my baby is 1 month would i have to get the doctor who delivered him to circumcise him.?

Question

i did not get it done when he was born because of insurance issues

Answer 1

If you're in the United States, a gynecologist or pediatrician should be able to carry out the procedure. Some will refuse to do it for ethical reasons.
If you are in another country, it will be significantly more difficult to cut part of your child's body off.

What do you know about male genital cutting?


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.


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/ ]


Hygiene and prevention of disease are among the commonest reasons cited for performing male circumcision. This directory contains references that examine the validity of these claims in detail: http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/

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/



I would recommend not cutting your child without his(the child's) permission.

Answer 2

Circumcision is not neccessary. It is cosmetic. Read a bit from this website before you decide. Good luck!!

"No national or international medical association recommends routine circumcision. Circumcision began during the 1800s to prevent masturbation, which was believed to cause disease."

http://www.llli.org/WebUS.html

Answer 3

actually no hon. your pediatrician can recommend someone for you if you have insurance issues. make sure to do follow ups on the doctor recommended to do the procedure. good luck

Answer 4

Don't do it! It's painful and unnecessary. Neither of my boys are circumcized, it's not ever been a cleanliness problem or anything like people will tell you.

Answer 5

wow they did this in the hospital after he was born. i would either call his doctor and see if they can do it and if no see who they reccommed doing it. good luck

Answer 6

nope, any rabbi, ped. surgeon could do it. simple answer without all the b/s from the 'anti-cut' croud

Answer 7

no, usually its done by a pediatrician. Call his dr and ask for more info.

Answer 8

i wouldnt get the child circumsized now
i hear that if they dont do it the first week that they should wait till after the first year unless medically neccessary
i dunno i just heard that somewhere
talk to his doc

Answer 9

you go to a plastic surgen

Answer 10

no