Circumcision

[x_larlybelle_x]

Hi ladies,

Not yet got my bubba in my arms but I'm thinking about circumcision. Weird I know, but DH was circumcised aged 11 due to problems.

Is there any need for Pip to be circumcised to avoid these problems for him? I can't seem to find anythin on the Internet to help. If it needs to be done I would rather it happen when Pip is newborn so he doesn't remember the pain of recovery like my DH does.

Have any of u ladies got any experience with circumcised babies and if it is possible soon after birth?

Gonna talk to my midwife at my 28 week appt but just wondering I'm the meantime!

Thanks

 

[titch]

they wont routinely do it at the hospital, but you could pay for it to be done privately if you wanted.

To me it seems a bit unneccesary. Like you wouldnt have their toe nails removed to avoid a bad fungal infection later in life???

 

[cosmicgirl]

^wss
I wouldn't worry about it hun xx


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[Iriki]

Not sure about the UK but over here (NZ) it's not offered at all. Think it's usually done for religious reasons, and parents are responsible for sourcing a consultant / doctor willing to perform the procedure.
Agree with Titch, I think it's an unnecessary procedure.

 

[x_larlybelle_x]

Thanks ladies. Think I'm overthinking things at the mo - brain gone into overdrive thinking about things!

 

[hopefulmummy]

I agree. I can't imagine causing unnecessary pain to my little man. Poor little babies...

 

[x_larlybelle_x]

Hopefulmummy - we have Arthur at the top of our list for little man

 

[Franna75]

I had never thought about it until my baby's father suggested it. He is not religious, but he is circumcised and he thought it was normal (its popular in the USA). He tried to swing the cultural card, but I wasn't having any of it. I said they didn't do it in this country. Anyway, when we got his hearing checked there was a leaflet in the docs (i live in a predominantly Muslim area). He brought it up again and I said no way.

What is the likelihood of your son having the same issues as DH?

 

[x_larlybelle_x]

I'm not sure. He had always had issues with it sonce he was little, and by age 11 he couldn't pull his foreskin back to be able to clean himself. It was so tight they had to do an emergency op to remove it as it was cutting off the blood supply. It was a difficult thing for him to go through, and although it's a painful procedure, I'd rather Pip have it done when he was small.

Guess I'll talk to my midwife about it, not sure if it's hereditary or just bad luck from my DH's point of view. Don't want Pip to suffer unnecessarily but don't wanna risk him having to have it done when he is older.

 

[clairebear22]

Jack has a very high chance of needing to be circumsised. All the men on OH's side have had it done for medical reasons except his younger Brother. We'd never get it done 'just in case', we'll wait and see if he needs it done when he's older x

 

[knopk@]

A friend of mine had it done for the reason you are describing - her DH had the same problem and they wanted to do it when he was a newborn so he doesn't remember. I think they had to go private but not sure. I can ask though.

 

[Sarah13]

I wouldn't put my little one through it 'just incase'. Like the others said he can be kept an eye on as he grows up incase things are hereditary then get it done if needed but before it becomes an emergency like with your OH. In reality most men don't get problems after all why would they have a foreskin if it wasn't meant to be there!

 

[Maria1977]

I would just wait and see what happens when LO is here.

My OH was circumsised when he was very young, and his nephew was too. I'm not sure what the reasons where though. TBH I wonder if MIL and SIL were trying to clean under the foreskin, which you're not supposed to do and wonder if they caused some damage.

OH doesn't want our LO to be circumsised though, even though he's been done he finds it barbaric lol

xxxxx

 

[Dragonfly Fi]

Older is definitely better! they can give anathestic which they wont do with a newborn

and it DOES hurt them and it IS sore and very cruel

there is also a reasonably high chance of somethign going wrong, a little boys penis is so so tiny, when they are older they are more formed and its clearer to see the different bits

the top of a penis is an internal thing similar to a clitorus, it should not be uncovered it should be allowed to develop naturally. Particularly with a newborn, their little foreskins dont even pull back for a good few years, all that is still developing underneath

I saw some pictures of a newly circumcised little willy and it was truly awful

 

[titch]

Someone on here ages ago was saying they had a baby in america and they just circumcised him without asking first

can you imagine if they took too much off

I agree, it will be painful, and just cos they dont remember it doesnt mean that they dont feel it at the time

 

[Dragonfly Fi]

And anyway, 'not being able to remember' is no excuse to put an innocent child in that much pain! They have to cauterise (burn) the open wound and around 600 little boys in america each year have their little willies totally burnt of

its actually quite dangerous and more than that, its HORRIFIC!

 

[titch]

 

[hopefulmummy]

Yeah my brother was born in America and my mum said she sent my dad running down the hospital after Oliver to stop the
Docs! I grew up in the states and it's considered "disgusting and dirty" for boys not
To be circumcised (remember that sex in the city episode?) I just find it barbaric and think there is no excuse for doing it.

 

[hopefulmummy]

Hopefulmummy - we have Arthur at the top of our list for little man

Yay! Love it

 

[Dragonfly Fi]

I think the Americans view on circumcision is bizarre i really do, i mean how does it come about that mutilating a little boys penis is NORMAL! So normal you dont even have to sign a consent form for them to do it???

absolutely blows my mind!