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Circumcision
Hi Ladies,I haven't been on here for ages! My twins are 8 months now and I'm thinking about getting one of them circumcised. His foreskin is very tight and small,and I think it's restricting the growth of his willy too,you can feel it in his groin. Both the Dr and HV have said to leave it until he's a lot older as he *may* grow out of it and currently has no urine problems. However I've spoken to several people now who all were told the same thing and ended up having it done at around age 6,which is obviously more traumatic.
Has anyone had any experience of having a baby circumcised? And any rough ideas as to price as we'll have to go private obviously.
Thank you!!
Has anyone had any experience of having a baby circumcised? And any rough ideas as to price as we'll have to go private obviously.
Thank you!!
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His was for medical reasons too x
We are keeping an eye on Toby's - it seems tight and very red in places - but often with a bit of sudocrem he's better. I'd def. get it done young rather than wait personally.
*Mr 'n' Mrs Pumps*
- do you mind me asking if your son's was done for medical reasons?
Julie xxx
his was for medical reasons too, poss the same thing. if i were you, id just get it done. if we every had a son, i think wed probs get him circumsised anyway as we think there are a few benefits. but thats just us. x
However I think go with mothers instinct, you will know in your heart what you think is best. As the others have said the younger the better. I think anything under 3 they wont remember?
Good luck....xxx
If you think there's a problem I would ask another GP if you have several at your practice or if you only have the 1 GP I'd ask to be referred.
I've got a 22 month old son and his is sometimes a tad red but it doesn't cause him any pain when he wees or you rub cream on it.
Circumcision leaves the glans open to infections....It's very difficult as obviously you dont want your son to be in pain but personally if there was a hope he'd grow out of it, I'd leave it
But def seek another opinion!!
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[Modified by: young_mum_gone_mad. on March 25, 2010 10:02 PM]
I honestly did not mean to offend you!
What anyone else does with their sons is none of my business honestly as long as it was an informed choice! But what I did say was *Personally** If this was my son having problems, but was not in pain, I would seek another expert opinion as I would not want MY (emphasis on MY ) son to be circumsised.
I'm sorry!!
I think it depends on your opinion what you would do in spittingfairy's situation!
Ollie has a medical condition - cant remember the name - where his hole isnt at the end but is on the underside of his penis, its not much but its enough. He can actually now pee into the toilet without many misses - he has to hold his willy high up to aim it properly, but it does mean that the whole of his foreskin is bunched up on the top of his willy, so it serves no protection or other use at all, and tbh looks very very very ugly and unsightly! I cannot see anyone wanting to sleep with him the way it looks now, and i can imagine him being bullied about it.
Having said that, I asked for them to circumcise him before he was old enough to understand/remember the pain of it, and I am still battling for them to do it now. (almost 3 yrs later!) He is classed as medically in need of it, so I am unsure what the problem is and why they are making us wait this long to have it done, I will be pestering them more frequently from now on because i dont want him to be traumatised by the pain of it.
Hope you can make the right choice for you - its not an easy one to make I know!
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You're right,there's no pain at the moment,but it is extremely tight and could well be painful in the future. The dilemma is,do I opt for an operation now while he's little and won't remember or *hope* that the small chance it will sort itself out will be realised? I don't want to hurt him without reason,but neither do I want him suffering future pain due to my indecision.
Icecreamlover,I feel so sorry for your lo,hope they get a wriggle on!
funny you should post about this as I just asked my GP about the same thing in relation to my son. She said that the foreskin isn't supposed to be retractable until about 2 years old (although it is sooner for lots of boys eg your other two) so not to worry about it.
I wonder if that's what your GP meant by "growing out of it" ie that it's too early to know whether it's an issue? Just thought I would mention it - perhaps it would be an idea to get a second professional opinion if you can?
C xo