Albirdie

To reply to the the first post of mom who will be having a little boy.....first congrats on having a boy. I have two of my own little sluggers running around and I do mean sluggers. They are honery little things LOL. Anyway, they have both been circed. I am a nursing student, but work at a hospital and have assisted with many circumcisions. Truly it is a personal decision. I can only tell you what I have witnessed. First their was a post that explained the procedure and it is very accurate. The only thing I can say is that I have not been able to tell a difference between using Lidocaine or nothing at all. We give the babies a little bit of sugar water and a gloved pinky to suck on and that seems to work just as good as the lidocaine at soothing them. After the procedure babies are cuddled and most of the babies fall right to sleep or are just looking around. Note: newborns have fresh diaper and warm t-shirt and blankets to sooth; therefore the result of no crying. I always have put a warm blanket on baby before procedure(there is a certain way to do that so as to not contaminate sterile field). This helps as well. All in all it is a personal preference because we can look at study after study all day long and one will say something is wrong with the other. Simply talk to your doc about it and your husband/significant other/family and reach the decision that way. Just thought you might want to know how most babies react to the procedure. Hopefully it was helpful.

I have read most of the posts and found it to be quite interesting. First, I am going in to my second semester of nursing school. I, of course, have tons of questions. I just started a position as Nurse Extern in a hospital. I have found that some nurses are open to questions and others seem to be bothered by it. I feel that when you are in nursing school it is the best time to ask questions because you are building a foundation. Since I want to work in this particular unit after graduation you would think that all of the nurses would like to help, but unfortunately some just don't care. Or that is at least the feeling I get. So what is a student to do when faced with this. I am PRN so I am not always going to be with the nurses that are open to questions??????

I think that a woman who is looking to find a doc with a lot of money should instead find a "therapist", you know the kind that do counseling because you may have some esteem issues. You should never look for someone because of money. My husband is I guess what you would call a "blue collar" and is the best husband, daddy, and provider a woman could ask for. He is putting me through nursing school and as I am writing this bathing our children while I am typing away. You, I am afraid are looking for the wrong things in a person to be your partner.

I am currently in college working on BSN. My husband is very supportive. We have two children, and it does get hectic sometimes. You just have to roll with it. Don't forget to make time for each other. There will be times when you think your head is going to explode........it won't. You are going to be fine. When you start to get stressed out ask your kids and husband for a hug instead of taking the stress out on them. This can be a very motivating factor. As far as after you start working, well it is all just an adjustment. I have several friends that are RN's and they are all still happily married and have said that it is just an adjustment in the beginning. They also said that once their family adjusted everything just seemed normal again. I hope that is true!!! Good Luck in school.