How old is too old for circumscion?

Question

My son is 3 months old and it was rought for the both of us when he was born. He spent 4 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and I was on antibiotics, pain killers, and iron for the same amount of time. By day 4 we just wanted to get out of there and even though I had said yes and signed the paper work for the circumcsion, it wasn't done. Should I ask my pediatrician or is it too late?

the t on the end of rough was just a typo for trying to type too fast..sorry!

I don't know what to do because I'm thinking he might resent me if I don't!

Answer 1

Hi, sorry to hear that things were difficult for your baby at birth. It is so awkward when their circumcisions have to be postponed
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I have heard of baby boys getting circumcised after the first week or two and I also understand that years ago, it used to be common to circumcise the little guys up to and sometimes at the 6 week check up.

These days it seems doctors are reluctant to circumcise after three months until over six months. It seems the local anesthetic used on tiny babies may not work as well when they get older than a month or two. They thus like to wait until the baby can be given a general anesthetic at 6 months to one year.

As some others have advised, it is never too late to circumcise. My little brother didn't get his until the age of four but then he had a lot of fear first and then a lot of discomfort afterwards. I swore then and there any son of mine would have his circumcision as early as possible!

Talk with your Pediatrician. He or she may be prpared to do it now or refer you to a Pediatric Urologist for it. Best wishes again.

Answer 2

The older the better if you ask me because once they get to a certain age (maybe 6 months) they can go under anaesthetic, which is the only way I would have my kids done. I've been in the doctors waiting room while a baby was being done and he screamed for 1/2 an hour! Do you know that only 10% of baby boys are circumcised now. If you're only doing it because you don't want your son to resent you then I don't think you should because times have changed and in his generation he is going to be they odd one out!

Answer 3

I don’t think that you can be too old for that. But why are you doing it? If it is for religious reasons talk to your rabbi about age limitations. If you are doing it out of hygiene research has shown that if you take good care of the baby’s penis and teach him good hygiene there is no need to circumcise. Men that usually get the disease associated with uncircumcised penises don’t properly clean the tip. If you feel that you can be clean and teach your baby to be clean there is not need to do it. If you don’t want to do it don’t do it. When he grows up he can make that decision. There is a whole world out there with men that don’t have it circumcised and I don’t think that they have problems getting girls.

There is no right or wrong. It is your decision about your baby. Weigh in the his current health condition and the benefits of circumcision.

EDIT: I was looking through a medical web site and found this
Should we circumsize our new baby boy?
The best answer to this question is that it is the choice of the parents to make. There is no medical reason to circumcize a newborn. Reasons to do it include: there may be some protection from urinary tract infections of childhood, which are rare in both circumcized and noncircumcized babies, religious or cultural beliefs, enhanced hygiene, and a desire for the appearance of a circumcized penis for social reasons. Reasons NOT to do it include: it is not a necessary procedure, infants cannot consent to the procedure, the procedure is painful, it may cause decreased sexual sensitivity, and there are possible complications of the procedure. Doing the procedure at a later age is possible but more difficult and carries with it more risks. You should have a complete discussion with your doctor about this if you are not sure what to do.

Answer 4

Is there a particular reason why you would circumcise your baby? Religious reasons I can understand - others I cannot

Would you put him through an anaesthetic (local or otherwise) for anything but a VERY good reason (health issues).

Where I live there is NO paediatrician that performs circumcision as it is considered non essential.

The poor little tyke was in NICU for 4 days - leave him alone and stop considering inflicting something awful and unnecessary on him. He is a perfect little man - what would make ANY mother want to do this to someone they love? Cut a bit of his body off. It is better to teach him good hygeine habits as he grows.

And no - it is not too late - adult male are often circumcized under general anaesthesia - but only for medical reasons.

I would love parents to have to hold their baby boys while they circumsize them.

Answer 5

Even adult circumcisions are still done for medical reasons, but for infants, I think that it used to be about three months. It might be well to realize that there is a lot of objection to the practice these days, calling it 'mutilation'. At least there is in Australia and Europe - I don't know about USA.
It's an emotive thing, but I am a mutilated male of 71, and I have had no problems with the effect of the operation, and know no-one who has.

Answer 6

He will not resent you. Would your daughter resent you for not cutting her genitals?

The foreskin is there for a reason. it has a function, thousands of nerve endings ans hundreds of blood vessals.

You have dealt with it for 3 months and it hasn't risen up to strangle anyone, so may as well leave the foreskin where it belongs.

Just remeber, you only need to wipe it like a finger, never retract the foreskin, it is adhered to the glans like a fingernail to the nailbed. They have to forcibly break these bonds when they cut a baby, it is very invasive and painful.

When a boy is old enough, he will retract himself. This often does not happen until puberty. This is fine, as the penis isa self-cleaning organ, just like the vagina. Many infections that people are so afraid of come from forcing the foreskin back and causing tears where feces can get in. Just LEAVE IT ALONE and all will be well.

Answer 7

I would ask your sons paed about it.
Our first was done @ 1 week.
Our 2nd done @ 2 weeks.
Our twins done @ 3 weeks.
Our 5th son done @ 4 weeks.
Our last son was done "late" as he was prem and was in NICU for a few weeks and needed to fatten up a bit.

Its never too late.. though the older he is, the more likely he will be knocked out for the procedure.

Answer 8

i does no longer circumcise your new son. it is not necissary. additionally it is not your husbands penis, or yours, it is your sons and purely he could make that determination for himself. My dad is circumcised and so am I. I hate it and this it develop right into a terrible element for my parents to do. in simple terms becuase my dad liked it would not recommend that i visit. additionally i think of it may reason slightly of an argument whilst your son grows up ought to be uncircumcised like his brother.then you definately wil have some crap to take from him. (your new born is the only which will sense alienated by fact he could be decrease up, circumcision is not greater helpful like human beings think of, additionally if he needs it executed whilst he's older he can circulate get it executed, yet he won't supply you the choice to undo it, it rather is why it is going to be his determination, seeing because it truly is his physique) i does no longer do it. Plus you need to tell your husband how lots sensitivity is lost once you get circumcised. that's lots -Connor

Answer 9

I don't think it could ever really be too late - grown men have circumcisions. It would probably be more painful, but not impossible.

That said, you should consider whether or not you really want this done to your child at all. It's not a necessary procedure, it will permenantly alter his body, and he may resent you as an adult for doing something like that to him as a baby.

Answer 10

I don't think it as mandatory
However every task is possible in the age of compute-ch and microsurgery. When done for medical reasons it is OK.
Otherwise how much it will be justified to deform God's creatures.