re: Q: Circumcision Procedure?

the way that this is explained really makes me angry.  Strapped to a padded chair, sharp knife or scalpel is used, some of the pain will be taken away by the anaesthetic.

I think this is explained like this too scare ppl away from doing it.  There is no need to use strapped, sharp knife, and some pain.  

My son had it done when he was just over a month old.  He was completely fine and had mild discomfort, which was easily taken away by Tempra.  

It is ultimately the parents choice.

Posted by CanadianBride05    Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:53 PM

re: Q: Circumcision Procedure?

Whoa whoa whoa. It is ultimately the SON'S choice. Some parents just jump the gun. This is how it happens. I'm 25 and didn't even have pain medication when I was done after birth. Never forgave my parents or the doc that let it happen and I would NEVER consider doing it to my child. Believe me, the psychological pain of having the choice taken from you is worse than any bodily pain you can imagine.

Posted by scolaccij    Monday, May 05, 2008 5:23 PM

Q: History of circumcision?

Q: Why and when did boys start being circumcised? A: Good question. No one knows when exactly boys started

Posted by 3rd Trimester Q & A    Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:50 AM

Q: Circumcision stats and studies?

Q: DH and I are trying to decide whether to circumcise our son when he arrives. I know people have lots

Posted by 3rd Trimester Q & A    Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:28 PM

Q: Circumcision rates?

Q: How common is circumcision, both in the United States and in the world? A: Circumcision has been around

Posted by 3rd Trimester Q & A    Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:34 PM

re: Q: Circumcision procedure?

Seems like it is described as it happens, to me.  Why would they use a dull knife?  That would be much worse.  I think she's trying to explain it in a positive way: ie. strapped to the pad to prevent from interfering, sharp knife to cut through quickly, etc.  If it sounds negative, maybe that's because it is just not a positive experience to put the baby through?

Posted by sbennett34    Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:49 PM

re: Q: Circumcision procedure?

I just posted my comments about circumcision, but think I posted them in the wrong place.  So forgive me but I'm doing it again as I think it's supposed to go here....

How much of a difference do labels make?  If we called circumcision:  "Surgical Mutilation while they can't do

anything about it" or "Baby-boy-maiming" or "the road to erectile disfuntion" or as the "Final Solution to

masturbation," then it's likely we would automatically think about it in another light.  

To understand circumcision it is necessary to examine another word: "uncircumcised."  It implies that this is the

process of undoing something.  But in fact, it's describing the normal, natural state of the penis.  Circumcision

is a religious (quasi-political) doctrine.  They're twisting the facts and reality to make it appear that being

circumcised is the natural state....that it's an improvement over nature--that creative, inventive force...be it

God...or whatever--that has created the universe, our planet, and all of its inhabitants and features.  That it's

BETTER than that!

One must understand, also, that the medical industry is complicit.  Here, most medical investigation eminates from

the pharmceutical industry component.  The Pharmaceutical industry doesn't want to CURE anything.  "Curing"

anything is a flash in the money-making pan.  The industry is only interested in TREATING the symtoms of disease.  

This redsults in the patient's LIFE-LONG need to take a drug (for indigestion, fungus, pain, digestive troubles,

urinary control, thinking and erectile failure...the list is nearly endless.)  So if you were expecting the

pharmaceutical industry, doctors, religious leaders or the like to study or weigh in on the subject with unbiased

thinking, then naaiveite may be coming into play.  When is the last time you actually heard of the CURE of any

disease?  For me, it's 1985.  Twenty-three years ago!  I welcome others to ponder when it was for them.

In the whole world, the vast majority of men exist in the natural "uncircumcised" state.  If one wanted to study

the issue of circumcision, the logical place to start would be in the comparing of uncircumcised men in other

parts of the world to circumcised men in the U.S.  These comparisons could be numerous and detailed.  But this is

not where the "Investigating Community" is focusing. Too many European and American studies are designed to

promote a specific outcome which is sympathetic and profitable to a business interest.  So with a grain of salt

shall ye heed the outcomes of studies focusing in the wrong direction.  ...Or sources who are monitarily better

off with studies of a specific outcome.  Look at human nature:  is it likely that doctors, hospitals, pharmacies

and religious leadersare keen on giving up a source of revenue?  No.  It's not.  So please weigh these factors

when thinking about the issue of circumcision.

Posted by Strumhead    Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:05 AM

re: Q: Circumcision procedure?

I just posted my comments about circumcision, but think I posted them in the wrong place.  So forgive me but I'm doing it again as I think it's supposed to go here....

How much of a difference do labels make?  If we called circumcision:  "Surgical Mutilation while they can't do

anything about it" or "Baby-boy-maiming" or "the road to erectile disfuntion" or as the "Final Solution to

masturbation," then it's likely we would automatically think about it in another light.  

To understand circumcision it is necessary to examine another word: "uncircumcised."  It implies that this is the

process of undoing something.  But in fact, it's describing the normal, natural state of the penis.  Circumcision

is a religious (quasi-political) doctrine.  They're twisting the facts and reality to make it appear that being

circumcised is the natural state....that it's an improvement over nature--that creative, inventive force...be it

God...or whatever--that has created the universe, our planet, and all of its inhabitants and features.  That it's

BETTER than that!

One must understand, also, that the medical industry is complicit.  Here, most medical investigation eminates from

the pharmceutical industry component.  The Pharmaceutical industry doesn't want to CURE anything.  "Curing"

anything is a flash in the money-making pan.  The industry is only interested in TREATING the symtoms of disease.  

This redsults in the patient's LIFE-LONG need to take a drug (for indigestion, fungus, pain, digestive troubles,

urinary control, thinking and erectile failure...the list is nearly endless.)  So if you were expecting the

pharmaceutical industry, doctors, religious leaders or the like to study or weigh in on the subject with unbiased

thinking, then naaiveite may be coming into play.  When is the last time you actually heard of the CURE of any

disease?  For me, it's 1985.  Twenty-three years ago!  I welcome others to ponder when it was for them.

In the whole world, the vast majority of men exist in the natural "uncircumcised" state.  If one wanted to study

the issue of circumcision, the logical place to start would be in the comparing of uncircumcised men in other

parts of the world to circumcised men in the U.S.  These comparisons could be numerous and detailed.  But this is

not where the "Investigating Community" is focusing. Too many European and American studies are designed to

promote a specific outcome which is sympathetic and profitable to a business interest.  So with a grain of salt

shall ye heed the outcomes of studies focusing in the wrong direction.  ...Or sources who are monitarily better

off with studies of a specific outcome.  Look at human nature:  is it likely that doctors, hospitals, pharmacies

and religious leadersare keen on giving up a source of revenue?  No.  It's not.  So please weigh these factors

when thinking about the issue of circumcision.

Posted by Strumhead    Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:16 AM

re: Q: Circumcision procedure?

I think it's a parents right to decide if their son should or should not be circumsized.  Baby Boys have no idea how to make that decision and from what I've read, it's better to have it done sooner than later.  It is however, a personal choice and after reading some of the comments, the only thing I can say is if it's not one you'd like to make its ok, but it's one that I will make for my son when he gets here.

Posted by bright0728    Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:19 AM

re: Q: Circumcision procedure?

CHECK THIS OUT!!

EVERY MOTHER AND FATHER SHOULD WATCH THIS VIDEO BEFORE CONSIDERING CIRCUMCISION FOR THEIR SON!!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5933355699286047639

ALSO READ:

http://www.nocirc.org/

Posted by jjantz    Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:02 PM

re: Q: Circumcision procedure?

This is a very level-headed, balanced, and up-to-date assessment of what circumcision is and it's implications by Dr. Dean Eddell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHVvB1oHAgg

Posted by carolinew6462    Saturday, March 21, 2009 10:58 PM

re: Q: Circumcision procedure?

I am having a boy and it was not even a question in my mind of whether or not to get him circumcised. All I did was look at my husband, ask are we going to get him circumcised and he said yeah and I agreed. I have never heard of any boy being traumatized for the rest of his life due to the procedure or the pain. I'm sure it's very painful for every baby to squeeze through the birth canal but you don't see people getting all upset about that. That's why we don't remember things that happen when we are that young. The guy at the top who never forgave his parents for not letting him choose whether or not to be circumcised obviously has some major underlying psychological issues with his parents. It's the parents' choice. And I think parents should choose to do what they want to do, not what others think they should do.

Posted by ash138    Tuesday, May 12, 2009 5:21 PM

re: Q: Circumcision procedure?

For the man who never forgave his parents...did you forgive them for vaccinating you with drugs that now are surrounded by controversy and may possibly have links to autism? Did you forgive your parents for any tooth you had pulled, shot you needed, or broken bone you had reset because you never had a say?

Parents are just that for a reason...they have to make the difficulty decissions for their children until the child is able to do so.

Your parents decided to circumcise you and until you were an adult and had more information I am sure you never gave it a second thought.

Though, if you were not circumcised, the issue would have come up much ealier in life as you learned to care for your penis and relized that you were in fact physically different from the majority of your peers.

There are obviously other underlying issues that you are dealing with in the area of control or lack thereof. You should thank your parents for raising you to be smart enought to do your own research and make up your own mind about decissions for your child.

Posted by SaturnGrl13    Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:52 AM