Unbelievable!

[finn'smama]

On another forum, a woman posted about her 7 month old son's foreskin growing back and that her doctor said "good thing we circumcised him, or else his foreskin would have grown right over." WTF??? I hardly knew what to even say, except that that's completely false. Any suggestions as to what I could reply with? A few other mothers replied with the same "complaint" and even more crappy advice (like to retract the part that is growing back).
This makes me even more sad than I have been about this, knowing there are little boys out there who's foreskins are actually trying to grow back...:
Why can't people just leave there little one's whole in the first place...

[eepster]

I don't think foreskins just grow back. The moms are probably seeing bridges or adhession, which are known complications of circ. The UAviolation Dr should have said "too bad we circ'd him, b/c this couldn't happen if we left him alone."

[pdx.mothernurture]

I agree with eepster, it was probably a loose circ and the remaining foreskin attached or 'grew' onto the glans; that doesn't mean it grew back, it just means he has a (perhaps severe) adhesion.

Jen

[finn'smama]

Is there anything she should be doing to care for it? (obviously the doc doesn't know what he's talking about...)

[Ivan's Mom]

Originally Posted by finn'smama

This makes me even more sad than I have been about this, knowing there are little boys out there who's foreskins are actually trying to grow back...:
Why can't people just leave there little one's whole in the first place...

This is why I cannot go on other forums. I was on one while pregnant and so many of them we complaining that their poor little babies had problems with their circ. A lot of virtual fighting as well. :

[anony]

Good god, some medical practicioners consider the foreskin to be like some kind of nuisance addition to the human body. They treat the poor thing like it's an ingrown toenail. Or better yet, they think of it like a cyst, a rash or a mole that can be fixed at one's personal disrection and most of the time the removal of those things can be purely cosmetic. Gee, how interesting because that's what circ really is when you boil it down, cosmetic surgery (just with bogus "benefits" thrown in to scare you into making docs richer; although maybe plastic surgerons lie to their patients about their big nose and say 'Oooo if you don't remove it could get bigger and contract sinus diseases and you would have to blow your nose and keep it clean to prevent that otherwise. Who wants to be bothered to do that, right?').

[finn'smama]

Originally Posted by anony

Good god, some medical practicioners consider the foreskin to be like some kind of nuisance addition to the human body. They treat the poor thing like it's an ingrown toenail. Or better yet, they think of it like a cyst, a rash or a mole that can be fixed at one's personal disrection and most of the time the removal of those things can be purely cosmetic. Gee, how interesting because that's what circ really is when you boil it down, cosmetic surgery (just with bogus "benefits" thrown in to scare you into making docs richer; although maybe plastic surgerons lie to their patients about their big nose and say 'Oooo if you don't remove it could get bigger and contract sinus diseases and you would have to blow your nose and keep it clean to prevent that otherwise. Who wants to be bothered to do that, right?').

Or maybe "thank goodness we did that nose job or it would have kept growing and your nostrils would have closed up and you wouldn't be able to breathe!!" :

[finn'smama]

Originally Posted by Ivan's Mom

This is why I cannot go on other forums. I was on one while pregnant and so many of them we complaining that their poor little babies had problems with their circ. A lot of virtual fighting as well. :

It's true, it's not nice. I don't go to that forum as much anymore, but someone emailed me about that post knowing I would reply. It's funny, because a few others have said they agree, they were just afraid to post: . I only do it in hopes that someone may see it and educate themselves, yk?

[TigerTail]

Originally Posted by finn'smama

Or maybe "thank goodness we did that nose job or it would have kept growing and your nostrils would have closed up and you wouldn't be able to breathe!!" :

OMG, you should totally post that. It points out the absurdity so well. Kudos for taking on such stupidity in such hostile environments.

I'm glad the general public seems to be growing in awareness. I really don't see this outside of 'mommeigh' type sites. People who aren't married to doing it right away to an upcoming son seem more willing to think.

[finn'smama]

Well, I would post that, but now the mama is totally beside herself and is having a breakdown about circ'ing her son. So, I've been totally ripped apart on that board, who are telling her she did the right thing and I should keep my opinions to myself.

[13Sandals]

finn'smama - you still did the right thing. I am not a mean spirited person at all - but we need mainstream mom's having breakdowns and being vocal about circumcision complications. maybe she will join us here one day!

[TigerTail]

Hell yeah, invite her here. There are a lot of folks here in her shoes, who are brave enough to face their regrets (instead of dwelling in Orwell's '1984' forever. Circ = Doubleplusgood! ).

[paquerette]

The NOCIRC pamphlet on care of the circumcised penis is pretty straightforward, useful, and nonjudgemental. http://www.nocirc.org/publish/5pam.pdf

[finn'smama]

Well, I posted an apology that perhaps my reply to her seemed harsh, but that I won't back down from my stance and it's important that she have the right info. It sucks, because she brought up other things like how she couldn't bf and she's a failure as a mother and that she's "done", so I was feeling pretty terrible today about it. However, I feel now that she must already have some guilt about the issue, or else how could one comment from one or two people online throw someone over the edge llike that...