Circumsion question?

Question

I am soon to be 39 weeks pregnant with my son who is due August 9th. Me and my husband are wondering what steps do we need to take in the hospital if we choose to have him circumsized?

Also, is there any special after care once we get home with our newborn son?

Answer 1

There really aren't steps you need to make. The hospital will ask if you want it done. From there, they come in and talk to you about risks and then have you sign papers if you agree. Once it's done they bring your newborn in and show you how to take care of him. Which is basically pretty simple. All you need to do is, when you change his diaper clean him good and put some vaseline on it. The hospital should give you some packages of vaseline for your baby, but chances are they won't be enough, so i would stop by the store and pick some up that way you won't have to do it after your baby is born. I was nervous about it as well, but there's really nothing to it. Your hospital should take care of it all. All you need to do is keep him clean. Good Luck!!!

Answer 2

If you have a pediatrican look at the baby after he's born, that doctor will ask you if you'd like to have your son circumsized. As for caring for the area after wards, My hospital gave me these wonderful tiny vaseline covered glauze that came prepackaged. They are long enough to go around the babies penis. Alot of mom's just use an ample amount amount of vaseline on the penis so that it wont stick to the diaper. If you can get theses tine gauze it would help you alot. It seems a little scary at first to change the baby. But you'll see that you've done a good thing for him. You'll just want to keep the baby dry and keep vaseline on him. Good Luck.

Answer 3

Your ob/gyn will ask you after you deliver him if you want him circumcised. Just tell him/her yes or no.

When you get home, take a small square of gauze and draw a small ring around it with a tube of vaseline. Place it over your baby's penis so that the opening to the head of the penis is in the circle part (not covered with vaseline) and the vaseline itself keeps the circumcised part covered. This will keep urine and feces off of his tender skin and still allow urine to pass through the gauze without getting on the tender part. Change the gauze at every diaper change and do this for about two or three days...until it's healed and some of the redness goes away.

Answer 4

Please DO NOT circ your child. The AAP recommends AGAINST routine circumcision. There is really no strong medical reason for it.

Existing scientific evidence demonstrates potential medical benefits of newborn male circumcision; HOWEVER, these data are NOT sufficient to recommend routine neonatal circumcision. In circumstances in which there are potential benefits and risks, yet the procedure is NOT ESSENTIAL to the child's current well-being, parents should determine what is in the best interest of the child. To make an INFORMED CHOICE, parents of all male infants should be given accurate and unbiased information and be provided the opportunity to discuss this decision. If a decision for circumcision is made, procedural analgesia should be provided.

Check out the whole AAP policy below.

Answer 5

I believe they will just ask you in the hospital if you are planning on having the baby circumsized. I had so I'm not positive. They will give you a whole bunch of information before you go home about circ care though. (It was in all my stuff) You can ask your doctor or nurse what you need to do too.

Answer 6

There is nothing really that you need to do except let the doctor know if you want it done or not. When I had my two sons they did it within 24 hours after they were born. We always would put a little bit of vaseline in the diaper so that their "thing" wouldn't stick to the diaper until it healed.

Answer 7

Check with your pediatrician about the cost. I didnt know I would have to prepay for it and didnt have the money. So my son couldnt be circumsized in the hospital. I was so upset because I was told I would have to wait until he was older to get it done with anesthesia and it was outrageously expensive. But I found a local doc who does it in his office. He uses the plastibell method. It is safe and easy and a lot less expensive than what my pediatrician would have charged. it costs around $100.

Answer 8

It heals up real fast and doesn't require much of any care - just keeping the diaper promptly changed and the area clean.

You should discuss this in advance with the doctor who will attend to the birth, and you really should demand that an effective anesthetic be used. See if you can be present when it is done, also, to ensure that the anesthetic gets used.

Answer 9

After I had my son, a doctor came into my room and asked if I wanted him c-sized. It was actually later in the day and my hubby had gone home. But we had talked about it and decided to do it so there wasn't a problem telling him sure. It was over in about 10 minutes, and they explained how to care for it. Basically you wipe it down every time you change the diaper.

Answer 10

You just need to ask where it can be done. I had my son done at 12 days old. I think its a great ides...its much cleaner. You may run into a lot of flak from people on here due to the fact that they are firm believers in not doing it. Its a personal decision.