[smeep]

I have a coworker who is having a baby boy (EDD in February). When she first became pregnant I asked her about circumcision and she said no way. Then a couple weeks ago I was giving her tips on how to successfully nurse in the hospital (mind you she also once claimed she'd homebirth but went for the hospital the second someone said "I have a great doctor!" who IMO was terrible - she subsequently miscarried and is pregnant again and with a different doctor...

. Anyways... and I go, "You're not circumcising, right?" (getting ready to give her info on how to make sure they don't "accidentally" do it and how to care for the intact penis) and she goes, "Oh yeah, I am. It's WAY cleaner!" and blah blah blah.

So I want to give her some of the best, easiest to read, but most hard-hitting things I can that dispell EVERY myth. (Including UTIs, STDs, etc...there are a lot out there, like UTIs, that are considered to be "true but not worth circ'ing over" when, from what I've read, the studies were done so poorly that they're not true anyways.)

Thanks!!!

 

[Night_Nurse]

Ask her why she thinks it's cleaner and try to specifically dispel those myths.
I see you're in TX. Dallas has a NoCirc chapter and the website has some good printable stuff on it.
First, please have her watch a baby circ video and the Penn and Teller episode if she isn't easily offended by language and nudity.

http://intact.ca/vidintro.htm (photos on this link - may download video at the bottom of page)

(1 of 3 vids - I can't find vid 2 of 3 on youtube but maybe somebody has a link)

I think these are pretty good links:

http://www.nocircpa.org/4642.html

http://www.homiegfunk.com/RIC2.htm

BluRazzberri from MDC has a pretty inclusive email about circ w/ lots of links. I'll try to find it for you.

 

[Night_Nurse]

After a bunch of searching, I still can't find video #2 of 3 on YouTube. I found the whole episode on Google but it's a bit grainy. It'll do!