Do Pediatricians perform circumcisions?

Question

If not, what kind of doctor does that?

Answer 1

Pediatricians can perform circumcisions. Check with your child's doctor. Some are less willing than others due to risk of law suit. Ask for references if your doctor won't perform the surgery.

Answer 2

It's a very cruel thing to do and because circumcision is an elective surgery and not necessary, as well as very barbaric, a lot of paediatricians refuse to do the procedure. So you could refuse. The more doctors who take a stand, the easier it will be for the barbaric practice to die down. Here in Australia most doctors refuse to perform the procedure.

Answer 3

PLEASE watch one being done FIRST.

Don't circumcise your little boy. Do you believe children should have rights?

You love your child so much you want some one to mutilate him, without his permission? He should be entitled to a foreskin. Women are entitled to there body.

I was circumcised against my will. I won’t forgive my parents for it. They new at the time there was no medical benefits.

Good long term results -
Some woman like it
(Some research says) Side effects of STD's not as bad
(Sometimes) Not as sex crazed at puberty

Neutral long term effects -
Easier to clean (but when there young you can say that it feels good if you wash it they never stop cleaning it)
Only about 20% - 60% depending where you live are circumcised today he won’t be left out.

Bad long term results -
Not so much in the US but in other country’s males are
bullied for being circumcised
(Some research says) Higher chance of getting STD's
Head of penis desensitized
Having to push harder during sex
Almost all circumcised males need lubricant
Partner is less likely to have an orgasm
Foreskin can (sometimes) bleed during masturbation
Circumcised males can have resentment to there parents
The doctor can sometimes stuff up (1/100 loose there penis)
You can't go to Antarctica (high chance of getting frost bite
on the head of your penis)
Circumcised babies are more likely to get infections because of the nappy holding the urine and poo directly up onto the head of the penis.

Circumcised sex
Positives
- You have feeling on the way in and out
- Some woman like it
Negatives
- You push harder because of the head being desensitized
- Having to use lubricant
- Feeling not as good
- Hard to get orgasm for both partners
- Masturbation can get sore for men who have had tight circumcision

Uncircumcised sex
Positives
- Don't have to push as hard
- Easy for woman to know if you have cleaned it
- Woman have orgasms easier
- Not having to use lubricant
- Masturbation can feel more like real sex
Negatives
- Can feel like masturbating

A REAL baby boy being circumcised.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6555560541628380982&q=Routine+Infant+Circumcision&total=37&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

What’s lost when circumcised
http://www.norm.org/lost.html

Childs rights
http://www.eskimo.com/~gburlin/mgm/facts.html

Answer 4

My son was born 5 weeks premature. We wanted him circumcised before he left the hospital. We were told that either our pediatrician would do it or the hospital. It was up to our pediatrician, as long as we were ok with his decision. So yes they can, but more than one person can be qualified to do it.

Answer 5

I disagree with routine infant circumcision because I believe it's genital mutilation, but if I were to have ANY surgery done on my child, I'd go to a specialist, which in this case would be a urologist.

Answer 6

You need to find a doctor who puts money above his oath to "first, do no harm." It's your son's penis, not yours, and it should be HIS decision to make when he is an adult whether he wants a whole penis or a cut one.

Answer 7

Yes, pediatricians or OBGYNs usually do it.

Answer 8

Just go to the meat department of you local grocery store. They are experts at cutting meat.

Answer 9

A pediatrician did it to both our sons when they were still in the hospital.

Answer 10

Only an immoral doctor would do that.