My ped is so awesome! She has always wholeheartedly supported me in all my "weird" parenting decisions, including delaying/selective vaxing, etc. She also complimented me several times on my cloth dipes and said she helped get the hospital to switch to cloth only in their nursery (sadly they've switched back to sposies, told her that's another reason why I birth at home!). She has also always supported me when I choose to use natural remedies before I give DD any meds. An all around crunchy-friendly ped.
I went in today for DD's 15 month appointment. I was talking to her about circ (I'm 10 weeks pregnant and DH and I have differing views on this, so I wanted to get her take on it) and found out she is morally opposed to RIC (although she says it is of course ultimately up to the parents, and she can't really sway people one way or the other, although she makes sure they are making an informed decision before they go through with it)! In fact, out of six peds, there are only 2 in the practice who actually will circ at all (Circ isn't performed in the hospital anymore as far as I know). She gave me their literature on circ, and told me to read over it before I give it to my DH, to make sure it is all correct. She did say there are some benefits to circ, but the benefits are really minescule (like the whole reduced cancer risk thing etc) and that she would talk to my DH about circ as well. She agrees with me that it should be the boy's choice, not the parent's, and also said it isn't something to take lightly, since you can't take it back once it's done. She wasn't totally against circ (said it is appropriate in some situations), but did say she doesn't circ her boys and there's never been a problem, and she doesn't want to perform the circ operation herself.
Afterward, I dropped my DD off with my mom, and was all excited because my doc leans toward anti-circ, and my mom said, "you'll think about it, and you'll decide you want to circ" She has an intact son, so I didn't expect that to come out of her mouth. I guess my brother suffered with numerous infections as a young child, and so did my nephew, who ended up being circed at age 5 or 6. I told her I didn't think so, and she basically said I was wrong, and I would decide I will definately want to circ when it comes down to it. She's also the one who insisted I would definately want an enima when I was in labor (like I was even going to care at that point). I don't think I'm going to get any support from my family for my decision not to circ (nor will I get DH's support at this point in time, but hopefully I can help him understand and embrace my view). It makes me so sad to have no support!
I went in today for DD's 15 month appointment. I was talking to her about circ (I'm 10 weeks pregnant and DH and I have differing views on this, so I wanted to get her take on it) and found out she is morally opposed to RIC (although she says it is of course ultimately up to the parents, and she can't really sway people one way or the other, although she makes sure they are making an informed decision before they go through with it)! In fact, out of six peds, there are only 2 in the practice who actually will circ at all (Circ isn't performed in the hospital anymore as far as I know). She gave me their literature on circ, and told me to read over it before I give it to my DH, to make sure it is all correct. She did say there are some benefits to circ, but the benefits are really minescule (like the whole reduced cancer risk thing etc) and that she would talk to my DH about circ as well. She agrees with me that it should be the boy's choice, not the parent's, and also said it isn't something to take lightly, since you can't take it back once it's done. She wasn't totally against circ (said it is appropriate in some situations), but did say she doesn't circ her boys and there's never been a problem, and she doesn't want to perform the circ operation herself.
Afterward, I dropped my DD off with my mom, and was all excited because my doc leans toward anti-circ, and my mom said, "you'll think about it, and you'll decide you want to circ" She has an intact son, so I didn't expect that to come out of her mouth. I guess my brother suffered with numerous infections as a young child, and so did my nephew, who ended up being circed at age 5 or 6. I told her I didn't think so, and she basically said I was wrong, and I would decide I will definately want to circ when it comes down to it. She's also the one who insisted I would definately want an enima when I was in labor (like I was even going to care at that point). I don't think I'm going to get any support from my family for my decision not to circ (nor will I get DH's support at this point in time, but hopefully I can help him understand and embrace my view). It makes me so sad to have no support!
:. In that case, "information" from her would be "it's wrong, don't do it, and here's why....." not some pamplet. Unless the pamphlet read "it's wrong, don't do it, and here's why".
. Say huh? How can a person be morally opposed to something except in certain situations?
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