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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are circumcisd you have less chance of getting STDs and AIDS. It is also more sanitary and easier to take care of. The pain is negligable and my kids barely made a noise when it happened.[/quote]

The pain being "negligable" [sic] is complete bullshit.  I am a postpartum nurse and have assisted hundreds of them, and crying is not the only indication of pain in newborns.  Google "FLACC scale" for one instance of pain scoring for neonates, this is what we use at my hospital.  I try to get out of assisting them as much as I can.  It's very painful (how could it not be--they are cutting on an area with a lot of nerves!) and hardly use any anesthesia (would you want sugary water or the equivalent of a novocaine shot that will wear off in 30 minutes if you were getting circumcised?)

If you don't want STD's or AIDS you have to practice safe sex, circumcision or not--and those studies are not considered compelling enough to change the AAP's policy, which does not recommend circumcision.

If you DO opt to have it done, please insist on letting your son get some baby Tylenol afterwards.

I only have girls, but after seeing all these circs done, I wouldn't even pierce my daughter's ears until they could tell me that it was ok.[/quote]

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