To start off, PLEASE do not flame me for getting my son circ'd. I did the research, and was against it, but ultimately left the decision up to my DH because I had to argue pretty hard to get him to agree on so many other things that I considered more important (like vaxing). I know now that I was wrong, this should have also been a priority.
We went in on Monday morning for a normal Plastibell circ with local anesthesia on my 6-week-old son Hunter, and from what they could tell everything went well. I nursed him and took him home, he didn't seem to be in much pain and was eating normally. First diaper change, there was a little blood, which I had been told was normal. We then took a nap (I had been up all night nervous about the circ), and when we got up I changed him again. More blood, enough to concern me but not enough for me to think it was abnormal. Took another short nap, next diaper change was a different story.
It looked like he had peed the diaper in blood, and this is a fuzzibunz cloth diaper, so it was a LOT. Of course I panicked, nearly passed out from the sight of it, and held gentle pressure for 10 minutes. It didn't stop oozing blood. Called the doctor and headed to the ER of the childrens hospital.
When we got there, they saw us within 5 minutes, and were stunned at the amount of blood in his diaper. Took us back to a room, put in an IV and took a little blood to test. Through all this he barely cried, which worried me even more because I knew he had lost blood. The results came back, and his iron levels were low and the bleeding still wouldn't stop, so the urologist on call was coming in, and my baby was getting a blood transfusion and going into surgery ASAP under general anaesthesia. I have never been more terrified.
They finally took him back, from my understanding the surgeon removed the plastibell, completed the circ, and stitched him up (basically like the old fashioned circumcision without the bell). I finally got to see my baby again, and he had stopped bleeding and seemed to be recovering nicely. I held him all night as we stayed in the hospital, there was no way I could put him down.
We will see a hematologist in 2 weeks to review some tests they took in the hospital that should be back by then, to rule out a clotting disorder. I don't think he has one, I just think this was a complication from an unnecessary surgery. A complication that quite honestly could have killed my baby.
Any future boys I have will NOT be circumcised, because I can't do this again. It would kill me. I really don't care what DH says this time, although he might agree with me now, he kept saying it was all his fault while we were at the hospital because he insisted on getting it done.
Anyway, that's my story, if it helps someone not put their baby through unnecessary dangerous surgery, it is worth it. This isn't even the worst complication, if you search circumcision complications there are a LOT of terrible things that can happen.
We went in on Monday morning for a normal Plastibell circ with local anesthesia on my 6-week-old son Hunter, and from what they could tell everything went well. I nursed him and took him home, he didn't seem to be in much pain and was eating normally. First diaper change, there was a little blood, which I had been told was normal. We then took a nap (I had been up all night nervous about the circ), and when we got up I changed him again. More blood, enough to concern me but not enough for me to think it was abnormal. Took another short nap, next diaper change was a different story.
It looked like he had peed the diaper in blood, and this is a fuzzibunz cloth diaper, so it was a LOT. Of course I panicked, nearly passed out from the sight of it, and held gentle pressure for 10 minutes. It didn't stop oozing blood. Called the doctor and headed to the ER of the childrens hospital.
When we got there, they saw us within 5 minutes, and were stunned at the amount of blood in his diaper. Took us back to a room, put in an IV and took a little blood to test. Through all this he barely cried, which worried me even more because I knew he had lost blood. The results came back, and his iron levels were low and the bleeding still wouldn't stop, so the urologist on call was coming in, and my baby was getting a blood transfusion and going into surgery ASAP under general anaesthesia. I have never been more terrified.
They finally took him back, from my understanding the surgeon removed the plastibell, completed the circ, and stitched him up (basically like the old fashioned circumcision without the bell). I finally got to see my baby again, and he had stopped bleeding and seemed to be recovering nicely. I held him all night as we stayed in the hospital, there was no way I could put him down.
We will see a hematologist in 2 weeks to review some tests they took in the hospital that should be back by then, to rule out a clotting disorder. I don't think he has one, I just think this was a complication from an unnecessary surgery. A complication that quite honestly could have killed my baby.
Any future boys I have will NOT be circumcised, because I can't do this again. It would kill me. I really don't care what DH says this time, although he might agree with me now, he kept saying it was all his fault while we were at the hospital because he insisted on getting it done.
Anyway, that's my story, if it helps someone not put their baby through unnecessary dangerous surgery, it is worth it. This isn't even the worst complication, if you search circumcision complications there are a LOT of terrible things that can happen.
s I'm so sorry you and little Hunter went through this experience - I'm glad he's doing well now though. Thank you for sharing your story.
and thank you for sharing your story!
