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JennCo
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
For us, it was a very easy decision. For one, my DH is jewish and although we didn't have a bris, it was somethng that he felt he wanted his son to have and I supported it. Secondly, we've been to bris's before where they do it in front of you and the baby cries for a minute and then that's it....DH was there when they did DS and said the same thing. They came to the room with DS right afterwards and he was fine.
No regrets.
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
Posted by MaMaTeenie
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Posted by JDubs
We will be circumcising our DS. I'm just scared because I'm reading all these stories where parents had to get the circumcision re-done since it wasn't done correctly in the first place. Does the pediatrician do this?
It's not always bec it wasn't done correctly. Sometimes the parents don't take care of it properly afterwards and it could reattach and then would have to be done again. Just make sure you follow the aftercare instructions that they give you and he should be fine. 
And not necessarily at the fault of the parents, but many people are not told to pull the skin down during diaper changes to keep it from reattaching.
So true! I had two nurses in the hospital tell me not to pull the skin down (I received so much conflicting information while I was in the hospital but that is a whole different rant!). Sure enough when I took DS for his first ped appointment it was already starting to semi stick and she told me I had to do it. I have been and there have been no issues since.
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
Posted by ArmyOfBabies
If this is a boy he will be. It would never cross my mind not to do it.
This for me
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ABCiverson
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
I circumcised my first son. Never even thought about NOT doing it. He passed away at 4 months old (SIDS baby) and it broke my heart knowing I put him through unneeded pain in his short little life. I researched it while pregnant with DS#2 and watched a video of it being done. I will never allow anyone to cut off a piece of my sons penis ever again. God made him perfect. No need to "fix" him. I won't allow anyone to cut my daughters so I see no reason to allow anyone to cut my sons. There is no hygiene issues. No extra maintenance.
This Facebook page has a lot of information on the subject:
Saving Sons
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cantwait84
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
we are doing it. appartently my ob uses another ob to do the circ's who is also a moyle.
i had a relative, who kept getting infections and ended up getting circumcised at around 40 years old. obviously thats not the norm, but it just sways me ever so slightly since he is family and ended up having do it later in life.
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MrsS2005
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
I'm Jewish so we did this for religious reasons.
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
Posted by MrsS2005
I'm Jewish so we did this for religious reasons.
I have a serious question....I am not Jewish and I hear this a lot. It's for religious reasons and I know it is a very big thing in your religion, but why? I seriously mean no disrespect. In making my decison on if we would or not I found that the circu. of the past is NOT what we do now. What we have evolved to is not at all like the OT circ. Is it more of tradition? Could you explain it to me.
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
I have another question.....for the pp's who said it was quick and the baby was fine.....how do you know? I am 29 years old and if I break my leg it hurts but I can communicate that, if my 2yr old breaks her leg she can communicate the pain, but if my 5month old breaks his leg all he can do is cry. He is crying and I don't know why....does his leg hurt, is he hungry, is he wet. That's my point. How can anybody say it is not that bad. For those of you doing it, again not being snarky AT ALL, have you seen a circum? I suggest you watch it. Not to sway you, but because I would bet you would research any procedure your dc had done,a nd this is no differnt IMHO.
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
Posted by DiamondGirl
We did. Daddy is, so son is, just worked that way for us. I see nothing wrong with not having a boy circumcised though.
Same for us.
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RocPin
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
Posted by medic6809
I have another question.....for the pp's who said it was quick and the baby was fine.....how do you know? I am 29 years old and if I break my leg it hurts but I can communicate that, if my 2yr old breaks her leg she can communicate the pain, but if my 5month old breaks his leg all he can do is cry. He is crying and I don't know why....does his leg hurt, is he hungry, is he wet. That's my point. How can anybody say it is not that bad. For those of you doing it, again not being snarky AT ALL, have you seen a circum? I suggest you watch it. Not to sway you, but because I would bet you would research any procedure your dc had done,a nd this is no differnt IMHO.
I know you say you are not trying to be snarky or sway anyones decision but your questions and comments above say otherwise.
Lets try to keep this topic civil for once. Everyone is entitled to their own choice and opinion, how about we just respect that? To each their own.
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
We did. We never even contemplated not doing it.
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
Posted by RocPin
Posted by medic6809
I have another question.....for the pp's who said it was quick and the baby was fine.....how do you know? I am 29 years old and if I break my leg it hurts but I can communicate that, if my 2yr old breaks her leg she can communicate the pain, but if my 5month old breaks his leg all he can do is cry. He is crying and I don't know why....does his leg hurt, is he hungry, is he wet. That's my point. How can anybody say it is not that bad. For those of you doing it, again not being snarky AT ALL, have you seen a circum? I suggest you watch it. Not to sway you, but because I would bet you would research any procedure your dc had done,a nd this is no differnt IMHO.
I know you say you are not trying to be snarky or sway anyones decision but your questions and comments above say otherwise.
Lets try to keep this topic civil for once. Everyone is entitled to their own choice and opinion, how about we just respect that? To each their own.
I don't understand? I was asking an honest question. For people choosing to circ have you seen it done? What is snarky about that? For any invasive procedure done to my kids I research it and if I can watch it to see what is going to happen. It was an honest, not snarky simple question and I asked because a few pp's had said the baby seemed fine after. I was just curious if they saw it done or knew what was done.
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JennCo
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
Posted by medic6809
Posted by RocPin
Posted by medic6809
I have another question.....for the pp's who said it was quick and the baby was fine.....how do you know? I am 29 years old and if I break my leg it hurts but I can communicate that, if my 2yr old breaks her leg she can communicate the pain, but if my 5month old breaks his leg all he can do is cry. He is crying and I don't know why....does his leg hurt, is he hungry, is he wet. That's my point. How can anybody say it is not that bad. For those of you doing it, again not being snarky AT ALL, have you seen a circum? I suggest you watch it. Not to sway you, but because I would bet you would research any procedure your dc had done,a nd this is no differnt IMHO.
I know you say you are not trying to be snarky or sway anyones decision but your questions and comments above say otherwise.
Lets try to keep this topic civil for once. Everyone is entitled to their own choice and opinion, how about we just respect that? To each their own.
I don't understand? I was asking an honest question. For people choosing to circ have you seen it done? What is snarky about that? For any invasive procedure done to my kids I research it and if I can watch it to see what is going to happen. It was an honest, not snarky simple question and I asked because a few pp's had said the baby seemed fine after. I was just curious if they saw it done or knew what was done.
I've been to a bris and my DH watched as they circ my DS yes, they both cried, but after a min, that was it. For my DS, they wheeled him in right afterwards and you never would have known. They numb it with something and while i'm sure it hurts, it's not this barbaric horrific thing that some people may describe.
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ABCiverson
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
Babies die every year form this unnecessary procedure. They DIE from something that never needs to happen. Add to the fact that I have seen many moms just on here alone talk about their sons needing to be REcircumcised adds to the con list of doing it. The fact that even one kid dies from it is enough for me to not chance my own child's life. My sons deserve to live. I have buried a baby before and refuse to do it again(at least I will do all I can to prevent having to bury another one of my children) just so my sons penis can look like his fathers penis. I lost a child to SIDS. So that taught me while the chance of actually losing my child may be just a slim chance that that doesn't make me invisible and I refuse to take a chance that involves my childs life.
Babies(yes, more than one) also have died from a mohel putting his mouth on the babies penis(which since I am not Jewish I am unsure if this still a common practice). The mohel passed along his herpes which KILLED babies! Besides the fact of things being passed from mouth to penis, a mouth on a penis regardless of religion sounds wrong to me in so many ways Really hope that part is getting fazed out of it.
Thymos: Journal of Boyhood Studies estimates that more than 100(ONE HUNDRED) baby boys die from circumcision complications each year, including from anesthesia reaction, stroke, hemorrhage, and infection.
I don't get how those rates don't make more people look more into this. Your babies could DIE from an elective surgery! If those babies were never cut they would still be alive. How is that not alarming to parents?!?
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
Im Jewish DH is Roman Catholic and NOT circumsized. I always knew if we had a DS I would want him circumsized and DH agrees. Now our only discussion is WHO does it a Mohel or a doc in the hospital.
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
Posted by JennCo
Posted by medic6809
Posted by RocPin
Posted by medic6809
I have another question.....for the pp's who said it was quick and the baby was fine.....how do you know? I am 29 years old and if I break my leg it hurts but I can communicate that, if my 2yr old breaks her leg she can communicate the pain, but if my 5month old breaks his leg all he can do is cry. He is crying and I don't know why....does his leg hurt, is he hungry, is he wet. That's my point. How can anybody say it is not that bad. For those of you doing it, again not being snarky AT ALL, have you seen a circum? I suggest you watch it. Not to sway you, but because I would bet you would research any procedure your dc had done,a nd this is no differnt IMHO.
I know you say you are not trying to be snarky or sway anyones decision but your questions and comments above say otherwise.
Lets try to keep this topic civil for once. Everyone is entitled to their own choice and opinion, how about we just respect that? To each their own.
I don't understand? I was asking an honest question. For people choosing to circ have you seen it done? What is snarky about that? For any invasive procedure done to my kids I research it and if I can watch it to see what is going to happen. It was an honest, not snarky simple question and I asked because a few pp's had said the baby seemed fine after. I was just curious if they saw it done or knew what was done.
I've been to a bris and my DH watched as they circ my DS yes, they both cried, but after a min, that was it. For my DS, they wheeled him in right afterwards and you never would have known. They numb it with something and while i'm sure it hurts, it's not this barbaric horrific thing that some people may describe.
Thank you for answering me! I was seriously just wondering if any moms had seen it done that is it. I wonder if personal experience plays a role. I have seen it done and it was HORRIBLE to watch. I still could cry thinking about it, but if my only past experience was a good one I might have considered doing it. I honestly was just curious.
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Re: The dreaded question - circumcision.
Posted by ABCiverson
Babies die every year form this unnecessary procedure. They DIE from something that never needs to happen. Add to the fact that I have seen many moms just on here alone talk about their sons needing to be REcircumcised adds to the con list of doing it. The fact that even one kid dies from it is enough for me to not chance my own child's life. My sons deserve to live. I have buried a baby before and refuse to do it again(at least I will do all I can to prevent having to bury another one of my children) just so my sons penis can look like his fathers penis. I lost a child to SIDS. So that taught me while the chance of actually losing my child may be just a slim chance that that doesn't make me invisible and I refuse to take a chance that involves my childs life.
Babies(yes, more than one) also have died from a mohel putting his mouth on the babies penis(which since I am not Jewish I am unsure if this still a common practice). The mohel passed along his herpes which KILLED babies! Besides the fact of things being passed from mouth to penis, a mouth on a penis regardless of religion sounds wrong to me in so many ways Really hope that part is getting fazed out of it.
Thymos: Journal of Boyhood Studies estimates that more than 100(ONE HUNDRED) baby boys die from circumcision complications each year, including from anesthesia reaction, stroke, hemorrhage, and infection.
I don't get how those rates don't make more people look more into this. Your babies could DIE from an elective surgery! If those babies were never cut they would still be alive. How is that not alarming to parents?!?
I agree with you 100%
I think if more people did the actual research they would be truely suprised by what is myth and what is fact as far as cleaning an intact boy, STD's, and so on. The passed down knowledge we have is old and outdated. I truely believe it is a parents choice, and I would stand behond a mother who decided to do it if she had researched herself and could make an actual legit argument for it. I just hear a lot of while my husband is, or that's what we do and that's fine, but lots of things have changed so maybe we could look at changing this too?
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