1 in 100,000 are circ'ed @ time of birth??

[Desdamona]

Let me preface this with this statement came from a friend who is NOT at all informed about ..... well, just about anything. We have been friends since grade school and do not see eye to eye about anything RE: parenting. She medicates her DD's ADD/ADHD, I chose to persue the Feingold diet and behaivor mod for my DS. She doesn't/can't BF because of "XYZ" (insert the reason of the day, my "fav" was that it sucked all her energy out and that the baby was so hungry still), I have BF all my boys and still am BF-ing a toddler... I love the friendship that we once shared but most times, I hang up the phone shaking my head. So understand where this is coming from...

My friend gave birth to a little boy just a few hours ago. She called me to share the news. Little boys and mama are doing well... and guess what!! "He was circ'ed before he was born. Only happens 1 in 100,000 boys. And they are lucky because it's one less medical procedure he'll have to get done..." HUH??? (her words are in quotes)

She knew and I re-informed her that I did not have my little ones circ'ed because it's unneccessary, didn't want to belittle as new mama right after she gave birth but made sure that I made myself and views known.

The RN's came into the room before I could get the full details of what she meant but I am guesssing she meant that her newborn son is fully retractable? Right?

Hopefully this little guy's foreskin will remain intact : and no one will find a reason to cut this little boy.

[hunnybumm]

I am guessing he has the condition where his forskin doesn't completely cover the head of the penis, and the urethrea (omg I can't spell) is typically not where it is normally suppose to be. So he probably looks at least partically cirumcised, depending on the severity of the condition. I am sure someone else will chime in with the proper term.

Also, most doctors will try and "fix" the problem, they actually remove the remaining forskin as well as reposition the urethra to where it is suppose to be. Neither of these need to be done unless the baby is having trouble urinating. If there is no problem with urinating then the procedure can wait until the boy is older and if he chooses to have it done (still his penis, his choice).

From how you described your friend it sounds like she will probably do whatever the doctor tells her to do. Hopefully it is a very minor case and the doctor will just leave his pour penis alone.

[pdx.mothernurture]

It sounds like either he has a seemingly short foreskin, or a case of aposthia, a congenital defect where a baby boy is indeed actually born without a foreskin. A partial (dorsal hooded) foreskin is often associated with hypospadious, a condition where the meatus (peehole) is malpositioned.

Jen

[buckeyedoc]

I've heard of babies born with short foreskins before, so that the penis looks like one with a loose circumcision. I hope this means she will leave the penis alone (although will she tell people he is intact or circumcised???).

[myfairbabies]

i know a woman that left her son intact because he looked circumcised at birth, he was retractable with no problems. She later left her second son intact because she learned how horrible circ is.