The Circumcision Discussion - Page 117

You can find paper after paper of peer reviewed, published, scientific studies that support both. Several have shown a lower incidence of HIV infection in areas of Africa for men who are circumscised.


Thats why it's a personal choice, and parents make many choices for their children who are not yet competent to make thier own. I am sure glad mine was done as an infant when I don't remember it. I would certainly have wanted it done as a teen (90% of my peers were cut), but would not likely have choosen to go thru the painful procedure.

BTW I have assisted with a few and the babies get a local (most doctors these days) and they Don't always scream, nor do we feel that we have been Maimed. The first TWO i was present for had no screaming, just a little boy sucking on my gloved finger.

It surprises me how militant some of these voices seem, and they seem to be almost exclusively women. maybe they can let the men police this almost exclusively male issue. I dont know of any support groups for men who feel they are maimed, or deformed by having been circumscised, nor do I know of any male, personal or professional knowledge, that has any issues with being cut (although I am sure I will hear of several any second now)

I'm only a nursing student but I just finished my clinical rotation in OB. There wasn't a whole lot going on for us to get involved in so when circumcisions were being performed, we all watched. I think in the 12 weeks of clinical rotation I probably saw 8 circumcisions. Every doctor I observed performing a circumcision used a numbing agent. It is standard now (that's what the doctor told me). Babies are unable to localize pain, so when they are hurt, they feel it everywhere. That's why nurses (good nurses) will keep the baby swaddled and only take out a leg when they give injections. When the baby boys are strapped down in the nursery to have the circumcision performed, they are upset with the fact that they can't pull their arms and legs in towards their bodies. They are most likely NOT crying because they are in pain. The initial poke of the injection causes some discomfort. The nurses I watched all had a pacifier with sugar water ready because glucose (sugar) is shown to have an analgesic effect on infants.
I don't know the specific name of the medication the doctors used to numb, but I know it works, because I watched one little boy sleep through his circumcision!
Hope this helps!

we have circs done a lot in our hospital. i think, personally, i would want my son to be circumcised only if i knew the ob had a good reputation for making the procedure as quick and painless as possible, because i have seen way to many residents doing a job gone wrong.

We have circs done A LOT in our hospital. I think, personally, I would want my son to be circumcised only if I knew the OB had a good reputation for making the procedure as quick and painless as possible, because I have seen way to many Residents doing a job gone wrong.

If you son has a healthy foreskin why would you want him circumcised at all?

Looks, circumcised looks better.

there was a poll i might search for later with the majority of american female respondents saying they preferred the look of circ, apparently agreeing with me but either way my kid, my look preference.