circumcision...wish you weren't? what are your thoughts and opinions?

Question

Having a baby boy......help me decide. Thanks

Answer 1

While this is a procedure that is done all the time, it doesn't mean that it should be.

The US is the only country that regularly and routinely circumcises infants for a non-religious reason. The circumcision rates in this country have been steadily dropping for years. The national average is approximately 55%circ'd to 45% intact.

No major health organization in the world recommends the routine circumcision of male infants. Not even the AAP. In fact, the AAP has been anti-circumcision for years. In 2005 they even reaffirmed their stance on the subject.

Many people will claim that cleanliness is an issue. In fact, the infant penis is very easy to clean. You wash it just like a finger. There is absolutely no need to retract the foreskin and clean underneath it. The opposite is true. Early retraction of the foreskin is actually a bad thing.

Answer 2

This is a topic that people take very personally and usually feel very strongly about. I didn't have my son circumcised despite the fact his father is. My reasons: there is a risk of infection (as there is with any surgical procedure), it is painful even though they do use an anesthetic, and the way it is done (strapping the babies arms and legs down). There is also no medical reason to do it and that is why it is not routinely done in most hospitals anymore. Some will argue that being circumcised helps prevent STD's but the arguments seem flawed. Also, currently there is a much higher percentage of boys that are not circumcised so you don't have to worry about him being teased in the locker room as he will be in the majority. Good luck with your decision.

Answer 3

My son is 7 weeks old and we had him circumcised. When I was pregnant with him, we weren't sure if we should or not. There are some good and bad points about circumcision. So I asked the people that I knew of personally, the ones that weren't said to do it. Many have pain as adults, due to not being circumcised. My 22 yr old nephew is in constant pain and is seriously thinking about it. And my friend's teenage son just had the circumcision done over the holidays due to allot of pain. So, as you can see, by hearing all of these men's opinions and problems, we decided to go ahead and have it done. I'm not going to lie to you, yes the baby will cry, and yes it will hurt him, but the doc poked him with a needle on each side of the penis and injected him with anesthetic so that baby will not feel the actual circumcision. I watched the whole thing being done, and well, he only cried when he got the needle pokes, he did not cry or feel the actual snipping of the penis. I thought it would be much worse, but it wasn't. It did look pain full and disgusting after, but with the help of allot of Vaseline, he was healed within a week. Whatever decision you make, I'm sure it will be the right one for you. You are the parent and know what's right for your child.

Answer 4

my mother's father was not circumcise and went through life just fine until he was 44 years old he ended up with a very bad infection down there and ended up having to have a circumcision at that age. My grandmother who has passed now told me when i had my first son that it was best to do it when they are born they don't feel the pain and it is cleaner that away it helps protect them also so they don't have problems later on it life

Answer 5

I was circumcised 51 years ago and I hate it! I am an active man and the friction against my clothing still drives me mad. Dry cloth is the only thing I can feel with it, my wife's vagina is not made out of dry cloth, get the picture?

Don't do it to your son. There is a very real chance that it will have a bad effect on his future sex life. Circumcision was started centuries ago to control men's appetite for sex, so that they would not find so much pleasure in sex and then they would devote more time to religion. Sound like something you would like for yourself?

Here is a study that shows that men contimplating circumcision should be warned of possible loss of sensitivity before they can give informed consent for surgery.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query...

Exerpts from the report:

Masood S, Patel HR, Himpson RC, Palmer JH, Mufti GR, Sheriff MK.

OBJECTIVES: Currently no consensus exists about the role of the foreskin or the effect circumcision has on penile sensitivity and overall sexual satisfaction. Our study assesses the effect of circumcision on sexually active men and the relative impact this may have on informed consent prior to surgery.

Penile sensation improved after circumcision in 38% (p = 0.01) but got worse in 18%, with the remainder having no change. Overall satisfaction was 61%.

CONCLUSIONS: Penile sensitivity had variable outcomes after circumcision. The poor outcome of circumcision considered by overall satisfaction rates suggests that when we circumcise men, these outcome data should be discussed during the informed consent process. 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel

One out of five men circumcised suffers loss of sensitivity and one out of three is not satisfied with the results, these are not very good odds. This damage is also likely when babies are circumcised but the problems will not be apparent for many years.

I would point out that while this study shows that adult men should be warned of the possibility of sensitivity loss before they can give "informed consent" to circumcision, there is no way that a newborn boy can give his informed consent to an elective procedure that has a greater than 1 in 5 chance of leaving him with an impaired sex-life.

His body. His choice.

Jas if you think it is too horrible to watch, just think of what it is like to have done to you!! and there is NO REAL NEED TO HAVE IT DONE!!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I am very, very anti-circumcision. Watch this video and then decide. I can't imagine how anyone could do this to a tiny, newborn baby:

http://www.circumcisionquotes.com/video.html

(click on "view video" - you need Real Player)

If your son is self-conscious later in life, then he can have it done at that time.

Answer 8

I decided not to cicumcise my son because the doctors just strap the baby to a board and cut the foreskin off. Babies don't get any thing for pain either becaus ethey are too small. Also sometimes they can make a mistake and cut off too much. I think if he wants to get it removed when he is an adult then that is his decision.

Answer 9

Don't do it. It is not your penis to cut parts off of. It is more difficult to clean. Open wounds in poopy diapers versus wiping the outside like a finger. Not your body. It hurts a newborn a lot. They often do not get anesthetic and even go into shock from having the foreskin ripped away from the head of the penis and clamped off and then either left to rot or cut away. It can alter brain patterns for life!

Plus when he is an adult he will be able to have a frenulum (which is the equvelant of the clitoris as far as sensitivity goes) He will have his ridged band his glans won't be keritanized and dry he will not have to rely on artificial lubes and is he decideds he wants cosmetic genital surgery than you have let HIM have that CHOICE!

He will fit in just fine, boys who check out others boys penises are the ones who get ridiculed. The ratio of cut to uncut in the USA is about even theses days (more intact here on the west coast.) 80% of the rest of the men IN THE WORLD get to keep their whole penises too.

Plus, you can simply teach him to be proud of who he is and he can tell anyone who might make fun "hey at least my parents didn't chop off half my penis as a baby!" You can't surgically alter everything that he might get teased about anyway. What if he's chubby, or needs glasses, or braces, or is tall or short or has freckles or is smart or not so smart. Basing a body altering, painful surgery on what other people might think someday is ridiculous!

Answer 10

yes i know of a man that is in his late 40s and had to get this done because he was getting infections i think it would be easier to get done right after birth because they willnt remember it 1 thing i wouldnt want done later in life damm i am a woman but that is 1 part of a man that is very senitive whatever u decide just remember if u dont get it done u will have to teach the little guy to keep him self clean in that area good luck and best wishes