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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 12:39 pm
I am with you Mocha, Conor was born at nearly midnight and he was circumcised at 11:00 am the next day, I was no where near where it was done and I didnt even ask how it was done. They brought him to me afterwards and he was sleeping. Definitely not something I would want to know about.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 12:45 pm
Justin was born around 3 in the afternoon and they did it the next morning. I didn't see it. My husband didn't see it and that was fine with us both. A friend of ours was there when they did his son and he said that if he ever had another son, he would forgo the circumcision.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 12:52 pm
I left the decision to my dh. But I think it is pretty much a barbaric act. They don't give them much (enough) pain stuff cuz if they did somehow it would mess up their penises/testicles. Not sure how though... But I can't imagine tylenol could even touch the pain. The reason they do it at such a young age? They say it's so they do not remember the pain, which I am sure is a lot! I still feel guilty 8 years after the fact! We were in the hospital for 5 days and they waited til the 5th day to do it. That still gets me irritated. Wish they did it earlier so it would have been so much more healed by the time we would have gotten home... And I still cringe when I rememebr a story that the nurse told me when a new mom got the vaseline and the (belly button) alcohol mixed up!! (That poor poor baby!!!)
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 12:52 pm
My poor son was done at one month. He was born at 3 lbs 6 oz and had to reach a certain weight before it could be done. It was horrible. The doctor wouldn't let me stay in the room. I had to listen to him scream. I had Tylenol waiting for him and gave it to him in the car. Lot's of vaseline ... it's a good thing!
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 12:58 pm
All of this is helping Kearie a great deal
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 1:01 pm
Lol Maris.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 1:01 pm
Bro's dad saw it be done to another baby right before my bro was born and he said "No way you are doing that to my son..."
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 1:17 pm
I know two grown men who had to have it done later in life and they both said if they had sons there would be no question at all, they would get it done in a heartbeat... both ended up having girls only The screaming/crying is mainly from being strapped down.. the surgery is very very quick
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 1:20 pm
My nephew had it done as a 6 year old child. He had been getting all kinds of infections and finally had to have surgery to get circumsized. They say the recovery is much more difficult the older the child/man gets. Yes .. even with the screaming ... it didn't last long .. I'd do it again. I'm just glad it's something that only has to be done once.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 1:27 pm
Cinnamon, did they get anesthesia (sp)? I am sure that would make a world of difference. The poor newbies get little to none. And yes, glad it does happen quickly and (usually) only once!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 1:29 pm
One thing that Kearie and Gage's mom can look forward to (a little silver lining) is that usually the baby will sleep hard and long after the circ as the heavy duty crying they do wears them out.
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 1:38 pm
I'm actually passing all this info on to my daughter. So it is helpful. Thanks all very much.
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 1:47 pm
LOL Julie, I didn't ask but I would imagine so...
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 1:49 pm
LOL Maris, usually I wouldn't share a story like the screaming one, but I think this is one of those subjects that more experienced parents can share with those who have no experience. Lesson of the story....seriously, go take a walk. I know it's against every instinct as a parent to leave your baby like that but there's absolutely nothing you can do sitting there listening to them other than crying yourself.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 2:00 pm
What is it a full moon today? :0) Between this thread and Mocha's adventures today, I think I'll come back tomorrow and bypass these threads. But on that note, I would say that the baby boys have nothing on what Mocha went through today. She wins! LOL!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 6:39 pm
I just asked Dylan if it hurt and guess what he didnt remember!! none of them do
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 7:34 pm
Pamy, you should ask Dylan if he thinks he'd care if he was circumsized or not? (Assuming he even knows the difference...) Only reason I did not say absolutely not was I didn't want him to feel weird or have other kids say anything if they happened to see him naked--like showers after gym class...
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Bookworm
Member
12-18-2001
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 7:52 pm
I was pregnant with my first of three boys. Wasn't sure if we'd do it or not. One of the preschoolers in my class had to have a circumcision at four years old. His foreskin was growing closed over the end of his penis. His mother told me about the procedure and its memorable affect on him at that age and there was no doubt that I would do the circ at birth. All of mine are cut. I made the mistake of walking my inlaws out when they did Brody's and saw him strapped down and screaming in the nursery. Immediately returned to my room and cried. We bought 4x4 (or something similar) guaze pads (near bandaids), cut them in half, and squirted the vaseline on that, folded in half, and applied over the penis. It will be a sore sucker for about ten days or so. It does seem to sting when they pee when it is raw, even with the vaseline. But still better at birth than when a preschooler, or older.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 8:11 pm
Reese had his done the day after he was born. Aside from the obvious, he seemed to handle it very well. Yes, be sure to use the vaseline... as Reese's was healing his did looked deformed for a few days... It'll scab over and it'll look as if it's just not right....at least to me it did. When giving him a bath, be careful about washing down there, though they'll prolly tell ya sponge baths only till it heals up good. I even cringed a few times as I was changing his diaper and had to apply the gauze. The nurses told us the it is the most sensitive for the first couple of days. and no...I don't remember mine.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 8:11 pm
JUlie, he said he is glad he is like he is 
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 7:12 am
Jb kids here don't shower in gym class anymore.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 8:04 am
Here either. In fact, gym class is totally different now than when I was a kid. The boys are in one class with a male coach, girls in another with female coach. Which might not be a bad thing since most the sixth grade boys (and probably 7th and 8th as well, lol) are very interested in watching the girls run and get pretty distracted anytime they do. They're more varied now than when I was in school about the activities they do too. Caleb had three weeks of dance (they got to pair up one of the girls classes and learned several different dances) and just finished up archery which he thought was totally cool. Ever so often they have a week of free play where they get to do whatever they want as long as it's something active. When they have minimum days (he's got six over this week and next because of state/federal testing) or assemblies they don't have pe at all. When I was a kid, you took showers, classes were boy/girl, we played four sports (touch football, soccer, baseball, basketball,) and always had pe no matter what else was going on.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 8:11 am
Yeah War I remember we had to take showers. In the open unless it was that time of the month then you could use the private showers.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 8:11 am
They stopped doing that when I was in High School, ten years ago. However, when my sister was in school she almost failed PE because she was shy and didn't want to get naked in front of other girls. She participated in PE (and honestly we never did anything to get sweaty enough to have to shower at my school) but was still failing. My dad went down to the school and threw a raging fit because the school was trying to force his daughter to take off her clothes at school when she was clearly uncomfortable. No one had to take a shower if they didn't want to after that. Thanks Dad!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 8:15 am
We had separate gym (they didn't call it PE while I was there) class from the boys, too, except during square dancing (blech!). "Girl" sports were softball, volleyball, and basketball, with the occasional gymnastics (consisting of balance beam, vault, and climbing stupid ropes to the ceiling). We HAD to shower! We were watched and had to get marked off by the manly female teacher to prove we took one. I feel so special because all of those showers are now a part of my permanent record. 
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