Posts by Quirky

Gillian's a nurse and she has given you good info! The only thing I would add is to ask whether your doctor actually cultured any discharge to demonstrate that there was something bacterial going on. Redness and swelling by themselves...

There is no need for the antibiotic ointment because there's not an infection going on. Similarly the steroid cream is unnecessary -- it thins the skin, and you don't need it. It will probably take a few days before he's comfortable...

Here is a good paper for you to print off and take in to educate them, published in Emergency Medicine News: http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Full...d_Penis.5.aspx

Absolutely you should not have him circed to prevent harm to the foreskin --- because circumcision will be far worse! Mama, deep cleansing breaths first of all. You did the right thing by keeping him intact and you have not failed to...

DO NOT LET THEM RETRACT HIM FULLY AGAIN ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY!!! What they did was harmful and unnecessary. INSIST that they get someone in there who knows what they're doing. Like a NICU nurse or someone who will only gently flare...

Quote: Originally Posted by lovingmommyhood This is perhaps off topic but I've been considering not going the RIC route with my next baby...I'm new at researching this so please don't tear me apart...I'm wondering,...

Quote: Originally Posted by zinemama Oh, that is sad. But the man was 93 and had a long, very full life, right up to the end. This is how I felt, especially reading his obituaries and learning about his...

I definitely wouldn't waste any more time trying to convince him because he's simply not open to discussion and he's obviously being a big jerk about it. I would call your attorney and figure out what you have to do to make it crystal...

I'm sorry! Good for you for trying, though.

There are huge physical losses involved in circumcision. It is really beyond dispute that circumcision removes half the nerve endings of the penis and irrevocably alters its structure and function. Read http://research.cirp.org and...