I can't blame breezy for getting defensive; there IS authentic, bonafide research from respected institutions that circ is cleaner than non-circ including playing a valuable role in cutting down on infections (not all of which are caused by sleeping around); whether people choose to believe that research is up to them.
A lot of the things said here about parents who circumcise their boys (as opposed to circ itself which you are welcome to disagree with), have been pretty horrible. A previous poster said when in pain her mum said she used to go 'quiet' and 'nice', and thus you cannot tell when a baby is in pain, well if your mum knew that was how you behaved when you were in pain and it was different than you'd expect, then most parents also know how their children behave when they are in pain. My youngest had his circumcision performed at 5 weeks because he was ill with jaundice before and had to regularly visit the hospital so we did not want to expose him to an infection risk; I knew how he behaved when in pain because he had had a minimum of 30 blood tests before that age (I lost count after that) where I was present. It was extremely painful for him to have all that blood drawn from different places in his hands and feet. When he had his circumcision done by a specialist urologist surgeon, not a GP or a religious leader; he was given a local anaesthetic that was allowed over an hour to work properly and the very small amount of cutting done was with a laser because we had the plastibell method done. After the surgery he didn't cry at all,nor did he cry or even wince during it and later that day he slept a bit longer as you would after a baby does after they have had their jabs but later on that night and from then on he was completely normal. I have seen those videos before and they don't present the way that my son's had their circumcisions performed; it is wrong for a baby to be taken far away from its parents and strapped down-for any procedure unless it is some type of medical emergency, but one video does not show an accurate picture of how most circumcisions are carried out.
My son was circ'd at 5 weeks as well as he had a hydroseal and the DR said the circ would come out crooked if he did it before being discharged from the hospital. So at this point my son had already had his 2nd heel prick at the DR when we went to the base to have him checked out at 4 weeks. I know when he is in pain: He goes BRIGHT red and really winds up for the cry and it is an ear piercing cry that makes my heart go into my tummy.
He did not do this during the circ. He had some sugar water and local anesthetic and when all of that wore off I used neosporin with pain relief as directed by the urologist that did the procedure. He didn't scream when he peed, I never saw ANY blood in his diapers, It never even looked very sore except for the first changing.
And one of the PP's said that she understands why I would want to keep it neat and clean for when he is 2,3,4,5 and even 6 and 7!! I have a 7, almost 8 yr old brother and when he comes in to go to the bathroom from playing and wants to get outside real quickly we often have to ask him if he wiped and washed his hands. Little boys can be very messy even if the parent/sister/aunt/family member/teacher is trying to teach them to be more hygenic. My parents are the cleanest people I know, my mom cleans her bathroom DAILY, lol! And she checks my brother when he comes home from school to make sure he has wiped.
Lack of circ is responsible for a 12 fold higher risk of urinary tract infections. The risk is 1 in 20 to 1 in 50 for uncircumcised infants and 1 in 200 to 1 in 500 for circumcised infants.
One in 400–900 uncircumcised men will get cancer of the penis, which occurs more than 20 times more commonly in uncircumcised men. A quarter of these will die from it and the rest will require complete or partial penile amputation as a result.
Higher risk of prostate cancer (50–100% higher in uncircumcised men)
Means increased risk of problems that may necessitate 1 in 10 older children and men requiring circumcision later in life, when the cost is 10 times higher, the procedure is less convenient, and the cosmetic result can be lesser, as stitches or tissue glue are required, as compared with circumcisions done in infancy.
Increases by 2–4 fold the risk of thrush and sexually transmitted infections such as human papillomavirus (HPV), genital herpes (HSV-2), syphilis, chancroid, Trichomonas vaginalis and thrush.
In the female partners of uncircumcised men lack of male circumcision is associated with an up to 5 fold higher incidence of cervical cancer.
-Courtesy of https://www.circinfo.net/summary.html
because they dont see it as necessary. Obviously they're not very strict Muslims & i'm sure if they still lived in lebanon, they probably would do do it because it would be seen as the norm, whereas her in the Uk, it's not. I find it really weird how in the US people are circ'd for cosmetic reasons... fair enough if you want to do it because your religion says so, but to do something just because your friends did or their daddy is cut or you dont want your child to be singled out in the locker room or whatever seems weird to me. sorry, but that's just the way i see it. (why are boys looking at eachother's bits so much anyway! lol)
