My son will be seeing a urologist to be re-circumcised.....

Yes I was told the same thing by my urologist. After 4 weeks boys have to be put completely under to be circumcised. Because of this, they generally have to wait until they are at least 9 months or so. They won't be allowed to eat for 12 hours before they are put under general anesthesia. So sad!

I dont understand people like this, why do you want to get rid of the foreskin in the first place, its not some defect, its the way males are designed. I'm so glad I wasnt born in an ignorant country where circumcision is performed thinking a part of the bodyis filthy.

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For the exact same reason they offer it now, as a perk. Companies who offer insurance that is better than the government plan will still offer it to attract good employees.What is so hard to understand about that?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I dont understand people like this, why do you want to get rid of the foreskin in the first place, its not some defect, its the way males are designed. I'm so glad I wasnt born in an ignorant country where circumcision is performed thinking a part of the bodyis filthy.

This forum started with someone asking for help and guidance with a problem that they had. The problem here is not whether circumcision is right or wrong. It is about a mother who is trying to help her son. There is no need to bash her decision. You say you are glad you weren't born in an ignorant country. You are wrong in making entertainment for yourslef by trying to make others feel inferior. You aren't teaching any one a lesson. People are free to make their own decisions so let them make them. God judges in the end, not you. Have fun on your mission to make others around you miserable.

I am confused (and maybe this won't be answered as it's an old thread) but why would a boy need to be recirced. My son is intact & as of yet is not retractable (3 1/2 yrs) and from my understanding it may not be until puberty until he would be retractable. So if for some reason post circ there were adhesions, could that not be left alone until puberty (just like you wouldn't retract an intact child) to see if it would resolve on it's own? I could understand if it were actually causing pain & irritation that perhaps it cannot wait, but if the child is physically without discomfort then it would seem that waiting for the skin to loosen on it's own makes the most sense compared to risks of surgery? Maybe there is something I am not understanding about adhesions and how that works.

As for those being called insensitive. I thin it is easy to forget on the internet that people are from everywhere on the planet. I don't *think* anyone is *trying* to be insensitive, I think some truly do find the idea of circing an infant boy kind of shocking & react as such. Just like in some cultures there are things that we have no problem criticizing or calling barbaric or a human right's violation, yet those things that we find so shocking are often not only culturally acceptable elsewhere, they are the cultural norm in those places.