I have to make a decision as to have my baby done or not and I am now in a state of confusion. I thought it was something that just happpened before they left the hospital until I moved to Florida and had my son. SUPRISE!!!!! That is not the case. He is 6 months on the 20th and all the Urologists said that if I wanted it done it had to be after he was 6 months old. I am wondering why what is the use of having it done. It does not bother him and it looks healthy when he is changed. So if it is not broke then why fix it right? HELP PLEASE!!!!!
2007-01-04 05:12:53 · 15 answers · asked by 3J's Mommy 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
It's generally done for reglious reasons. So if you don't have one. Don't get it cut.
2007-01-04 05:17:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have 3 boys and all of them were circumcised right after they were born. My decision to circumcise was not religious. Most male babies born in the US are circumcised. I chose circumcision because: #1-their father is
#2- health and cleanliness reasons.
I don't know why they told you it had to be done after he was 6 months old or why a Urologist has to perform this procedure. My OB/GYN did the procedure on my 3 boys.
But the choice is yours...many men aren't circumcised and are living a healthy normal life.
2007-01-04 13:31:42 · answer #2 · answered by pamomof4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you practice good hygiene with him and teach him to do the same when he is old enough to take care of himself, there is No Good Reason to mutilate your baby! If God had not wanted men to have foreskins, He would not have designed us with them.
Time for this barbaric custom to disappear back whence it came. The doctors will still do alright without the coupla hundred bucks for five minutes work.
Leave him in the natural state he was born in. He will thank you later.
2007-01-04 13:24:15 · answer #3 · answered by silentnonrev 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm from the UK where circumsision (sp?) isn't done as a routine thing. Here in the US it seems it is. At the end of the day, I think you should talk to your pediatrician and decide what is best for your son.
2007-01-04 13:17:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i say get him circumsized. it will be a lot healthier for him in the long run. uncircumsized penises are a lot harder to keep clean than a circumsized one. also, once he is of an age to have sex, he might wish that he were circumsized because women find a circumsized penis much more appealing, and much healthier for the woman also. by that time, it will be much harder for him to get it done, will be much more painful.
I had a boyfriend that was uncircumsized once, and although he really tried to keep it clean, he constantly gave me yeast infections.
i say snip snip
2007-01-04 13:54:34 · answer #5 · answered by jeneric803 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is so wierd all 3 of my boys had it done b4 we left the hospital. i think if ur going 2 do it do it now while he is too young 2 remember. it looks bad at 1st, but it really dosn't take long 2 heal, I think in the long run it will be better 4 him.
2007-01-04 13:19:33 · answer #6 · answered by lil momma 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it makes for better hygiene (easier to clean or something, i don't know). and i heard it lowers the risk of AIDS, but i don't believe that crap.
they did it to my son in the hospital like a week after he was born (it would have been the day after but he got transferred to another one so they did it then) and they say they cry when they pee but i don't know how bad it hurt him because i wasn't there.
2007-01-04 13:17:48 · answer #7 · answered by pikachu 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you choose not to cut him, make sure you educate him on proper hygiene practices. Besides peoples religious believes, DR. do this for hygiene issues.
2007-01-04 13:21:35 · answer #8 · answered by mvas800 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hear it keeps diseases down.
Talk to your doctor and discuss the pros and cons.
I dont think that it is a mandatory procedure or one that will adversely affect him if it is not done.
2007-01-04 13:19:28 · answer #9 · answered by lisa s 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'll be honest and tell you that I am cut. So of course I am biased towards cutting...
But what is the boy's father? They should match, so that he won't feel different than daddy.
2007-01-04 13:27:51 · answer #10 · answered by JRSK007 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋