Circumcision

[adgal]

I am wondering how many of you are planning on or did have your baby boy's circumcised.  I hadn't even really thought about it until now.  We probably wouldn't be thinking about it, except my nephews weren't done, and the oldest one (he is 5 now) has been having repeat infections.  My sister in law told me that my nephews pediatrician is encouraging them to now have it done believing it will put an end to them.  My sil is an RN and I know she is very on top of things like hygiene, etc. so I know these infections are not due to lack of cleanliness or anything like that.  The poor little guy has had them pretty frequently for the last year and half.  My OB does not encourage circumcision, but of course leaves the decision to us.  What are all of your thoughts?  We are now really on the fence on the issue.  As always, thanks for any info or input.  I appreciate it.

[sherrysb]

I had my newborn circumcised in the hospital.  For some reason it doesn't seem to hurt them as much as a newborn as it does when they are older.  My cousin had to get it done because he kept getting yeast infections.  

To be honest it didn't seem to bother my baby as much as I thought it would!  After a few days he acted as if it didn't bother him at all.

[DoulaSummer]

My son has never had to pull his skin back to pee!  (he is 6).  The foreskin is fused to the glans to protect nerves and sensitive skin in the area.  It is comparable to ripping your nails from your nail beds!!  Sure we may not "need" nails, but they are fun to paint and do add protection.  If you don't clean your nails and maintain them in a clean way, you can get fungal infections, bacterial infections, and much more.  We are taught to wash our hands and maintain clean nails and feet.

Boys can be taught to maintain a clean penis and know how far to pull back to foreskin so not to hurt themselves.  Eventually the foreskin detaches itself and is able to retracted manually by males without pain at all.

For those who are considering not circumcising, it may comfort you to read a bit on how to properly clean a intact penis without hurting your sons.  The skin should NOT be fully retracted at a young age because it will cause pain.

I second watching a video.  I still stand by my statement - I would choose to cut apart my girls genitals and I wouldn't do it to my boys.

[Jeanie20]

My hubby and my son are both circumcised and it really wasn't a question for us either.  My new baby boy when he is born he will be circumcised too.  I agree with a lot of these women that its just more cleaner when the baby is circumcised and when he becomes an adult.  The baby won't remember any kind of pain at all.  I was told that when a child isn't circumcised that he has to pull the skin back to pee.  I wouldn't want either one of my sons to have to do that.  That's just my opinion though.  You and your hubby have to make that decision for yourselves and decide what's best for your son.  I hope this helps you out.  Your almost there.  I can't wait to see pictures of the little bean when he arrives.  Good luck!!!!  

[rdh1981]

Cruz is and I would have no other way. It was quick and simple and the aftercare was easy.

[ngjay]

great topic me and my husband have discussed it and we are going to do hopefully while we are still in the hospital, I think it is a good idea to prevent any type of infections I also think that the older they get the more trauma and pain they go through

[Juliaschill]

To pcarsey OMG I never really thought much about this before, as I said my son was born with his forskin so i didn't have to make the choice but I took your advice and watched a video on it and i could never do that to my son. Just my choice I know many people do and that is their choice, I'm not slamming them just sayiing I could not do it my little man