is not as followed in the male population.
Men who are uncircumcised have a greater risk of
penile cancer and a greater risk of catching sexually transmitted diseases. I wouldn't go so far as to say that this is a medical reason for circumcision, but I'd like to throw this information out since I know about it.
Yes, I have heard this and manyt other things. what is the reason for not doing it?
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:48 PM |
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itsbabytime
LIF Adult
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
Posted by kerrycec03
Posted by annoyedTTCer
Not sure if its because of beliefs or because insurance doesn't pay for it.
Just FYI, DH and my insurance covers it. In fact most do.
I have never heard of an insuracne company not covering this 
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:50 PM |
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bluekat16
My boys :-)
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
Before having DS#1 I would've said absolutely 100% not matter what I has having my son cricumsized. While we did elect to have DS#1 circumsized when asked in the hospital he did not get circumsized because he was diagnosed with hypospadeas. It turned out he had a very mild case and if we wanted to we could've just had him circumsized at 8 months. We opted to go with the advice of our pediatruc urologist and not do it. It would've been purely for aesthetic reasons and I didn't want him to go under general anesthesia.
That being said i'm pregnant with DS#2 currently and if he can be circumsized we will have it done, but if it can't be done we would make the same decision we did with DS#1.
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:53 PM |
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DRMom
Two in Blue
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
We did, but in retrospect would probably not again. As Goldenrod said, it is elective surgery. I know in our case they did a horrible job as well. They don't look cleanly cut at all. Our pediatrician actually tol dus that oen of our sons got a 1/2 circ and we should only pay 1/2 our bill
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:53 PM |
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LINewbie
Tigger the the Rescue!
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
We went round and round but did so in the end, mainly for health reasons. they numb and newborns forget pain like that very quickly.
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:58 PM |
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Richmar00
LIF Infant
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
Posted by itsbabytime
Posted by Richmar00
I have a daughter and if I have a son one day, I am unsure what I will do. I guess that I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. :)
I am not a MD or expert, however, I do have experience working with a physician who specialized in Human Papilloma Virus infections. Highly, highly contagious (even condoms don't prevent the spread). This is what causes cervical cancer in women. This being said - the HPV virus is not as followed in the male population.
Men who are uncircumcised have a greater risk of
penile cancer and a greater risk of catching sexually transmitted diseases. I wouldn't go so far as to say that this is a medical reason for circumcision, but I'd like to throw this information out since I know about it.
Yes, I have heard this and manyt other things. what is the reason for not doing it?
There is no medical reason not to do circumcision that I know of.
Penile cancer is rare, but it is out there. Girls are getting the HPV vax now, but as far as I know, boys aren't. I'm sure that some parents will choose not to vaccinate their daughters. For someone who's on the fence about circumcision, it's important to just have all of the information that's out there.
There are increased risks with not being circumcised. It's important to be aware that these boys will have to be taught proper hygiene and as always - be taught about safe sex practices.
Hard to think about now because they're babies - but they will grow up before we know it :)
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:58 PM |
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
We did just because my brother when he turned 16 was suffering from a ton of problems from it and had it done, and he was in such terrible pain afterward.
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:58 PM |
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angelbear217
Mommy of 2
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Lisa
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
We did. I left the decision up to DH. His response was I want my son to look like me. So I guess that was his reason.
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:58 PM |
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annoyedTTCer
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
Posted by Richmar00
I have a daughter and if I have a son one day, I am unsure what I will do. I guess that I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. :)
I am not a MD or expert, however, I do have experience working with a physician who specialized in Human Papilloma Virus infections. Highly, highly contagious (even condoms don't prevent the spread). This is what causes cervical cancer in women. This being said - the HPV virus is not as followed in the male population.
Men who are uncircumcised have a greater risk of
penile cancer and a greater risk of catching sexually transmitted diseases. I wouldn't go so far as to say that this is a medical reason for circumcision, but I'd like to throw this information out since I know about it.
How common is penile cancer?
And aren't most struck with it much older and from a time when circumcision was over 80%
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| Posted 8/18/11 2:59 PM |
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ABCiverson
<3 my family
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
Posted by jennyal
Posted by ABCiverson
I did with my first son but not my second son.
can i ask why you did one and not the other? I'm askin bc 1st DS was done at birth and for my 2nd who is 4 months now isnt bc he has a webbed penis (too much scrotum skin) so they will have to do a surgery, but that scares me...
Honestly, I was young and just assumed it had to be done with my first son. My DH and I never even discussed it. The doctor walked in the room and said it was time and took him. My first son passed away and I always felt bad that I put him through pain during his short life that was completely unnecessary. It was 6 years later that my DH and I discussed what to do if our team green baby was a boy. We read everything we could find and in the end saw no reason to do it again. I would never do it again.
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| Posted 8/18/11 3:00 PM |
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Richmar00
LIF Infant
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
Posted by annoyedTTCer
Posted by Richmar00
I have a daughter and if I have a son one day, I am unsure what I will do. I guess that I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. :)
I am not a MD or expert, however, I do have experience working with a physician who specialized in Human Papilloma Virus infections. Highly, highly contagious (even condoms don't prevent the spread). This is what causes cervical cancer in women. This being said - the HPV virus is not as followed in the male population.
Men who are uncircumcised have a greater risk of
penile cancer and a greater risk of catching sexually transmitted diseases. I wouldn't go so far as to say that this is a medical reason for circumcision, but I'd like to throw this information out since I know about it.
How common is penile cancer?
And aren't most struck with it much older and from a time when circumcision was over 80%
Penile cancer is rare.
Here is the link to the American Cancer Society. I don't want to write any information that might be erroneous :)
Penile Cancer Information
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| Posted 8/18/11 3:07 PM |
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steph4777
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Member since 5/05 11726 total posts
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Stephanie
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
We did not. I left the decision up to DH and he didn't feel it was medically necessary.
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| Posted 8/18/11 3:10 PM |
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JDandMe
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
Posted by annoyedTTCer
Posted by kerrycec03
Posted by annoyedTTCer
Not sure if its because of beliefs or because insurance doesn't pay for it.
Just FYI, DH and my insurance covers it. In fact most do.
A lot of insurance companies don't pay because it is a cosmetic procedure.
Humana, Cigna and BCBC are three firms that come to mind for not having blanket coverage of it. Also I believe Medicaid doesn't cover it.
My OB makes everyone sign paperwork stating they understand many ins co no longer cover it and that you agree to be responsible for the several hundred dollar fee.
BCBS and Cigna do cover circumsicions. DS was born in '09 and I never signed any such paper work about ins. companies and coverage. Three of my friends had sons this year and none of them had been given that paperwork either.
All of our DS's circ were covered by various ins. companies 100%.
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TTCbaby
Twin mommies are twice as nice
Member since 4/08 1861 total posts
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J
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
Posted by SweetTooth
We did, I left it up to DH and he wanted it done, so we got it done. There were no issues with it at all for DS.
same with us. Dh wanted it done, that was it. My ob was quite proud of the job he did I was right outside the door and ran to DS as soon as it was over and he was 100% fine.
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
Posted by annoyedTTCer
Posted by kerrycec03
Posted by annoyedTTCer
Not sure if its because of beliefs or because insurance doesn't pay for it.
Just FYI, DH and my insurance covers it. In fact most do.
A lot of insurance companies don't pay because it is a cosmetic procedure.
Humana, Cigna and BCBC are three firms that come to mind for not having blanket coverage of it. Also I believe Medicaid doesn't cover it.
My OB makes everyone sign paperwork stating they understand many ins co no longer cover it and that you agree to be responsible for the several hundred dollar fee.
BCBS does cover it
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| Posted 8/18/11 3:16 PM |
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When we found out DC#2 was a  I addressed my concern over circumsizing. My husband wanted it done. I said lets each do our own research and talk about this in a week. In the end I'll support YOUR decision since I don't have one, but I want you to do the research as well. 1 week later we met and he said there was NO WAY we were doing it. For us it's an elective procedure that doesn't need to be done. It does not play a role in our religion so that wasn't a factor for us. Since some things were wrote about I just want to add that not a SINGLE pediatric, Obstetrical, or Neonatal Academy in the world supports circumsizing. The AAP is the only one that states the do not have a position on it and it is up to the parent, but the others are against it. There have been studies done and there is no proof that circumsizing decreases sexualy transmitted diseases, or cancers. We all grew up witha lot of medical myths and a lot of these are. Like I said unless it was for religious reasons we would not choose to do that.
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carlowlou
loving my babies!
Member since 4/08 4594 total posts
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
We did not circumcise DS. DH is not and has never had a problem so I really saw no need to do it to DS. I think being uncirc'd is becoming much more common in this country so DS being "different" did not factor into our decision.
One thing I thought was odd though...in the hospital I must have been asked about 10000 times by every dr and nurse if he was being circ'd. They never really commented on it but they did ask. I was kind of taken aback that so many of them asked me. I figured once I said no thanks, they would write it on some chart and I wouldnt hear about it again. In fact, one of the nursery nurses said something like, "oh he is the one that is uncirc'd" I was like you've never had an uncirc'd baby here before???
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| Posted 8/18/11 3:41 PM |
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maybesoon
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
We did for ds1 and I regretted it. Then we got pregnant with ds2. I did not want to do it but a few male obs in my practice felt it wouldn't be fair if the kids were different, someone will be mad!
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| Posted 8/18/11 4:20 PM |
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VanderZwang
LIF Adolescent
Member since 2/11 740 total posts
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Gail
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Re: Circumsizing - not as popular?
Posted by Richmar00
I am not a MD or expert, however, I do have experience working with a physician who specialized in Human Papilloma Virus infections. Highly, highly contagious (even condoms don't prevent the spread). This is what causes cervical cancer in women. This being said - the HPV virus is not as followed in the male population.
Just to be clear, condoms DO prevent HPV. The problem is a condom does not cover all the mans genital area, so it still CAN be spread. You chances ar MUCH lower with a condom.
And If I has a son I would get a circ, no question. One being the exact above reason.
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