Going back to US for circumcision

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wanting to cut your son's penis so he "matches" is one of the lamest, most uneducated reasons to do a circ. Seriously?! Your son will not grow up thinking he must have a similar penis to his father or brother - in fact, it won't be very long before he (like most of us) is thoroughly repulsed by the idea of his fathers penis. I wonder how often your husband contemplates his parents and siblings genitals and just basks in the glory that they are so alike.

And, you are seriously going to drag a newborn around the world just to have him cut? Get a grip. Why not ask the pediatrician in the country you are living how they feel about your plans? No matter what, your son can get circed at any age should he need or want it -- and frankly, going under general when he is over a year is the more humane way to do it despite the slightly increased risk from the anesthesia.

I had a boyfriend who had a circ at 3. He was very traumatized by it many, many years later. It's better to have it done when you can't remember. Besides, you don't go under anesthesia. It's local anesthesia.

You forgot to mention that it was an UNNECESSARY circumcision. Doctors in this country are woefully uninformed about the normal foreskin. They give bad advice, manipulate it which causes more problems, and then tell you it needs to be cut off. Shame on them for not educating themselves and the families that choose to leave their sons intact.

Actually, I didn't mention that because he had his foreskin, he was getting infections so they decided to do it then. However, I am sure you will find a reason for that to be the wrong reason to do it as well. All I was saying is that he was traumatized by it being done when he was older.

No, he wasn't getting infections "because he had a foreskin"; he was getting infections because of improper care. This is what I was trying to explain: doctors give bad advice on how to care for the foreskin. Because they don't understand the normal male anatomy, they instruct parents to retract, and they themselves forcibly retract. This causes micro-tears, which harbor bacteria and cause infection.

Additionally, on the rare occasion a boy spontaneously gets a UTI, it can be treated exactly like a baby girl would be treated if she gets a UTI -- with the proper medication. No need to start chopping off bits. Again, this comes down to misinformed doctors and a heavy bias that the foreskin is inherently problematic. Baby girls get FAR more infections - both yeast and UTIs - then baby boys (including those who are intact!) yet when an intact male gets one of these infections, the ignorant doctors refuse to treat the infection and instead claim that the boy must be circumcised. Note that in other countries who do not routinely circumcise, they find ways to treat any infections without cutting anything off.

[Anonymous]

OP, start by having a child