My DS is now 2 years old. When he was born I made some incredibly bad choices.
I am an RN and I wholeheartedly believed everything I had been taught in nursing school and while working with physicians as a Pediatric Nurse. In the two years since he was born I have done a complete 180 on all of my beliefs. I am now a SAHM. I am so glad that I breastfed DS exclusively for 15 months. I regret that I introduced solids as soon as I did. I will never regret any decision I made though as much as the decision to circumcise my DS.
Approximately 9 months ago I was changing DS's diaper and I happened to notice that there was a white spot of what looked like fuzz on the side of the head of his penis at the healed circumcision site. (He was circumcised at 2 days old) I tried to wipe this spot of fuzz off and it wouldn't budge. I then pulled on the area a little bit and what looked like a giant white head began to emerge from the area. It came out and was the size of a large sweet pea. There was a huge hole left in the side of his penis where this mass had been.
I called the Pedi the next morning and they got us in that day. The Pedi started laughing when I told him what had happened. (I had brought the white mass to the visit in a ziplock bag) He explained to me that this happens quite often with circumcised males. He explained that my son had what is known as a penile adhesion. He said that meant his foreskin had reattached and healed too high up on his penis.
The pedi then grabbed the head of my son's penis with two fingers and what is left of the foreskin after circumcision in the other two fingers and then ripped the skin back off of the head of his penis forcibly.
My DS began to wail in pain. I asked him what he had done. The pedi then explained to me that he had released the penile adhesion. He told me that if he didn't do that then one night when my DS is a teenager and has his first nighttime erection that the skin would be ripped loose then and that it would bleed and traumatize my DS. He said it was better to do this now than to wait until that happened.
So was the beginning of the nightmare. DS foreskin has continued to re-heal in the same spot. The pedi and my DH(at the pedi's instruction) continue to pull the skin back everytime it heals in that spot again. It leaves a bloody raw area of skin exposed.
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DS is now so traumitized that if you even try to wipe his penis with a baby wipe he begins to wail.
What should I do? Do we leave the skin alone? I am so confused! I really really wish I had never let everyone talk me into circumcion for my poor DS.
I am an RN and I wholeheartedly believed everything I had been taught in nursing school and while working with physicians as a Pediatric Nurse. In the two years since he was born I have done a complete 180 on all of my beliefs. I am now a SAHM. I am so glad that I breastfed DS exclusively for 15 months. I regret that I introduced solids as soon as I did. I will never regret any decision I made though as much as the decision to circumcise my DS.
Approximately 9 months ago I was changing DS's diaper and I happened to notice that there was a white spot of what looked like fuzz on the side of the head of his penis at the healed circumcision site. (He was circumcised at 2 days old) I tried to wipe this spot of fuzz off and it wouldn't budge. I then pulled on the area a little bit and what looked like a giant white head began to emerge from the area. It came out and was the size of a large sweet pea. There was a huge hole left in the side of his penis where this mass had been.
I called the Pedi the next morning and they got us in that day. The Pedi started laughing when I told him what had happened. (I had brought the white mass to the visit in a ziplock bag) He explained to me that this happens quite often with circumcised males. He explained that my son had what is known as a penile adhesion. He said that meant his foreskin had reattached and healed too high up on his penis.
The pedi then grabbed the head of my son's penis with two fingers and what is left of the foreskin after circumcision in the other two fingers and then ripped the skin back off of the head of his penis forcibly.
My DS began to wail in pain. I asked him what he had done. The pedi then explained to me that he had released the penile adhesion. He told me that if he didn't do that then one night when my DS is a teenager and has his first nighttime erection that the skin would be ripped loose then and that it would bleed and traumatize my DS. He said it was better to do this now than to wait until that happened.So was the beginning of the nightmare. DS foreskin has continued to re-heal in the same spot. The pedi and my DH(at the pedi's instruction) continue to pull the skin back everytime it heals in that spot again. It leaves a bloody raw area of skin exposed.
:DS is now so traumitized that if you even try to wipe his penis with a baby wipe he begins to wail.
What should I do? Do we leave the skin alone? I am so confused! I really really wish I had never let everyone talk me into circumcion for my poor DS.
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: ) Upon healing I noticed that that was left of his foreskin (alot thank goodness) always covered his glans. I would gently pull back, not really accomplishing anything except stretching the foreskin. Then at his two and four month wbv (last one) the peds pulled the foreskin back forcibly, telling me to do the same at home. He didnt cry as much as it looked like it hurt. It didnt bleed, just got pretty red. Somewhere around that time I found this forum, read up on what a normal foreskins function is at this age, and made the decision not to pull it back any more. I believe it is trying to function as a normal forskin as much as it can, thus the adhesions. Currently his foreskin usually covers his glans unless he is playing with it. Then still only part of it is exposed. More of his glans is exposed with time, and at some before point puberty I think he will become retractable.
can you imagine!?!!
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