circumcised him or not???

Question

I have a lttle boy and i dont now if i should, Is it safe?

Answer 1

I have three boys and none of them are circumcised. They are all welcome to make that decision on their own. I don't buy that it would hurt less for an infant than it would for an adult. The trauma of birth seemed enough to me. I am an RN and I have held babies still for the procedure. Before you circumcise your son, educate yourself about the procedure by watching one. It may change your mind. In our home, we've never had any problems from the intact foreskins. I've talked to my thirteen year old about being teased, and he has not experienced any problem to date. I commend you for gathering information before you make your decision. You're going to be a good parent no matter what choice you make!

Answer 2

All i can tell u is that it's a personal decision, but I decided not to with my son. His own pediatrician was pregnant at the same time I was and she opted not to either. More and more boys these days are not circumcised, so the social stigma of not being circumcised is no longer an issue. Healthwise, as long as you teach your son to pull back his foreskin during bathtime when he gets older he should have no more of an infection risk than a child who had a circumcision. As I said, it's a personal decision, but I just felt that, medically speaking, the advantage of having a circumcision was not much higher than not having one. Plus, I didn't want to subject my baby to that pain, especially since most hospitals will not circumcise and it must be done in a doctor's office possibly weeks after birth. That was my decision, but you make your own.

Answer 3

In my opinion I say circumcise him. For now it's not that big pf a problem, but as they get older it gets troublesome. I have 2 guy friends that say they wished they would have been done because now before any type of other skin contact it has to be scrubbed and literally pulled apart to clean it. Before and after sex seems to be a down fall also. They also said they didn't like high school gym time because they had to shower in front of everyone and no one else looked like them and they were ashamed. I circumcised my little the day after he was born and it turned out perfect. I think there is much more health problems later in life that you should take into consideration, do some research on it but if it is not against your religion then ,I say, definitly do it.

Answer 4

i'm a guy and if i was a parent, i would. having been circumcised myself 3 - 4 year ago at 23. it'd be much easier as a bub, or even a kid.
yes it is very safe. most people say its painful, totally wrong. modern medicine has anesthetics for a reason. different forms can be used at all ages.

Answer 5

My hubby isn't my boys are.

I use to work in a nursing home and have seen the effects of what can happen if a nurse forgets to pull the foreskin back into place once care is complete. That alone sealed my sons' fate. Also I personal think its cleaner.

According to recent reports, a women with an uncircumcised partner has a higher risk to getting certain reproductive cancers.

Plus i hate to say it but you don't want to give your kids any reason to get picked on in the locker room.

Answer 6

I really think either choice is fine. The risk of complications from the procedure are minimal, ask are the risks associated with remaining uncircumcised.

We chose not to circumcise our son. I just didn't see subjecting him to an unnecessary medical procedure. I did a bit of internet research and talked to my med school friend and felt the pain, although temporary, just wasn't worth it.

He's fine the way God made him. Circumcision is becoming a little less common, so he won't be a stand out in the locker room. :)

But I really think either choice is perfectly fine.

Answer 7

Either way is fine. It's not UNhealthy to not be uncircumcised, it does require extra effort to keep the head clean and free from bacteria. Men can actually get yeast infections when they are not circumcised.

There is very few negatives about circumcision.

Answer 8

Why? In the old days it was for religious reasons, then heath reasons. But these days it is mainly for asthetics. Males have foreskin for a reason you know, why mutilate and cause pain to a perfectly healthy baby?

Answer 9

let your son make that decision...it's his penis after all...the whole it's cleaner thing is a myth...women actually have the hardest in "keeping things clean" and as i'm sure you know bathing everyday makes for no problems! it's a painful and unnecessary SURGERY boys have died (be it rare) and circs are often botched... google "routine infant circumcision" watch the video (turn your speakers on) and think if you really want to do that to your baby

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8212662920114237112&q=routine+infant+circumcision&hl=en

and here are some links for you:

http://www.nocirc.org/

http://www.noharmm.org/home.htm

http://www.cirp.org/

http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/index.html

this is a very good article

http://www.stopcirc.com/vincent/vulnerability_of_men.html

http://www.stopcirc.com/index.html

and if anyone give you the "locker room" myth about half of the boys in the u.s. are intact these days and 90% of THE WORLD is intact... best wishes

Answer 10

To be completely honest here, I didn't really give it much thought when I was pregnant with my son. I left the decision up to my husband. The end result, my son is circumsized.