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Re: to Circumcise or Not??? - Dr. response please
From: lynn (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:14:54 -0500
I think infection is the exception, not the rule. The fact that 4 brothers
all got infections bad enough to need circumcision I think is bizarre. Only
reason I'm saying this is that my hubby is from England, where they do not
circumcize. He never even heard of infection down there until I asked him
about it. Of course you have to be taught at a young age how to wash the
area. My obgyn had told me that years ago they thought men that were
uncircumcised had more risk of infection and penile cancer. He told me that
within the past few years, these claims have been found to be
unsubstantiated, and that is why more parents are opting not to circumcise
anymore. In other words, there is no medical benefit to it. I'd love to hear
from another doctor on this....
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Jill)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PREGNANCY-BIRTH
><pregnancy-birth@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Subject: Re: to Circumcise or Not???
>Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 05:31:00 -0600
>
>I, for one, am definitley FOR circumcision. My husband is Australian,
>and my in-laws (for whatever reason) decided not to circumcise their 4
>sons. All 4 of them started having ifections around age 12 because they
>were unable to adequately clean the penis. (What 12 year old boy is
>really going to pay attention to hygeine, anyway?!?!) ALL 4 of them had
>to end up being circumcised.... between the ages of 12-14!!!!! How
>terribly humiliating.... and painful!!!!! Needless to say, when our son
>was born 3 months ago, it was not even a question in our minds.... we
>had him circumcised the next day.
>
>At Tue, 28 Jan 2003, marcia wrote:
> >
> >If you do decide to circumcise,... my doctor used a
> >"bell _________" Sorry, I only remember the bell part. Anyway, we
> >didn't have to aply gauze to his wee pee pee which made things a lot
> >easier on me. We just kept him clean and lubed until it fell off. I
> >don't even think it was painful for him.
> >
> >At Tue, 28 Jan 2003, J. wrote:
> >>
> >>At Mon, 27 Jan 2003, anonymous wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Hi all,
> >>>Don't know if this is the right place for this question, but I would
> >>>like to know what percentage of boys are being circumcised nowadays in
> >>>the U.S.??? This is a very important issue to me and I am fighting
> >>>constantly with my husband about it since we disagree. I sure hope our
> >>>baby is a girl b/c of this, but we have to prepare in case it is a boy.
> >>>Statistics, opinions, beliefs, medical or otherwise are ALL
> >>>appreciated!!
> >>
> >>I wouldn't have believed this unless I saw it with my own eyes. I went
> >>to my first briss, and the rabbi held the baby, said something, and
> >>suddenly the circumcision was over. The baby didn't cry, squirm, fuss,
> >>or anything. I know that's not how it always goes, but I did see it
> >>happen. Actually I didn't even see it, it was too fast!
> >>
> >>--
> >>J.
> >>
>
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