[MelissaEvans]

DH and I aren't TTC or anything, but I know DS won't be an only child. His birth didn't go as I had hoped and ended in a c/s. As I've been thinking about that (his birthday was last week) and thinking about what I want to happen next time around, I've been mentally writing my next birth plan. Of course, there would be the line, "If this is a boy, he will *not* be circ'd"... then I started thinking, why do I have to start that sentence with "If this is a boy"? Then I decided that the statement will simply read, "My baby will not be circ'd reguardless of gender." I know this topic has been brought up several times, how it's illogical and unethical especially since we protect our girls. I'm hoping that a statement like this will make nurses and doctors think a bit. I can hope, can't I? =)

 

[Sarah]

Melissa- I wanted to be able to make my point regardless of the gender of our baby, so I put in my birth plan that not only would we NOT be circucmcising, but we did not want the staff to even ASK.

I think that might cause the staff to understand that simply by asking... they are doing something that is highly offensive to some people.

Love Sarah

 

[Sustainer]

Remember, it's not enough just to put it in your birth plan. Read this thread

http://mothering.com/discussions/sho...threadid=89939

to see how vigilant one mother had to be to keep her son from being circ'd against her wishes.

 

[Xenogenesis]

Yes, Melissa, You Can Hope To Make A Difference. As Can We All. Maybe this is a starting point. For You. For Others.

- and -

I Most Totally Agree with Sarah. Let them know to not even ASK. (I was completely pestered/badgered and I totally FELT like it, Arrrghhhhh.)

As for the cesarean have you ever heard of ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network) ?? They have an excellent website and email list.

 

[MelissaEvans]

I have heard of ICAN, it's been bookmarked. =) And every VBAC book I can find is on my wish list at Amazon. Wo! I've been waiting for our loan to go through so I could get those books... and the money's in the bank as of today! SHOPPING! =) Of course, every book against circ is on my list too. =)

I love the idea of throwing in the "don't even ask." The hospital here was good though. They must have read the birth plan, no one asked or mentioned it or anything. Since DS was in the nursery a lot in the beginning, we were seperated quite a bit. They could have done it without me knowing, but he made it home with his foreskin. Good job for them. =)

The first night I was in the hospital, I shared a room with another mommy who just had her third son. They came in to take her newborn away to have him cut and I wanted so much to beg her not to. Or to just loudly tell the nurse, "cut my son's genitals and I'll sue" within her hearing so maybe she'd think about what she was allowing. But this was her third and I'd guess even if I could have talked to her at the beginning of her pregnancy, it wouldn't have done too much good.

 

[beachrock]

Don't rely too completely on that birth plan, though. Hospitals are dangerous places for newborn boys. Our son was almost taken away to be cut by mistake by an ultra-perky nurse who assumed that because he was a boy.... All this *despite* a huge sticker on his bassinet reading "Infant not to be circumcised".

Watch out!

 

[normajean]

!!!!

Even here in Rural ******* Nevada circumcisions are "By Request Only" You have to schedule your pediatrician to come to the hospital and have it done. If your pediatrician can't come, he will arrange for a different one to come. The hospital staff does nothing but supply the equipment.