Circumcise????

Question

Who do i ask about doing the Circumcise to my baby when hes born...Do i mention it to my doctor or i have to call someone else..this is my first baby and im just curious...

And is Circumcise good to do or no??

35wks & 6 days

Answer 1

You mention it to your doctor.

And NO circumcision is NOT good. It is a terrible mutilation. If you are lucky enough to live in the E.U., the vast majority of the doctors will refuse to perform the operation although I'm primarily speaking about Ireland here.




I feel one should not be allowed to cut parts off of someone's body without their informed consent, be it the mother or the father irrelevant of their intentions. It is an irreversible process. How will the child view your decision when he grows up? See this video: http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=137650&fr=ybr_sbc


It's perpetuated by culture, just as FGM in other areas and the majority of people who force it on their children do not know the true facts.

It should be the choice of the victim as to whether or not they want to undergo the procedure. There are many men who try to undo the damage done to them every year: http://www.norm.org/
It is wrong to force an irreversible process onto them that they may not undergo as a adult if they still had the choice.


Parents should not have the right to force it on to their children. Should they have the right to circumcise girls? It is comparable to type 2 female circumcision (see below).
No medical institution in the world actually recommends the practice.
Let's have a look at medical associations in the developed world. The British Medical Association, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Canadian Paediatric Society, American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Australian College of Paediatrics and Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons. Every one of them recommends AGAINST performing the procedure. Their positions on the procedure can be found here: http://www.circumcision.org/position.htm


Here is a video of the operation. Watch it if you want to learn more. Please do watch it.
http://youtube.com/watch?search=&mode=related&v=XmX6RdRNoqk
Or this video:
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=352478&fr=ybr_sbc
It is not just a little snip here and there. Watch the above video of a circumcision in progress.


The foreskin keeps the glans soft and moist and protects it from trauma and injury. Without this protection, the glans becomes dry, calloused, and desensitized from exposure and chafing.
Specialized nerve endings in the foreskin enhance sexual pleasure.
The foreskin may have functions not yet recognized or understood.
[ http://www.nocirc.org/publish/pamphlet7.html ]

"Circumcision removes the most sensitive parts of the penis and decreases the fine-touch pressure sensitivity of glans penis. The most sensitive regions in the uncircumcised penis are those parts ablated by circumcision. When compared to the most sensitive area of the circumcised penis, several locations on the uncircumcised penis that are missing from the circumcised penis were significantly more sensitive." Circumcision removes as much as 75% of sensation [ http://www.nocirc.org/touch-test/bju_6685.pdf ].

The foreskin reduces the force required by the penis to enter the vagina. It also increases the sexual enjoyment of the female partner. Here is a study to back this up: http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/ohara/

Performing circumcision on a child can and does result in the deaths of children due to blood loss and/or failure of the immune system.
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=512542
Approximately 230 American males die every year because of circumcision. [ http://www.sexuallymutilatedchild.org/deathsdo.htm , http://www.cirp.org/library/death/ ] This is a meaningless and very sad loss of life.

It can and does result in very significant scaring.
It can and does result in sexual problems later in life.

Circumcised males have a much higher rate of sexual dysfunction and premature ejaculation. [ http://www.cirp.org/library/sex_function/ ]




A lot of the information perpetuated about it preventing diseases is false.
The study that you are less susceptible to aids if you are circumcised is flawed. Here is a discussion of the report and its methodology by "Doctors Opposing Circumcision": http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/HIVStatement.html .

Have a read through their statement. It is very informative. It shows the methodological flaws and poor conclusion in the report that the WHO has jumped upon. Everything is aptly sourced.


Men may often feel a need to justify their own circumcision by the generation of claims of health benefits.[ http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/goldman1/ ]
"The medical literature is full of protective claims for various diseases, such as sexually transmitted disease , male and female cancers, and urinary tract infection. All such claims have been disproved."[ http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/HIVStatement.html ]




"The United States has one of the highest rates of male circumcision and also one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the developed world, suggesting that circumcision is having exactly the opposite effect. Conversely, Finland and Japan have some of the lowest rates of circumcision and also some of the lowest rates of HIV/AIDS."

Condoms have been proven to be an effective means of combating AIDS.

Are you aware that Stallings study also shows that female circumcision also reduces HIV transmission? [ http://www.ias-2005.org/planner/Abstracts.aspx?AID=3138 ]
Female circumcision type II is the removal of the prepuce, part of the clitoris and the labia. Because of the function of the male foreskin, male circumcision is comparable to type II female circumcision. [ http://www.mgmbill.org/mgm101.pps ]
Should we circumcise girls or is this practice different or is it that one is "culturally" acceptable and one is not.
We do not nor should we circumcise girls.


They are both mutilations of the genitals. A parent does not have a right to mutilate their child's genitals under the U.N. Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the U.N. International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights. These violations were brought to the attention of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 2001 both orally and in writing by NOCIRC. However, the U.N. has yet to take action. [ http://www.mgmbill.org/un.htm ]

The vast majority of the world(83%) is not circumcised.
There is no good reason to perform male genital mutilation.


See these sites specifically:
http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/
http://www.mgmbill.org/
http://www.nocirc.org/
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/
http://www.noharmm.org/
http://www.norm.org/

Here is a tracking of circumcision news articles which is kept very up to date:
http://www.cirp.org/news/

Have a look at this website:
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9712/23/circumcision.anesthetic/

Have a look at this video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1736954830543671382&sourceid=searchfeed

Here are some very significant articles on circumcision that I recommend:
http://www.birthingthefuture.com/AllAboutBirth/circumcision.php
http://www.compleatmother.com/articles3/femalecircumcision.shtml






Please do SIGNIFICANT research before you decide to circumcise your son.
Why does no National Medical Institute in the world recommend the procedure?








Don't worry about the people talking about infections. The vast majority of the world is not circumcised. The vast majority of the E.U. is not circumcised. It is really a matter of trivial hygiene. The penis is no more difficult to clean that the labia.
Please note:
"It is important to note that the immature foreskin of a child must NOT be forced back for "cleaning" or for any other reason, because this will cause damage to the developing tissues. The child should be instructed that his foreskin will eventually retract. The first person to retract the foreskin should be the child himself." [ http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/ ]






I recommend confirming all my sources both above and below instead of simply believing my information. It is a very significant and permanent procedure you are considering which can and does cause death. You need to make sure you are very well informed. The majority of people who who force their children to undergo the procedure are not well informed.





 

Answer 2

About half of boys in the U.S. are being circumcised now, and the percentage is falling as parents realize how painful and unnecessary this surgery is. So, if for some reason your son decides to compare penises later in life, about half will be circ'd and about half not.

There are a couple of videos you should watch before deciding. I'll post links below. There are no medical benefits to circumcision. Contrary to popular belief, it is not easier to care for or cleaner. There is no evidence that routine infant circumcision reduces the risk of AIDS. It is extremely painful, and though they will not remember it, it still causes trauma. Otherwise, nothing done to children in the first 2-3 years of their lives would matter, since they won't remember it anyway. Read up on the complications-there are many. I'll post a link to that as well.

I would never dream of removing a functional, healthy part of my son's body. Not in a million years. There is no "cut here" line on a baby's penis. It's not my right to do so, anymore than it's my right to circumcise my little girls.

Laura
www.babystepsonline.net

Answer 3

If you have a son, you should be asked within one day of his birth whether you want him circumcised or not. IF he is circumcised, it's traditional to keep him in the hospital for three full days before he'll be released. If you want, you may 'tell your doctor' before you go in to have the baby ... but circumcision is a 'personal choice' ... I have three sons (all now grown) ... one is circumcised and two aren't ... and I can't see any 'difference' and neither can they ... so my feeling is that 'circumcision' doesn't matter, unless you belong to a religion that 'requires' it ... in which case, it will be done by the 'religious authority' and not by the doctor ...

Answer 4

Please do not do this to your son. He will be born perfect -- let him stay the way God/nature made him.

Circumcision hurts -- a lot -- when it's done, even if he is too young to remember it. Have a look at http://www.cirp.org/library/procedure/plastibell/ -- is this any way to welcome a child into the world? This is a REAL child. The ones who say their baby slept through it are wrong -- the babies don't sleep, but they often go into shock and pass out from the pain, and that looks like sleep.

Circumcision, like other surgery, has a chance of complications. Each year a few baby boys have to have their entire penises amputated and undergo surgery to make them into fake girls. And a few die.

He can be just as clean if he stays uncircumcised. Wash. It's THAT simple. Even cut guys still need to wash.

Circumcision is permanent. He may really resent you later in life if you force this on him as an infant. See http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Akbs7W2968wuGQVhbcvaFYfty6IX?qid=20070612071147AAWySsg&show=7#profile-info-ZiGd4yJaaa

Fewer and fewer educated parents have this done now. In fact, it will probably soon be seen as distinctly undesirable because it shows your parents did not read up ahead of time.

Answer 5

Talk to the baby's pediatrician since that is the person that normally does it. Some people hire a Jewish guy who does it for Jewish boys.

It's really up to you. There are both pros and cons associated with circumcision and non-circumcision. You just have to decide for yourself. I had my son circumcised (didn't know anything really, then), but after lots of new information, I would still do it. A lot of women are totally turned off of uncircumcised guys and I'm one of them! Some women (and this is anecdotal) reported getting more bladder infections when having regular relations with a non-circumcised guy than a circumcised guy.

Note: don't base your decision because you are concerned that they are different from the other boys. The highest rate of circumcision today in the US is 75% (lower outside the Midwest), clearly, there are plenty of other boys who have never been circumcized. I am basing my decision on a perceived health issue.

Answer 6

Hello there,
PLEASE, for the sake of your precious child, listen to Maple, HyperMama, ЙÏđª√έℓℓΐ®, and the others who told you NOT to circumcise your baby son! The doctor who said that the baby slept thru the procedure was an awful liar. As the other lady said, some babies do pass out, many defecate, signs of horrible pain. Just ask yourself if you honestly think anyone, much less a tiny baby who is not used to any sort of pain in his short little life, could sleep thru having the most sensitive part of his body butchered! We get nearly hysterical at the thought of this being done to little girls but we barely raise an eyebrow at doing it to baby boys! I am frankly surprised that more men are not actively protecting their sons. I have three sons and adamantly refused to let anyone mutilate their penis's. That was quite a few years ago (my oldest son is 30!) and I had to practically post a guard around him to take him home intact! All of my adult sons have thanked me for not letting them be mutilated and they have, of course, protected their baby sons in the same way.
PLEASE, if you do not do anything else, if you do not believe one single thing that those of us opposing this horrible atrocity have said, PLEASE, just watch the video. It will only take a few moments of your time, you owe that much to your baby. In case you think that the one video is a fluke, look at more than one, there are several. Please watch what someone wants to do to your baby! If there is video please listen, there is no doubt that the sounds you are hearing are of a tiny baby in utter, complete, agony! If you are anything like the other mothers I know, you will be repulsed and convinced!
Do it for your baby and do it for yourself. You do not want to have to explain to your son someday why you allowed such a thing to be done to him.
I really feel that "ЙÏđª√έℓℓΐ®" said it all....her name may be hard to pronounce but her research is right on the money. She knows what she is talking about. As do the others who spoke up. Please notice that the reasons that are given for doing circumcision are all small and of little consequence one way or the other. The reasons that we are giving you are literally gut wrenching. Please pay attention to that difference.
Do not do this to your baby son. By the time your son is an adult it will be a rare thing and he will NOT understand why you let him be mutilated in such a way.
Please do some research of your own.
PLEASE watch the video!
Blessings
Lady Trinity~ **** I followed some of the links that were offered and had to copy this. It is a quote from a mother who had just had her baby circumcised. "It's absolutely horrible. I didn't know how horrific it
was going to be. It was the most gruesome thing I have
ever seen in my life. I told the doctor as soon as he was
done, if I had a gun I would have killed him."

Melissa Morrison, seven months after
watching the circumcision of her baby son
"The psychological impact of circumcision," by R. Goldman

When I read that I had to share it with you. To me it spoke volumes. ****

Answer 7

It is not needed, it is a cosmetic procedure. There are only a few medical reasons why one is needed.


PS, if you decide not to do it...NEVER retract the forskin! THAT is what causes many of the percieved complications in an intact child. The foerskin will retract on its own around 4 yeard old.

Answer 8

Don't ask anybody to perform this surgery. And if they ask you, tell them it is unethical to solicit cosmtic genital surgery that the "patient" cannot consent to.

There is no good reason to cut healthy tissue off a newborn baby's penis.

It is not cleaner, or healthier. It is painful and reduces the size and sensation of his penis before he ever even gets a chance to use it.

http://www.circumstitions.com/Itsaboy.html

http://www.nocirc.org/

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9712/23/circumcision.anesthetic/

http://www.noharmm.org/

Answer 9

I spoke with my doctor about it a couple of weeks before his birth, he did the procedure. They asked my again at the hospital and did it the day after he was born. If you google circumcision, there are a ton of website that offer the pros and cons. It was the right decision for us.

Answer 10

This is a question for your doctor. a pediatrician will perform the circumcision a day or so after your son is born, usually before the both of you are sent home
a nurse will explain how to care for it
circumcision is a parents choice, pros and cons both ways
you should probably do what is like Daddy so they will be the same
It is a good thing in my opinion to keep it clean and keep infections away
read up on it before making your decision
Good luck