Circumcision and Pain?

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Ok so witnessed my first circumcision the other day.

I have to say...I hope I don't have to see another. The doctor used nothing for pain while he put hemastats and cut the babys foreskin. The baby was screaming..and all I could give him was a pacifer with sugar? Seriously??

Is this common practice?

I believe that mandatory pain management of infants being circumcised should become a law and that doctor who don't use pain relief be banned from practicing medicine. I hate that we go totally out of the way to be sure adults are comfortable which itself is great but little consideration is given to babies which totally disgusts me. What the conscious mind does not remember the subconscious never forgets.

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absolutely no. Usually lido... sugar water helps but not 100%... Even AAP recommends pain relief. You are your patient's advocate... but if you are worried, perhaps find some literature and show your coach (or whoever is training you) and go from there.

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Specializes in Postpartum.

We use lidocaine, upper body swaddling, and sucrose at time of procedure and tylenol after. It's barbaric and wrong to do it without a nerve block :(

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