Circumcision or not? Help!

[Marthaelisa80]

My husband and I have discussed circumcising our baby due Nov 21st.  I am really nervous about it because i know its so painful.  As a mom, I remember watching my daughter get shots and that was very difficult to see her cry.  I can't even imagine surgery on my little guy.  My husband wants him to and I am kind of iffy about it.  Have any of you did it? What can I expect?  How to you care for your son after it?  Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[maricellas]

my son -5 has never had an infection.. when doc ask me if I wanted it I ask what are the benefits and she said nothing its a choice. So I said no

[NikkieBeee]

My 5yr old son is un-circumcised. He's doesn't have any issues with it. My husband (not my son's bio father) is also un-circumcised and is extremely clean about it. In his 23yrs of life he's never had an infection, STD or had a problem with being dirty nor is it funny looking. There is no benefit to this procedure. The skin is there for a reason, otherwise he wouldn't have been born with it. For us, a $300-$500 procedure was completely unnecessary.

Do your own research. That's my best advice.

[kwashlegg]

My best friend did not have her son circumsized and even though they have done everything right the skin on the little guys thing has gotten tight he has to have surgery next werk to remove it. :(

[Marthaelisa80]

Wow, your blessed i hope I have the same experience with my son :)

[Marthaelisa80]

Thanks for the tip will do the vaseline. Thank you ;)

[Marthaelisa80]

Thanks for the info. it's good to have someone share you has actually witnessed it.  I am feeing much better about it thank you!

[Marthaelisa80]

Thank you so much I feel so much better about it.  I have read alot of articles for and against it.  My husband is and feel strongly that our son should have it too.  Thanks for your input. :)

[havincinco]

My hubbie and his brothers (as Arabians) are not. But the 5 boy cousins all had it done. My husband doesnt feel one way or another about it and when our 2 boys had it done, it was easy and quick. For the most part it is always clean- no extra to do like my husband had to honestly it looks better. God bless him, my hubby's is ugly, like that sandworm on Return of the Jedi.

[baby2014]

If you do decide to. Go with the plastibell method it is much easier on the baby and easier to care for than the traditional method. You do not have to issue gauze, vaseline, or touch it unless poop gets on it some how then you have to clean it off. You just have to change wet diapers frequently. From the research I did I found doing so the better option because there are benefits. Less infections for the man and his partner later in life.

[MJ317]

My son is now 8 years old and is not circumcised. He has never had a single problem or infection. We did a lot of research before he was born and there really wasn't any advantage to it so we couldn't justify it. For us it felt barbaric and cruel - after all we would never consider doing anything like it if we had a girl. My husband is circumcised and some women told us they did it so their sons and husbands would "match." Well that's an interesting thought, but my son and husband never go around comparing their genitals to eachother. Just do your research. It's not for everyone.

[Mrs_Baze]

I'm having another girl but I'm curious about this; has anyone on this site personally left a son uncircumcised?

[wasabic]

Im due in 29 nov with a boy and for sure i will get it done , my husband was it and it says is so much easyer to clean specialy case boy are lazy and fast cleaner so i dont want him to have troubles with that , i sow alot of babys geting when i leave in isreal and is not that bad some dont even cry all this beening said i will be not wach my son geting it case i hate when my babys cry , with my girls even smalls cry make my stomach turn . Good luck with what ever u chose :)

[ford122109]

My son was done and he never cared about it. My husband even went back and held his hand when our doctor did it and was shocked with how easy it was. We never thought about it but I let my husband choose if our son would be since he has the penis lol. If this lil one is another boy he will be done too.

[klarcom]

We do circumcisions at my clinic and most babies don't cry. They are injected with lidocaine which takes the pain away. They feel tugging but that is it. Plus there are so many kids that come in uncircumcised that have infections from not properly cleaning themselves. I say do it. If i'm having a boy there will be no question about it! :-)

[neebs26]

I did the plasty bell with my son.  Its pretty much the same thing it just has a a plastic ring around it and it kills the skin around it and when the ring falls off its all pretty n clean...red but clean. Same type of care but i used bacitracin instead of vaseline.

[Gemini612]

I have two boys. Just keep his little weewee loaded with Vaseline. He'll be fine and healing will be quick.

[tabit414]

We chose to have it done with our son mostly because my best friend chose not to have it done with her son and now that he has gotten older (bathing himself) he gets infections all the time because he doesn't clean it well enough. She is considering having it done now and I'm guessing that now that he is almost 7 he will def  remember the pain of the procedure. Our son was given a bottle of sugar water and didn't skip a beat on drinking it during his procedure. Like stated above it is all personal choice. You will know what to do by the time you have your little guy so don't stress.

[sb5801]

Sorry. Meant without circumcision there is a more risk for infection if not cleaned and taken care of properly as they get older.

[sb5801]

When I was in clinicals i actually got to be there when they did several circumcisions. The babies all did wonderfully and out of the three I got to watch none of the babies cried. The docs actually focus the baby on something sweet and its like they didnt even notice. Both of my sons are circumcised. There is a larger risk of getting infection later on in life.

[PhysicsMommy]

PS some women have really strong opinions on this subject and can be mean.  Just look into both sides and go from there.  For me the research really doesn't prove one is better than the other (if you look at good well done research not the shoddy "studies" that prevade the internet).  So go with what you and your husband both feel is best which ever way you choose.

[PhysicsMommy]

We did it I was on the fence but my bf felt strongly about it.  I decided he was the one with the penis and he was circumcised so I let him make the decision.  I was worried to but I love our Dr and she and the nurse who we also live took him back in the room daddy and I were in the waiting room.  We never heard or saw anything.  They said he did great and didn't even cry though he did pee on the Dr.

As far ad healing he healed up well and it never seemed to bother him.  You do put a ton of vasaline on it to keep it clean and from sticking.  I recommend the tubes not the jar.  The only problem we had is the skin on the side started to heal back to the head and that was easily fixes by gently pulling it apart with our fingers every time we changed his diaper for a couple of weeks.

The experience wasn't bad at all.  This little boy will have it done as wrll .