Posts by somemama

You may have to educate a few pediatricians along the way. Your son may not be fully retractable until puberty. Don't let anyone prematurely retract his foreskin. Gotta run change a diaper; I'm sure others will post soon!

Thanks for staying and forgiving me if I have been rude. We often get expectant mamas on this board looking for advice about whether or not to circumcise. Having you here as a doc would add a tremendous amount to what this board has to...

Quote: Originally posted by Jay Gordon, MD This is what I don't understand: Why, using the anonymity of the Internet and screen names, do you choose to be nasty? Very few people's minds get changed by nastiness. ...

And I think of the irony of my mother--who begged and pleaded for the docs to leave her intact during her six labors (they did--she never had an episiotomy), and yet she still had her sons (my brothers) circ'd. :

Quote: Originally posted by Sarah AnnMarie an Somemama- Where is the incongruity? Could you please give an example of the sort of thing you are talking about? It's the general tone, I think. (And AnnMarie...

Quote: Originally posted by Jay Gordon, MD I have convinced many people to leave their sons intact when they had planned otherwise and perhaps if I were completely unyielding in this area they might not have listened to...

According to his own words, he's been against circ for 25 years. Isn't that "slowly" enough for the seeds to be planted? : You're quite the conspiracy theorist. IMHO, it's just related to his religion. But, if his...

You know, it occurred to me that a modern woman giving birth in the modern way in a modern hospital may never actually see her own son's intact penis! She's still groggy from the epidural or C-section, the baby is whisked away for...

Yes, I'm much happier now knowing that he doesn't perform circs himself. But it is still a little strange that he comes to MDC to promote talking to us on the radio, but he won't talk to us here on this forum. Oh well.

I like 7th gen. much better than Tushies. But what the hey, try the cheaper brand and see how the work!