I left my kids old ped for his lack of understanding of why on earth I wouldn't circ this baby, and transferred them to my dr, who is a fam MD just starting his own practice. I've been with him actually since his first year of residency, so I feel pretty comfortable talking to him about pretty much anything. When my DD was in to see him today for some issues, I also brought up what I was planning for this baby for in the hospital. When I said, "as far as circumcision," He cut me off and said, "Your NOT circ'ing RIGHT?" I told him No, and I will not tolerate any retraction of manipulation of the foreskin. He just did a "Whew!" and wiped his brow in a relief kind of gesture. I also told him that I wanted to let him know ahead of time we also will not be doing the eye drops, vit K, or Hep B and told him why. He was absolutely supported of ALL my decisions, and told me that NO ONE should EVER retract my son except him. He repeated that to me like 3 times, and I told him that I did know that, and he just kept repeating it, saying that he just wanted to make sure that I understood that it was a BIG deal if anyone tried to do it. 
When I told him I just wanted to inform him of our decisions ahead of time, his reply was "don't worry, I'll definitely go to bat for you and back you up 100% in your choices. If you have any problems at the hospital, you tell them to call me directly, and they will have to answer to me."
YAY!!!!! I feel like I hit the jackpot with this doc! Maybe it helps that he is fresh out of school, and not been polluted by all the past myths for as long, or maybe he is just more educated? Either way, I'm happy as a clam right now!
Just thought I'd put it out there to let people know that there ARE foreskin friendly doc's even in a place as UN-foreskin friendly as MI, and a little bit of good news always makes the cause seem a little bit easier to continue with.
When I told him I just wanted to inform him of our decisions ahead of time, his reply was "don't worry, I'll definitely go to bat for you and back you up 100% in your choices. If you have any problems at the hospital, you tell them to call me directly, and they will have to answer to me."
YAY!!!!! I feel like I hit the jackpot with this doc! Maybe it helps that he is fresh out of school, and not been polluted by all the past myths for as long, or maybe he is just more educated? Either way, I'm happy as a clam right now!
Just thought I'd put it out there to let people know that there ARE foreskin friendly doc's even in a place as UN-foreskin friendly as MI, and a little bit of good news always makes the cause seem a little bit easier to continue with.
That sounds too good to be true. Not, that I don't belive you. I believe you!
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