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Anonymous
| Hey everybody, I just gave birth to my son on Friday and I have him scheduled to be circumcised this Friday at his 1 week check up. I have no experience with this so I don't know what to expect. I thought they used pain relief but my Dr said they don't use it at their clinic so I'm very anxious. For parents that had their little boys circumcised, how did they take it? During and after the procedure? |
Anonymous
| Why not just cancel? It's unnecessary. |
Anonymous
My boyfriend would be pissed if I did that, I let him make this decision, but I was on the fence about it after the doctor said he wouldn't use pain relief. My boyfriend still wants it done though |
Anonymous
| Both of my boys did fine. Pacifier with sugar water and they were calm. Nursed fine, slept fine, everything fine after. |
Anonymous
I am not afraid to admit it...yes, they feel a lot of pain. When I took my son to his circumcision, I was allowed to watch and it was heartbreaking  I thought the doctor was gonna numb him, but as soon as I saw the forceps in her hand right after she strapped him down I knew something wasn't right. He screamed so loud it made me feel ill, I broke out in tears myself and asked her why she didn't numb him, she said "don't worry, we don't numb any boys because it only takes a minute to circumcize them and the clinic thinks its a waste of medication, he'll be just fine". I felt so much guilt and he cried every time he went to pee and when I would put vaseline on his wee wee for the next few days. The only thing that made me feel better was when the doctor told me " he won't remember a thing and he will thank you when he is 15" LOL, 7 years later and he's a healthy boy  So far the doctor was right, lets see what happens when he turns 15 ha-ha. So its not all bad, but I wouldn't want to put another boy through that, I just hope I don't have anymore boys lol.
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Anonymous
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Some people use sugar water as "pain relief" ahead of the procedure. DS's godmother was present for his circumcision. He was three days old. I was upstairs, recovering from a c-section. She said he cried and quieted once she picked him up. I nestled him the rest of the day. The nurses cleaned him while we were in the hospital, so I never saw any blood. He was fine by the time we left the following day. I have no memory of anything specific. |
Anonymous
| Our ob used a local and sweeties. |
Anonymous
| I held the sugar water paci for my baby and he had a local. Frankly, the local was worse than the circ because they stick the needle all around their little penis. My baby cried far more and it looked much worse getting the local than the circ looked. I think the doc is right not to use the pain relief, honestly. The actual circ took seconds. |
Anonymous
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My son got sugar water and didn't cry (I was sitting outside the room waiting). I think any pain relief would be just as problematic- they may rub a numbing agent on, just you wouldn't want your kid to get a shot or go under for the procedure.
I'm not going to lie, I found it traumatic (probably enhanced reaction from postpartum hormones) and was relieved that our second is a girl so that we didn't have to worry about that decision. That said, my son was honestly not bothered by it. He didn't cry when we changed diapers or put Vaseline on it during recovery. |
Anonymous
| Our OB used a local and then gave tylenol afterwards. My DS barely cried - I think he cried more for the annoyance of being exposed (the room was cold) - and was fine the moment he was covered back up. It literally happened in the blink of an eye - i'm not sure who is doing the circ, but you want someone experienced like an OB - they are cutting "something" daily versus a Ped who rarely is cutting..... No issues afterwards.... |
Anonymous
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DS was circumcised while in hospital (Fairfax) by my experienced Jewish obstetrician. It was a quick, routine procedure and I just BF my DS immediately afterwards for comfort. DS was not fussy and instead slept/dozed the rest of the day. Healed fine, no problems.
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Anonymous
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My boys (9 and 11) have found out about circumcision and thanked me profusely for not doing it.
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Anonymous
Mine are 16 and 14 and have told me they are grateful i didnt have them circumcised. |
Anonymous
| Then just don't do it. My father is not, my brother is not. My husband is not. We are all Caucasian, in case you were wondering. All of them are glad it was never done. |
Anonymous
| Honey, don't cut your son's foreskin off because your boyfriend wants you to. Sorry to be so frank, but the statistics are not in your favor of being with him long term. You will always be your son's mother. |