I need Signs

[fruitful womb]

Some of you mentioned using card stock signs with a univerisal circumcision on it and placed them in the newborns hospital bassinet. I plan to make copies from a card stock material and possibly lamenting them. My SIL is not reacting to my e-mails. She did say she got my "Birth As We Know It" video. I sent her the "Doctors Re-examine Circumcision" book too. No response from that either. But thats OKAY! I just hope she is reading it. She's an optical engineer and she is a smart lady. I just hope she has a back bone. She lives in GA. I hear the Doctors and hospital nurses in GA like to bully parents into consenting this barbaric procedure onto their newborns. <sigh> This makes me even more worried for her. She is due September. I've been e-mailing her, sending her books, and a video since April. My next step is to call her and talk to her over the phone, and my dh will talk to her dh. I also need to send the card stocks to her along with a newborn t-shirt with a universal sign on it as well. The clock is ticking. Where can I find the t-shirt? Any one know?

Thanks,
~FW

[mommy2caroline]

Hey, do we have the same SIL, ?

I live in GA, and I think it depends on where you are and what doctor you use... even back in 1988 when my youngest brother was born, apparently the tide was already changing enough that there were some docs in GA who didn't just do it routinely. My mom was going to go ahead and have it done, just like my other two brothers, because it's just what was done and nobody educated her on it. But whoever it was at this hospital (which now, btw, is referred to as the "baby factory of Atlanta" - they have tons of babies born there and are now known for pushing people through as quickly as possible ) told her that they wouldn't circ him, because of something like there wasn't quite as much skin as they were used to having, or it was slightly crooked and they didn't want to botch it, something like that. They told her to take him to the pediatric urologist, who said, "You really don't need to have it done." So, apparently there are some docs in GA who don't put the pressure on... in fact, if it hadn't been for these docs, he would've been circ'd.

I don't yet know what my experience will be like, in GA nowadays... I am sure my local hospital has a pretty high rate though.

Good luck w/ SIL and I hope she's receptive to the stuff you're sending her!

[fruitful womb]

Originally Posted by mommy2caroline

Hey, do we have the same SIL, ?

I live in GA, and I think it depends on where you are and what doctor you use... even back in 1988 when my youngest brother was born, apparently the tide was already changing enough that there were some docs in GA who didn't just do it routinely. My mom was going to go ahead and have it done, just like my other two brothers, because it's just what was done and nobody educated her on it. But whoever it was at this hospital (which now, btw, is referred to as the "baby factory of Atlanta" - they have tons of babies born there and are now known for pushing people through as quickly as possible ) told her that they wouldn't circ him, because of something like there wasn't quite as much skin as they were used to having, or it was slightly crooked and they didn't want to botch it, something like that. They told her to take him to the pediatric urologist, who said, "You really don't need to have it done." So, apparently there are some docs in GA who don't put the pressure on... in fact, if it hadn't been for these docs, he would've been circ'd.

I don't yet know what my experience will be like, in GA nowadays... I am sure my local hospital has a pretty high rate though.

Good luck w/ SIL and I hope she's receptive to the stuff you're sending her!

Does she live in Smyrna? That would be crazy if we had the same SIL. I thought yours is due in Nov. Lucky for your db! So he never got circ'ed? Wondered what that was like growing up w/ two older brothers that are. Probably no big deal.

Your post gives me some hope about GA. I want to call all the hospitals in her town to see what their circ rate is. Maybe I'm being way too obsessive about all this.

[TryingMyBest]

Hey guys,

I know that I am not the poster child for the movement yet, but I do live in GA and would be happy to help if I could. If your sister-in-laws might find any use in talking to me, I would be happy to talk to them. I have read everything under the sun but personal experience seems to be the strongest. I guess being new to it all...I can understand the fears and try to help either of them combat them.

Also, the whole "baby factory" hospital is Northside..>I delivered DS2 there. Yes, they do try to move you through...delivering thousands of babies each year. HOWEVER, they do seem to totally respect your decisions. NOW, circumcision is a sensitive topic there...if you all recall the 3 botched circs in one year...they were at Northside...one boy lost his entire penis. I don't remember the details...but I am assuming that the rules are pretty darn strict on circs now. Northside had a STELLAR reputation until then. Even still...it is one of the most popular birthing hospitals in the south.

[fruitful womb]

This is good information TMB! Where can find the story(ies) about this information so I could send it to her. I just sent her an e-mail asking if she was going to deliver there. That'd be neat if one day you were to run into her.

[fruitful womb]

I found it!

It was under a "Circumcision Refusal form"!

At the bottom of the page has the signs I was looking for. I can make stickers with them. How do I make stickers? Cafepress maybe? So she could place them on his diapers. I'll also make laminated cards with peel off tapes (from creative memories). She can put those on the bassinet. All of this hoping they'll leave him intact. Again, do you think I'm going over board maybe too pushy and perhaps this will harm the cause? I'll feel so guilty if in the end she ends up doing it- knowing that I could have done something more. Could someone actually cross a line when trying desperately to save a child from needless torchure? Maybe if I went to the hospital with "no-circ" picket signs and placed them all over the lawn on the day she goes into labor.

[ancoda]

you can find signs to print off at the bottom of the form at this link.
http://www.circumstitions.com/Refusal.html

[fruitful womb]

We posted at the same time. Thank you so much!