Posts by glongley

    The documentary film "Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision" is on a cross-country tour and is coming to Boulder. The 70 minute film takes a critical look at the usually unquestioned...

@Bug McGee... you are lucky to have allies in your workplace. There are a few other nurses in my unit who didn't circumcise their sons, and others who I have educated about the lack of necessity of circumcision, but no body is in...

There is a Facebook group called "Nurses Against the Circumcision of Minors" where you can post your stories, learn, and seek...

I haven't posted here in a really long time, but happened to be browsing today, and how perfect that your post was at the top of the list! I have a similar story to tell from last Fall. Please feel free to PM me if you want to...

Not all episodes of inflammation of the foreskin are actually "infections," that is, in the sense of being caused by microbes liek bacteria or yeast. The most common cause of redness and swelling of the foreskin is probably...

Quote: Originally Posted by NSmomtobe I have heard this and also that the CPS (Canadian Pediatric Society) is "re-examining the evidence" on circumcision, in light of the new information collected from the...

If you can get ahold of the book "What Your Doctor May NOT Tell You About CIrcumcision" by Fleiss and Hodges, they have very good verbal descriptions of the Gomco (Metal Clamp), Plastibell (Ring), and Mogen Clamp (Flat clamp,...

Congratulations, and thanks for posting! It is encouraging to hear how this board is making a difference for baby boys! Gillian

Two things have to happen for the foreskin to become retractable. The inner foreskin layer has to separate from the glans, and the tight foreskin outlet has to become more loose and elastic. Both of these happen naturally on their own...

If the subject is going to be care of the intact penis, you have a chance to educate about the anatomy, and development, and hands off care of the intact penis (i.e. the importance of not retracting, and that the boy should be the first...