Mamas expecting boys--the issue of the big C - Page 3

[~Megan~]

Originally Posted by bettie cracker

Thanks for the link. It is a really informative video, and backs up what we were already thinking - though still didn't give me the answer I am searching for. I know there is no medical reason for a newborn, but we are looking for the rates of males that are not infants needing circumcision for a medical reason later. My f-i-l had to about 10 years ago b/c of diabetes complications (I think that's why, it was never a big topic of discussion at dinner or anything. ;-) ) - so I was wondering about numbers in those terms. Mainly to be able to have concrete facts - or, to put it bluntly, be able to tell that nurse that she is full of it.

In countries other than the US its less than 1%. Rates of adult circumcision are higher in the US because doctors here are generally not educated about foreskins and ways to treat problems that might occur other than removing it.
Some doctors will suggest circumcision for boys if they get recurrent UTIs yet they would never suggest that parts of a female be removed for UTI.

[MomtoTs]

Sasha, I was like you when I had my first. Young and inexperienced, never exposed to anything outside of the "norm". My oldest two boys are circ'ed because I thought all boys were. Okay, yeah, I was a little naive back then.

My youngest is not circ'ed. And neither will this one be if he is a boy. My oldest asked a long time ago why the baby's looked different. I told him that they used to recommend that boys have that extra skin removed to keep things clean, but now they know it's not necessary. That was sufficient for him. As a L&D nurse, I have seen the bad outcomes, and just can't put another son through that. I regret that I didn't know more back then.

And I never really understood the "to look like Daddy" argument. My boys are blond, blue eyed and dimpled like Daddy. I don't think they need to compare penises to be sure they're his.