Arlington stats on circumcision

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Only roughly 55% of newborns are circumcised in the US today. It varies widely by region and in metro vs rural areas. I can't find the data anymore, but some government website estimated that only about half of DC newborns were circumcised as of a few years ago. With the large international population here, most boys who move here also won't have been circumcised.

? My immigrant DH is cut.

PP said "most", not "all".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only roughly 55% of newborns are circumcised in the US today. It varies widely by region and in metro vs rural areas. I can't find the data anymore, but some government website estimated that only about half of DC newborns were circumcised as of a few years ago. With the large international population here, most boys who move here also won't have been circumcised.

? My immigrant DH is cut.

Must be from one of those countries Trump talked about

[Anonymous]

We didn't cut our son. We're white, middle class, live in S Arlington. He's about to go into K. To be honest, I almost never think about it.

We'll see what he says when he's older. I let my DH have the deciding push on this, since I don't have the same parts. He said no. I know lots of other people that decided to cut their sons. And some who didn't. Obviously I don't want my kid to be upset with me about this choice, but it didn't feel right to do it for cosmetic reasons, and the science for our demographic was shaky at best.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not in Arlington, but I am still in Virginia and I'm a nurse practitioner that works with a local school district to do sports physicals (including a brief male genital exam) for all the middle and high schoolers each May/June, which means that I am uniquely qualifed to answer this, since I have quite literally seen hundreds of penises from that age group, and I have to say that not circumcising is still really rare at least where I am. Like there will be whole exam days where there isn't a single uncircumcised boy there. It's something you notice because it adds an extra step to the exam when a boy is uncut.

An extra step?

Pulling back the extra skin to check that it's not too tight and that the boy is keeping it clean (at that age, they usually aren't).

And just for reference, the part of Virginia I'm in is very rich and very white.

BS. This has never been part of my son’s athletic physicals.

You’re in the creepy part of VA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4dhE5VEKJg&t=177s

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m in arlington, but delivered in Dc at Sibley. According to my OB, since the procedure isn’t covered by insurance, people without means are choosing not to do it. So, I’d guess most boys at Williamsburg, if both here, will be circ. Most at Kenmore South of 50 won’t be. It’s mostly a socioeconomic thing.

Also delivered in DC, and the OB congratulated me for not doing it, saying she did not circ her sons either. So there’s more anecdata for you.

Excellent! It’s barbaric mutilation. In Europe no one does it, except maybe if it’s required by your religion. But I know here there are even Jewish organizations specifically rejecting circumcision based on medical and safety reasons.

My best friend had triplet boys in London. There was simply no mention of circumcision. Had she been here, she would had allowed the doctors to do it, because.... tradition! ...the doctors’ tradition.

I’ve heard the babies screaming at ceremonies. The women run out because they can’t bare it.

I don’t believe hospitals should do it without a parent present. But then most of them would halt the surgery before it was completed. It’s nothing short of torturous. Please just watch it happening.

So if you go with it, at least have the guts to stay to comfort your newborn son.

They put a numbing agent on the tip and then a local anesthesia for the whole penis. For my son, he can back from the procedure nurses and slept. No screaming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are always more con than pro posters when it comes to circumcision, and I have a group of fairly hippie/hipster friends in DC and I only know of one couple who chose to forgo circumcision.

I have a fairly standard yuppie group of friends and assumed that most everyone had circ'ed but when we were pregnant and made some inquiries it turned out almost no one did. Even friends that are Jewish forewent the procedure, which I was not expecting. DC ended up being a girl but I know DH went into the "decisionmaking process" convinced that everyone did it, just like when he was a kid, and he'd just get confirmation bias but he came out thinking "maybe this is not as clearcut as I thought."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not in Arlington, but I am still in Virginia and I'm a nurse practitioner that works with a local school district to do sports physicals (including a brief male genital exam) for all the middle and high schoolers each May/June, which means that I am uniquely qualifed to answer this, since I have quite literally seen hundreds of penises from that age group, and I have to say that not circumcising is still really rare at least where I am. Like there will be whole exam days where there isn't a single uncircumcised boy there. It's something you notice because it adds an extra step to the exam when a boy is uncut.

An extra step?

Pulling back the extra skin to check that it's not too tight and that the boy is keeping it clean (at that age, they usually aren't).

And just for reference, the part of Virginia I'm in is very rich and very white.

BS. This has never been part of my son’s athletic physicals.

You’re in the creepy part of VA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4dhE5VEKJg&t=177s

Definitely not clicking on random youtube link when we are discussing circumcision and creepy VA "medical professionals".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not in Arlington, but I am still in Virginia and I'm a nurse practitioner that works with a local school district to do sports physicals (including a brief male genital exam) for all the middle and high schoolers each May/June, which means that I am uniquely qualifed to answer this, since I have quite literally seen hundreds of penises from that age group, and I have to say that not circumcising is still really rare at least where I am. Like there will be whole exam days where there isn't a single uncircumcised boy there. It's something you notice because it adds an extra step to the exam when a boy is uncut.

An extra step?

Pulling back the extra skin to check that it's not too tight and that the boy is keeping it clean (at that age, they usually aren't).

And just for reference, the part of Virginia I'm in is very rich and very white.

BS. This has never been part of my son’s athletic physicals.

You’re in the creepy part of VA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4dhE5VEKJg&t=177s

Definitely not clicking on random youtube link when we are discussing circumcision and creepy VA "medical professionals".

I just watched it, it's not anything creepy, it's just a pediatrician explaining what she does and why at physicals for adolescent boys and this topic is briefly mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Science is strong that there is a limited benefit to it. That was all I needed to hear to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in arlington, but delivered in Dc at Sibley. According to my OB, since the procedure isn’t covered by insurance, people without means are choosing not to do it. So, I’d guess most boys at Williamsburg, if both here, will be circ. Most at Kenmore South of 50 won’t be. It’s mostly a socioeconomic thing.

Also delivered in DC, and the OB congratulated me for not doing it, saying she did not circ her sons either. So there’s more anecdata for you.

Excellent! It’s barbaric mutilation. In Europe no one does it, except maybe if it’s required by your religion. But I know here there are even Jewish organizations specifically rejecting circumcision based on medical and safety reasons.

My best friend had triplet boys in London. There was simply no mention of circumcision. Had she been here, she would had allowed the doctors to do it, because.... tradition! ...the doctors’ tradition.

I’ve heard the babies screaming at ceremonies. The women run out because they can’t bare it.

I don’t believe hospitals should do it without a parent present. But then most of them would halt the surgery before it was completed. It’s nothing short of torturous. Please just watch it happening.

So if you go with it, at least have the guts to stay to comfort your newborn son.

They put a numbing agent on the tip and then a local anesthesia for the whole penis. For my son, he can back from the procedure nurses and slept. No screaming.

I mean if you want to have to deal with nagging your son to remember to wash underneath his foreskin for the first thirteen years of his life because you couldn't be bothered to listen to the CDC and you wanted him to be "natural" then that's your right, but don't be surprised when he comes to you in tears asking you to pay for it when he's a teenager because some girl rejected him because of it and told all of her friends and now all the girls at school are calling him anteater.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in arlington, but delivered in Dc at Sibley. According to my OB, since the procedure isn’t covered by insurance, people without means are choosing not to do it. So, I’d guess most boys at Williamsburg, if both here, will be circ. Most at Kenmore South of 50 won’t be. It’s mostly a socioeconomic thing.

Also delivered in DC, and the OB congratulated me for not doing it, saying she did not circ her sons either. So there’s more anecdata for you.

Excellent! It’s barbaric mutilation. In Europe no one does it, except maybe if it’s required by your religion. But I know here there are even Jewish organizations specifically rejecting circumcision based on medical and safety reasons.

My best friend had triplet boys in London. There was simply no mention of circumcision. Had she been here, she would had allowed the doctors to do it, because.... tradition! ...the doctors’ tradition.

I’ve heard the babies screaming at ceremonies. The women run out because they can’t bare it.

I don’t believe hospitals should do it without a parent present. But then most of them would halt the surgery before it was completed. It’s nothing short of torturous. Please just watch it happening.

So if you go with it, at least have the guts to stay to comfort your newborn son.

They put a numbing agent on the tip and then a local anesthesia for the whole penis. For my son, he can back from the procedure nurses and slept. No screaming.

I mean if you want to have to deal with nagging your son to remember to wash underneath his foreskin for the first thirteen years of his life because you couldn't be bothered to listen to the CDC and you wanted him to be "natural" then that's your right, but don't be surprised when he comes to you in tears asking you to pay for it when he's a teenager because some girl rejected him because of it and told all of her friends and now all the girls at school are calling him anteater.

Then I’ll be glad I helped him dodge a bullet because that hypothetical girl sounds awful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in arlington, but delivered in Dc at Sibley. According to my OB, since the procedure isn’t covered by insurance, people without means are choosing not to do it. So, I’d guess most boys at Williamsburg, if both here, will be circ. Most at Kenmore South of 50 won’t be. It’s mostly a socioeconomic thing.

Also delivered in DC, and the OB congratulated me for not doing it, saying she did not circ her sons either. So there’s more anecdata for you.

Excellent! It’s barbaric mutilation. In Europe no one does it, except maybe if it’s required by your religion. But I know here there are even Jewish organizations specifically rejecting circumcision based on medical and safety reasons.

My best friend had triplet boys in London. There was simply no mention of circumcision. Had she been here, she would had allowed the doctors to do it, because.... tradition! ...the doctors’ tradition.

I’ve heard the babies screaming at ceremonies. The women run out because they can’t bare it.

I don’t believe hospitals should do it without a parent present. But then most of them would halt the surgery before it was completed. It’s nothing short of torturous. Please just watch it happening.

So if you go with it, at least have the guts to stay to comfort your newborn son.

They put a numbing agent on the tip and then a local anesthesia for the whole penis. For my son, he can back from the procedure nurses and slept. No screaming.

I mean if you want to have to deal with nagging your son to remember to wash underneath his foreskin for the first thirteen years of his life because you couldn't be bothered to listen to the CDC and you wanted him to be "natural" then that's your right, but don't be surprised when he comes to you in tears asking you to pay for it when he's a teenager because some girl rejected him because of it and told all of her friends and now all the girls at school are calling him anteater.

My sons are 6 and 5….they don’t wash under their foreskins at this age and never had. You’re not supposed to retract the foreskin til they are older (and then it’s only done by the owner of the penis). There’s zero difference caring for intact penises vs. circumcised penises at this age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Science is strong that there is a limited benefit to it. That was all I needed to hear to do it.

Proudly rationalizing that mutilation, huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only roughly 55% of newborns are circumcised in the US today. It varies widely by region and in metro vs rural areas. I can't find the data anymore, but some government website estimated that only about half of DC newborns were circumcised as of a few years ago. With the large international population here, most boys who move here also won't have been circumcised.

? My immigrant DH is cut.

PP said "most", not "all".

He comes from a part of the world immigrating to DC at a much faster clip than Western Europeans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in arlington, but delivered in Dc at Sibley. According to my OB, since the procedure isn’t covered by insurance, people without means are choosing not to do it. So, I’d guess most boys at Williamsburg, if both here, will be circ. Most at Kenmore South of 50 won’t be. It’s mostly a socioeconomic thing.

Also delivered in DC, and the OB congratulated me for not doing it, saying she did not circ her sons either. So there’s more anecdata for you.

Excellent! It’s barbaric mutilation. In Europe no one does it, except maybe if it’s required by your religion. But I know here there are even Jewish organizations specifically rejecting circumcision based on medical and safety reasons.

My best friend had triplet boys in London. There was simply no mention of circumcision. Had she been here, she would had allowed the doctors to do it, because.... tradition! ...the doctors’ tradition.

I’ve heard the babies screaming at ceremonies. The women run out because they can’t bare it.

I don’t believe hospitals should do it without a parent present. But then most of them would halt the surgery before it was completed. It’s nothing short of torturous. Please just watch it happening.

So if you go with it, at least have the guts to stay to comfort your newborn son.

They put a numbing agent on the tip and then a local anesthesia for the whole penis. For my son, he can back from the procedure nurses and slept. No screaming.

I mean if you want to have to deal with nagging your son to remember to wash underneath his foreskin for the first thirteen years of his life because you couldn't be bothered to listen to the CDC and you wanted him to be "natural" then that's your right, but don't be surprised when he comes to you in tears asking you to pay for it when he's a teenager because some girl rejected him because of it and told all of her friends and now all the girls at school are calling him anteater.

I take it you have no experience with foreskins?