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Circumcision?
Alexander Zadiel is almost here and we still haven't decided whether or not to have the circumcision. Any opinions on this? Have any of you decided on one for your babies or previous ones? Just wondering if its bad whether we do it or not.
What a debate!!
I feel badly for anyone having a boy and reading all of these posts then trying to decide what is best for them and their child.
I am glad this baby is a girl!! Even when I had my son, I never thought to dig/resarch as much as some people have on this subject- and as of now, I am glad I didnt. It was a choice for his father and I and we made a good choice. He is fine and completly healthy.
Good luck to anyone making this decision and either way you choose is a good choice for YOU!!! =D
I feel badly for anyone having a boy and reading all of these posts then trying to decide what is best for them and their child.
I am glad this baby is a girl!! Even when I had my son, I never thought to dig/resarch as much as some people have on this subject- and as of now, I am glad I didnt. It was a choice for his father and I and we made a good choice. He is fine and completly healthy.
Good luck to anyone making this decision and either way you choose is a good choice for YOU!!! =D
Funny you ask that...in light of this discussion, I asked my husband the same thing, and whether he felt he had any physical or emotional issues or ramifications as a result of being circumcised. No to both....
Ant just for clarification...if 117 die per year, how is that 1 in 100? 1.7% would mean that there are only 5,850 males born annually. Since there are over 4 million babies born (give or take) in the US alone, approximately half of those being male, I think your statistic is a bit miscalculated.
The www.cdc.gov (Center for Disease Control) has a lot of good information to review .
Ant just for clarification...if 117 die per year, how is that 1 in 100? 1.7% would mean that there are only 5,850 males born annually. Since there are over 4 million babies born (give or take) in the US alone, approximately half of those being male, I think your statistic is a bit miscalculated.
The www.cdc.gov (Center for Disease Control) has a lot of good information to review .
I am curious to those against circumcisions... Is your husband circumcised? If yes is he upset with his parents that they circumcised him?
Its not 'one in billions'. Its more like 1 in 100. 1.7% of male neonatal deaths are attributed to circumcision and its complications.
Approximately 117 baby boys 28 days or younger die every year in the US because of circumcision but not every circumcision death is categorized as such and lists the complication (hemorrhage, shock, heart failure, sepsis, ect) as the cause of death instead. Its severely under-reported because no one wants to admit so many deaths are preventable.
In comparison "about 44 neonatal boys die each year from suffocation, and 8 from auto accidents. About 115 neonatal boys die annually from SIDS..."
My Sources:
http://www.icgi.org/2010/04/infant-circumcision-causes-100-deaths-each-year-in-us/
http://www.mensstudies.com/content/b64n267w47m333x0/?p=b7d787cba1ec4b77b97fc250b62fb37a&pi=5
Approximately 117 baby boys 28 days or younger die every year in the US because of circumcision but not every circumcision death is categorized as such and lists the complication (hemorrhage, shock, heart failure, sepsis, ect) as the cause of death instead. Its severely under-reported because no one wants to admit so many deaths are preventable.
In comparison "about 44 neonatal boys die each year from suffocation, and 8 from auto accidents. About 115 neonatal boys die annually from SIDS..."
My Sources:
http://www.icgi.org/2010/04/infant-circumcision-causes-100-deaths-each-year-in-us/
http://www.mensstudies.com/content/b64n267w47m333x0/?p=b7d787cba1ec4b77b97fc250b62fb37a&pi=5
That baby already had a heat defect. How do you know the circumcison even played part in the death? Maybe it was going to happen regardless.
Besides, that is 1 case out of billions.
My mother in law hates epidurals because a friend of hers was paralized for 6 months afterwards. However people get epidurals all the time with no problems. She says all was normal, but the dr could have messed up or she could have moved, etc. Does not mean I will not get one because of that one person who had a bad one.
I have not read your article, so I can't really see the details on what happened. It is a terrbile thing for that poor family. However there was circumstances that made the surgery risky, and i'm sure they were told the risks. If not that is a terrible hospital and she should sue them.
Regardless, you have your opinion and others have theirs. This isn't a debate on who is right or wrong. Try to have your opinion without being insulting to those who may be opposed. We are here to help each other not to argue about things.
Good luck Ivy. If my baby was a boy I would have it done. My DH is circumcised and thinks it is better for him. That is our personal choice. My brother is also circumcised and never had a problem. He did not cry at all.
Good luck with whatever you do!
Besides, that is 1 case out of billions.
My mother in law hates epidurals because a friend of hers was paralized for 6 months afterwards. However people get epidurals all the time with no problems. She says all was normal, but the dr could have messed up or she could have moved, etc. Does not mean I will not get one because of that one person who had a bad one.
I have not read your article, so I can't really see the details on what happened. It is a terrbile thing for that poor family. However there was circumstances that made the surgery risky, and i'm sure they were told the risks. If not that is a terrible hospital and she should sue them.
Regardless, you have your opinion and others have theirs. This isn't a debate on who is right or wrong. Try to have your opinion without being insulting to those who may be opposed. We are here to help each other not to argue about things.
Good luck Ivy. If my baby was a boy I would have it done. My DH is circumcised and thinks it is better for him. That is our personal choice. My brother is also circumcised and never had a problem. He did not cry at all.
Good luck with whatever you do!
That is a terribly story for any family...I am sorry for their loss.
Having said that, I don't think that you can assume that the circumcision is what caused the baby to pass given he had a heart defect. Unless there is a medical expert opinion stating that was the cause of death and that the baby would have survived otherwise, I am not sure arguing a point without MEDICAL fact, based on someone else's loss, is very kind.
Having said that, I don't think that you can assume that the circumcision is what caused the baby to pass given he had a heart defect. Unless there is a medical expert opinion stating that was the cause of death and that the baby would have survived otherwise, I am not sure arguing a point without MEDICAL fact, based on someone else's loss, is very kind.
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