How Do Feel About Male Babies Being Circumcised At Birth?

You said that a three year old had to have it done because of infection, so how could you feel that it is unnecessary. I would think, better safe than sorry. My sister says that after her second son was circumcised they brought him to her to comfort him and he was beet red from screaming. She said she was to exhausted to hold him, because as she said, he acted like he did not want to come into the world. She said that her mother-in-law was disappointed in her, when she had to pick him up and calm him down.

That is ONE kid that had to be circumcized at later on. The odds of that happening are likely to be pretty slim.

My son was circumcised at birth and I think its better to done at birth than to wait until later and yes it is better to be sorry.

I can understand this because I have had two boyfriends who swear that they had been circumcised, but it looked deformed and gross to me. Maybe theirs were not cut down far enough, I don't know, but I can definitely see other boys teasing them for that.

I think I should point out that not all boys go to a private stall to relieve themselves when they go to the bathroom. I do know of a child who was made fun of in pre school for his being different then the other boys in his class. And yes your right that children get made fun of for a lot of reasons but can't the other children come up with enough things to pick on a child without his own parents helping them?

Thank you so much for sharing this wealth of information. I believed it to be the right thing and you have completely convinced me. I had no idea though that something like that could cause cancer, yet somehow it does not surprise me at all. I had to cringe when you told about having to clean the little boys before a sample. I hope that everyone will get the opportunity to read your story.

well boys can get infections if they don't have it done.

Wot rot! all the best urban

You may not personally remember it, but some baby boys do Baby's pain sensitizes it to future trauma by Amanda Kreidié Toronto --- Baby boys not only experience pain during circumcision, they actually remember the agony of their ordeal, researchers here say. Chief investigator Anna Taddio said a year-long study of infant pain reaction during routine vaccination found that, despite the passing of four to six months, male infants circumcised without the benefit of analgesia exhibited more signs of pain during routine immunization than boys who had not had their foreskins removed or who underwent the procedure with a transdermal anesthetic. "This study demonstrates that infants do in fact feel pain, and that a painful experience in the newborn period can affect pain behaviors later on," said Taddio, during an interview. "Given that's the case, it is our recommendation that every measure be taken to prevent pain in circumcision and other medical and surgical procedures." Taddio, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto's school of pharmacology, and colleagues at the Hospital for Sick Children (HSC) were prompted to embark on this line of investigation after an earlier study indicated male infants --- especially those who had been circumcised --- demonstrate a greater pain response to vaccination than do their female counterparts. That observation resulted in a study which would determine whether pretreatment with lidocaine-prilocaine 5% cream (EMLA) affected the circumcised infant's pain response to immunization. The researchers recruited 87 healthy, full-term male infants, 32 of whom were uncircumcised, 29 circumcised an hour after the application of 0.5 g - 1 g of EMLA 5% cream, and 26 who underwent the procedure without any pain relief. Four to six months later, when routine vaccinations were due, the researchers arranged to video tape the immunization sessions, all of which took place at the primary care physician's clinic. "We chose to study pain response during routine vaccination…to reduce the effects of fear and anticipation on infant pain response seen in older infants and children, and because vaccination pain responses do not vary greatly within this age range," explained Taddio, who was supervised by Dr. Gideon Koren, head of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at HSC. Parents completed an infant temperament questionnaire and were questioned about their baby's last feeding and nap times prior to the vaccination to ensure that the baby's temperament did not influence his reaction to the needle. http://www.infocirc.org/babypain.htm

I totally agree with you. I am simply being neutral to allow people to give their opinion. All I need to know is that God said to do it and that is reason enough for me. Snip, snip, cut, and done.

How can you say that it is nonsense. My brother never had any infections. My god-brother, who was not circumcised was always worried about it and he did have one at one time.

Nonsense all the best urban

I agree with both of you. Well said. Even Jesus himself was circumcised.

I just have to say that I totally agree with you because of your point about the Bible. If God had not said it, then there would be reason for me to debate, but he is the one that created the men and if he says cut it, cut. This goes back to the start when Adam and Eve first sinned. What caused them to sin? They questioned God. Did God really say don't eat from that tree. The serpent was able to use subtle deceit to get them to doubt God's word. A lot of people want to say that the Bible is old and out dated, but the Lord promised that he is the same, Yesterday, today, and forever. When I was a child in church, we sang a song that said, God said it, I believe it, and that settles it for me.

Why would your God create something just to have it removed after birth? Maybe it's just me, but that just sounds sort of pointless.

the trend is going down in some places, here' a chart that shows the rates http://www.cirp.org/library/statistics/USA/ Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Northeast Region 69.6% 68.3% 66.5% 68.3% 68.0% 65.4% 64.6% 66.9% 68.9% 64.7% 66.4% North Central Region 80.1% 79.8% 80.9% 81.6% 82.9% 81.4% 81.4% 81.0% 81.0% 77.8% 79.5% Southern Region 64.7% 66.1% 63.6% 64.5% 64.6% 64.1% 63.9% 62.5% 64.0% 57.7% 58.5% Western Region 34.2% 42.6% 36.3% 38.0% 38.3% 36.7% 37.3% 40.9% 32.6% 31.4% 31.7% All Regions 62.7% 64.1% 60.2% 62.8% 63.2% 61.5% 62.4% 63.1% 60.1% 55.9% 57.4%

Thank you for sharing about your culture. It is nice to know that it is still considered a tradition in some parts of the world. Although, it is a little late in the game and the pain must be blinding, better late, than never, I guess.

I have never heard of the foreskin growing back. That sounds weird and just a little to creepy for my taste. But who knows, stranger things have happened, I guess.

I believe I have seen what you are speaking of, when you say it does not look like it was done right. Sometimes, it looks as if they could have cut a little more because there is still too much skin to pull back which makes it hard to clean. It also does not lok right. I have never heard of the procedure that you said was performed on your nephew, but I guess as long as everything turned out alright, what more could you ask for.

True. Boys probably don't like cleaning simply because it might be be reinforced on them enough. That, and a lot of people tend to steer towards the direction of various gender stereotypes.