Circumcision

Very loaded topic! There is a circumcision thread under "1st baby, 2nd or more?".

We had DS done in Auckland. I was against it but his Dad really wanted it done. We argued over it for ages till I finally gave in. We used a surgeon in Remuera who has since retired. He used the plastibell method which involves administering local anaesthetic, pulling the foreskin over a plastic ring which cuts off it's blood supply & then over the next week or so it just falls off. No cutting involved & less risk of infection or complications. Although I was very anti the whole thing, DS really didn't suffer at all through the process & he has had no ill after-effects. We did it when he was about 5 weeks old. I think it cost about $165 or something like that & took only a few minutes. As I said the guy who did it has retired.

I think there is a doctor in Blockhouse Bay who uses the plastibell method. Other than that, some jewish friends of ours had their son done by an asian surgeon in the city but that was the cutting method.

Have you asked your midwife for some numbers of people who do it? Or otherwise just try searching the net maybe?

I know it's a bit of a heated topic, & don't let other people make you feel bad about your decision. I think we are all just doing the best we can & sometimes we make choices that maybe are not the norm but that doesn't make us bad parents.

Good luck.

Ha ha, I know the one you mean NikkiCham, as I am a regular on there, and yes, there are a few psychos over there aren't there?

With regards to the topic, I don't feel strongly either way but do wonder as to why people get it done? Ok, religious reasons fair enough, but other than that there is no real reason (apart from the odd medical ones I know, but most people aren't doing it because they have to but because they choose to)

Haha there's 3 I can think of

all my boys are done becoz we choose to have them done to prevent medical probs later in life.

my older 2 were done by the same person Odettenz is refering too but yes he retired much to my disliking lol so ds3 was done by a dr at a clinic in hillsborough. and we are expecting our 4th boy and he will be getting done also by the dr in hillsborough.

im more affraid to have ds3 immunised as it appears ds1 may have mild autisum though we r still waiting for peads to comfirm that.

Hi All,

Other forum is only 1 word and won't let you talk about cloth nappies. Only found it by searching as is an older topic...

My husbands foreskin wouldnt retract so he had to have circumcision at 3 years. So really just trying to be prepared. A bit hard as we aren't telling anyone that we are having a boy so can't really ask friends / family without giving it away!

I will be getting this done, for cleaness reasons and my DH's religion. Dont think its a huge problem and my DH thinks things are much cleaner down there!! lol

i just want to say it's proven that it isn't 'cleaner' or not to have them done .. I looked into it a lot when i found out I was having a boy..

Na_#1 wrote: I will also be getting any sons I have circumcised. The boys in my family have also had it done for medical reasons & also as my DH is & I think it is nice for sons to be the same as their father.

And thats the kind of comment that usually sparks the circumcision debate.

na -true..there has been many a debate on this topic recently on here:) it turns out lots of Dad's wanted sons done only for that reason:)