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Post by rick on Dec 27, 2010 19:43:50 GMT -5
Tomorrow, I think he will be much happier when he is old enough to understand
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Post by writer88 on Dec 28, 2010 0:02:54 GMT -5
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Post by rick on Dec 28, 2010 8:42:07 GMT -5
Thats what I was thinking  |
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Dec 28, 2010 11:04:55 GMT -5
Mazel tov, rick. It won't hurt you a bit.  |
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Post by misplacedbrit on Dec 28, 2010 17:19:52 GMT -5
Uh huh, thats what the Dr said right before he accidentally sliced my grandson.. who had to have surgury..
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Post by breezy on Dec 29, 2010 14:53:05 GMT -5
My son was circumcised, it was a very common practice at the time. From what I am hearing now, there are some guys that are referring to circumcision as genital mutilation. I think the practice is becoming more controversial now. Hopefully, my son won't feel this way - since he didn't have any choice in the matter.
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Post by celticqueen on Dec 29, 2010 14:57:01 GMT -5
My son was circumsized. It wasn't too bad. I didn't care either way. I told DH since he was the one who knew more about these things he could decide what to do.
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Post by rick on Dec 30, 2010 9:15:57 GMT -5
some guys that are referring to circumcision as genital mutilation
Those are called whimps
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Post by rick on Dec 30, 2010 9:17:35 GMT -5
Hopefully, my son won't feel this way - since he didn't have any choice in the matter
There are a lot of things kids dont have a choice in, and until they are 18 all they have is an opinion
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Post by breezy on Dec 30, 2010 9:31:47 GMT -5
[Those are called whimps] Ha! That's good to hear coming from a guy. Honestly, I didn't give the decision to circumcise a second thought - that's just what you did w/ baby boys. Sometimes I listen to talk radio, and Dr Dean O'Dell is very anti circumcisim. He says it reduces a man's sexual pleasure.  Either way, my son doesn't talk much to me about his penis, although he has said that he is so glad he wasn't born a girl! LOL |
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Post by rick on Dec 30, 2010 9:55:06 GMT -5
Sometimes I listen to talk radio, and Dr Dean O'Dell is very anti circumcisim. He says it reduces a man's sexual pleasure.
Really Now
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Post by breezy on Dec 30, 2010 10:28:52 GMT -5
Sometimes I listen to talk radio, and Dr Dean O'Dell is very anti circumcision. He says it reduces a man's sexual pleasure. Really Now Yeah - for true, I'm just repeating what the radio doc said. How would a man know if circumcision has reduced his sexual pleasure anyway? (Question is rhetorical, I'm not really looking for an answer - it might get me banned)! |
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Post by rick on Dec 30, 2010 10:51:23 GMT -5
Sometimes I listen to talk radio, and Dr Dean O'Dell is very anti circumcision. He says it reduces a man's sexual pleasure. Really Now Yeah - for true, I'm just repeating what the radio doc said. How would a man know if circumcision has reduced his sexual pleasure anyway? (Question is rhetorical, I'm not really looking for an answer - it might get me banned)! Thats like saying if I slapped you it would hurt more than if I slapped the person next to you. There is no way to judge. Im going to have to get me one of them Govt grants and do a study, but I will only be able to judge one side of the study  |
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Post by breezy on Dec 30, 2010 11:22:40 GMT -5
[ Im going to have to get me one of them Govt grants and do a study, but I will only be able to judge one side of the study ]
Sounds like a stimulus plan to me!
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Post by rick on Dec 30, 2010 12:06:53 GMT -5
Sounds like a stimulus plan to me
In more ways than one
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Post by telephus44 on Dec 30, 2010 13:53:07 GMT -5
When my son was born, I really didn't care one way or the other - I've heard both sides of the argument, and I really didn't think it was a big deal either way - but DH was strongly in the "no circumcision" camp, so we didn't do it. The only odd thing was that for the first month of his life (every day in the hospital, every follow up and checkup) every doctor/nurse that saw me asked if I wanted to have his circumcised.
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Post by rick on Dec 30, 2010 16:14:39 GMT -5
Good point Apple
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2010 21:05:41 GMT -5
I've heard that an uncircumcised penis is more sensitive - because the head isn't exposed all the time.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2010 22:32:10 GMT -5
I don't know what I am going to do if I have a son.
On one hand I am circumsized and I don't really give a thought either way very often.
On the other hand, it is totally unnecessary to cut part of a guys penis off so why the hell would I do it to my son?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2010 7:58:20 GMT -5
DS was born in 1984, so there was less anti-circumcision sentiment back then. I left the decision to DH. DH had been born prematurely and wasn't circumcized till he was 10 or 11 and found it VERY traumatic. I think they did it then because he wanted to look like the other boys. So, DS got the surgery before he left the hospital. DS hasn't complained to me so I guess he's OK with it.
And while it's technically genital mutilation, anyone who uses that term ought to read about what they do to women in some African societies. It makes circumcision done in a hospital environment look like a walk in the park.
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Post by rick on Dec 31, 2010 9:19:31 GMT -5
I've heard that an uncircumcised penis is more sensitive - because the head isn't exposed all the time. Well I do know its less sanitary if left uncut. I have been cut twice and it hasn't hurt me at all .. I do know my son didnt walk for a year after it was done so I dont know if that was a side effect or not |
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Post by jennysmom on Dec 31, 2010 12:36:08 GMT -5
Just FYI ~ Have any of you who are pro-circumcision actually been in the same room when your newborn son IS circumcised? I had a friend who had her son circumcised when he was a newborn. This was in the 1980's when the practice was widespread. The doctor strapped the infant to a "circ" board by leather straps--arms and legs. Her husband was in the room, but she chose to stand immediately outside the door. The doctor provided no local either.
The mom said she could hear her son cry horrifically in pain outside the room. She described it as a high-pitched wail. She regretted the decision, but her husband was for it. He said he was concerned if his son would look "different" when in high school sports and undressing in the locker room.
After she told me how traumatic it was to hear her newborn son's wailing and seeing her newborn son immediately after the procedure, my husband and I discussed it. We chose not to circumcise our newborn son.
He was born in 1986, and the doctor said within 10-15 years, he thought it would be 50/50 uncircumcised/circumcised and no longer an issue "in the locker room". Also, back then, the health insurance company we were with would no longer pay for the procedure as it was now considered an "unnecessary procedure".
Just my personal experience with this issue and my two cents...
And yes, I asked my 24-year old son, if he would have preferred that we say "Yes" to the procedure when he was a newborn. He said, "Nope! Hasn't been any problem--even at high school gym when undressing in front of the guys. No one even mentioned anything, so I'm good!" Just my experience and my two cents...
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Post by Poppet on Dec 31, 2010 12:49:12 GMT -5
In retrospect, I wouldn't have done it. They didn't have any problems, but I really don't see the point.
LOL at the pun. Of course you don't see the point, it's been circumcised. Uncircumcised Ps are so pointy.
My sons are circumcised just like their father and all the other men relatives on both sides of the family.
Now that they're older and have seen what an uncircumcised penis looks like, they say they're glad they had work done down there.
If I had a baby boy now, I am sure I'd agonized whether to circumsize or not.
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Post by MittenKitten on Dec 31, 2010 12:57:00 GMT -5
I didn't circumcise my boys. While the risk of infection in minor WHY would I risk it on my newborn baby. Plus it just seems painful and unnecessary.
Although I was also asked many times in the hospital and at the doctor's office if I wanted it done. Makes me believe more do it then don't.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2010 13:34:26 GMT -5
The doctor provided no local either. They told me anaesthetic for DS would cost extra. I told them I didn't care what it cost- give him the anaesthetic. |
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Post by rick on Dec 31, 2010 14:05:51 GMT -5
Just FYI It was so tramatic I remember it to this day lol Not really, no more than I remember the diaper rash or anything else at that age. I think if you are not a man then you really have no idea what you are talking about. Sure the kid goes through some pain, but its not something they will remember. Now the sanitary part. That will will remember if they are uncut, And he may learn to like washing as fast as he wants
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Dec 31, 2010 16:36:23 GMT -5
I never thought one way or another, but I think its interesting to hear that the trend is closer to 50/50 now.
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Post by jax on Dec 31, 2010 16:59:02 GMT -5
This is the moment when my husband (a Brit), his brother, and all their friends grab their crotches and scream, "What other body part would you like to slice off your new baby" and my SIL looks at you as if you are insane, snatches up her tiny son and runs away!
Americans are the only population that routinely circ for non-religious reasons.
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Post by rick on Dec 31, 2010 18:02:56 GMT -5
Americans are the only population that routinely circ for non-religious reasonsYou should see what people do to their bodys in the name of art or free expression. this aint nothing 
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Post by NastyWoman on Dec 31, 2010 19:06:53 GMT -5
"Im going to have to get me one of them Govt grants and do a study, but I will only be able to judge one side of the study"
I know this was said in a joking manner, but just can't wrap my head around this: how would you test this in real life? full,partial, and no circumcision? It is the partial one that would give the best data if it were possible at all: does it feel better on the left or the right side dear?
Really, why cut a newborn without any reason other than "he'll look the same as others" and then go around telling that same child while growing up how special he is compared to others??? I am rather confused by this...
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