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What about circumcision and pain relief for baby
If the doctor says that they don't usually use an aneasthetic, then say that you INSIST upon an anaesthetic. He should use a topical spray and also something oral. We used a tiny bit of sweet wine, but a doctor might want something more medical :-) I think we used tylenol for the next day or so ... it's been a few years, so I don't recall. If the doctor is reluctant to use pain relief, find another doctor. There's nothing wrong with using pain relief, nothing at all. And why would anyone subject an infant to unnecessary pain? --Beth Kevles http://web.mit.edu/kevles/www/nomilk.html -- a page for the milk-allergic Disclaimer: Nothing in this message should be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your own medical practicioner. NOTE: No email is read at my MIT address. Use the AOL one if you would like me to reply. |
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What about circumcision and pain relief for baby
Oh my........ I never heard of a doc not using any sort anaesthetic. Not
around here anyways. I would definitely look for another doc to perform the circumcision. Crystal 37 weeks 5 days & counting!!! "T" wrote in message et... The doc said they don't usually give the baby any anaesthetic. Is there something I can buy over the counter and bring? "Beth Kevles" wrote in message ... Hi - Your baby should have both a topical anaesthetic (such as a spray) and an ingested anaesthetic, whatever the doctor thinks is safe for such a small baby. Probably tylenol. There's no reason whatsoever to perform a circumcision without pain relief. Also be prepared for your baby to nurse or take a bottle immediately after the procedure. (Food is very calming.) Whether to have the circumcision done or not is up to you, as parents. Do what you think is best for your child. --Beth Kevles http://web.mit.edu/kevles/www/nomilk.html -- a page for the milk-allergic Disclaimer: Nothing in this message should be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your own medical practicioner. NOTE: No email is read at my MIT address. Use the AOL one if you would like me to reply. |
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What about circumcision and pain relief for baby
"Beth Kevles" wrote in message ... Whether to have the circumcision done or not is up to you, as parents. Do what you think is best for your child. I saw a TV program where a "routine cicumcision" was "cocked up" (pardon the pun)... They decided to turn one of the twin boys into a girl... 30 Years later he had his sex changed back. I think he now has a wife... but no children. In later life children may resent the mutilations inficted upon them. P.S. This isn't another one of those "mother knows best, don't let any *man* tell you how to raise your children" threads is it ? |
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What about circumcision and pain relief for baby
"Beth Kevles" wrote in message ... If the doctor is reluctant to use pain relief, find another doctor. There's nothing wrong with using pain relief, nothing at all. And why would anyone subject an infant to unnecessary pain? I agree. Babies do feel the pain and there is research to suggest that the early trauma may affect the way pain is perceived in the future. Every organization that has made a recommendation on the topic has come out strongly in favor of controlling the pain. It sounds like you were not happy with the cosmetic outcome of the first circ (no - they are not doing them different now) and that your doc may not be up on the advances of the last decade or so. I think you should cancel the procedure and find a different doc. As for the "best practice" question and the response you got from one other poster - the medical reasons to do or not do it are mixed with no strong argument possible either way and the major medical groups are not making strong recommendations. The mainstream Christian churches neither support or oppose it. Most Americans are circ'd (and America is an Anglosaxon society - at least for a little while longer) while most Europeans are not. It is a personal decision that only you can make. -- CBI, MD |
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What about circumcision and pain relief for baby
"Chotii" wrote in message ... There's another reason not to do it: there is no way to know how much the individual's penis will grow at puberty. The doctor will remove what looks like the right amount, but when the boy grows into a man, his penis can grow larger than what the remaining skin can accommodate. Such boys may wake in the mornings with their sheets bloody, because the skin of the penis has torn in the night. This is simply not true. -- CBI, MD |
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What about circumcision and pain relief for baby
"Liz" wrote in message .. . The AMA does not endorse routine circumcision for infant boys. Nor does it oppose it - they say it is a personal decision without strong support from medical facts. Circumcision was designed to reduce a boy's sexual appetite by reducing the amount of pleasure sexual stimulation can provide him. Actually, it first became popular as a matter of hygiene (that is amongst people who are not doing it for religious reasons). It was believed to reduce the incidence of VD - which is doesn't. Some folks argue that circumcision cures a tight foreskin, but today the usual medical treatment for a tight foreskin is stretching, not circumcision. No - it is circ. -- CBI Father of a 2 yr old uncirc'd boy. |
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What about circumcision and pain relief for baby
"CBI" wrote in message link.net... "Chotii" wrote in message ... There's another reason not to do it: there is no way to know how much the individual's penis will grow at puberty. The doctor will remove what looks like the right amount, but when the boy grows into a man, his penis can grow larger than what the remaining skin can accommodate. Such boys may wake in the mornings with their sheets bloody, because the skin of the penis has torn in the night. This is simply not true. Odd. I've talked to men for whom it was true. And traumatic. And horrifying. --angela |
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What about circumcision and pain relief for baby
"CBI" wrote in message link.net... "Chotii" wrote in message ... There's another reason not to do it: there is no way to know how much the individual's penis will grow at puberty. The doctor will remove what looks like the right amount, but when the boy grows into a man, his penis can grow larger than what the remaining skin can accommodate. Such boys may wake in the mornings with their sheets bloody, because the skin of the penis has torn in the night. This is simply not true. .....ah, I see where I'm miscommunicating. "Torn" sounds like catastrophic rupture, not microscopic (yet still bleeding) breaks in the skin. I don't mean a catastrophic rupture. But, the men in question were still horrified to wake, as adolescents, with blood on their sheets. Some baby boys are cut too tight. And they have to live with it for the rest of their lives. That is reality. I stand by my statement that it should be the reasoned choice of a person of legal age to choose such surgeries. --angela |
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What about circumcision and pain relief for baby
"Chotii" wrote in message ... "CBI" wrote in message link.net... "Chotii" wrote in message ... There's another reason not to do it: there is no way to know how much the individual's penis will grow at puberty. The doctor will remove what looks like the right amount, but when the boy grows into a man, his penis can grow larger than what the remaining skin can accommodate. Such boys may wake in the mornings with their sheets bloody, because the skin of the penis has torn in the night. This is simply not true. Odd. I've talked to men for whom it was true. And traumatic. And horrifying. It is not possible. The tissue that is removed in the circ is not the tissue that expands to cover the erect penis. -- CBI, MD |
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What about circumcision and pain relief for baby
"Chotii" wrote in message ... ....ah, I see where I'm miscommunicating. "Torn" sounds like catastrophic rupture, not microscopic (yet still bleeding) breaks in the skin. I don't mean a catastrophic rupture. But, the men in question were still horrified to wake, as adolescents, with blood on their sheets. Some baby boys are cut too tight. And they have to live with it for the rest of their lives. NO - as I said in my other post - the tissue removed is not part of the shaft of the penis and does not stretch during an erection. If these guys woke up bleeding or had skin that was/is too tight then there is some other issue at play such as self inflicted trauma, Peyronie's disease, or other skin ailments (that can just happen to be on the penis). -- CBI, MD |
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