I'm a nursing student who has been doing OB/L&D clinicals this month. I posted about it on a previous thread asking for help to come up with a pamphlet for my classmates for a presentation we had to do. That was yesterday and it was recieved well. I think I made them think. I talked about how the rate is only 59% now, and that surprised a lot of them. I talked about the care of the intact baby/child, and also how to care for the circed child and to watch for infections, adhesions, etc. I had to be kinda neutral but I wanted to inform of the risks.
One of my classmates who doesn't have kids yet but is leaning towards natural parenting practices attended the birth of a baby two days ago. The man was an Asian immigrant and his wife was white American. She left the decision of the circ up to her husband. The husband was undecided and asked the nurse in charge of the birth what she thought. The nurse said that she had circed all of her boys. Then after the nurse left the room, the husband asked my friend what she thought. My friend talked about how many people are not doing it anymore due to the population shift and education, there are risks because it's a surgical procedure, and that her classmate (that would be me
) was against it because it was not a medically necessary procedure, and it was something that boy should decide because it was his body. The man then thought a minute and decided he would NOT do the circ because of the risks and the fact that it was not medically necessary.
I'm just so happy-- there are a few of my classmates who have sons who did circ, but the ones I hope to reach are the ones who have not had kids yet- that they at least think about it and educated themselves about it.
One of my classmates who doesn't have kids yet but is leaning towards natural parenting practices attended the birth of a baby two days ago. The man was an Asian immigrant and his wife was white American. She left the decision of the circ up to her husband. The husband was undecided and asked the nurse in charge of the birth what she thought. The nurse said that she had circed all of her boys. Then after the nurse left the room, the husband asked my friend what she thought. My friend talked about how many people are not doing it anymore due to the population shift and education, there are risks because it's a surgical procedure, and that her classmate (that would be me
) was against it because it was not a medically necessary procedure, and it was something that boy should decide because it was his body. The man then thought a minute and decided he would NOT do the circ because of the risks and the fact that it was not medically necessary. I'm just so happy-- there are a few of my classmates who have sons who did circ, but the ones I hope to reach are the ones who have not had kids yet- that they at least think about it and educated themselves about it.
