As scheduled, Joshua had his HERNIA repair and circumcision last Friday. Everything went well. We were just a little scared when we couldn't get him settled after waking up from his sedation. They fed him, I cuddled him, did everything we could to stop him from crying. They gave him tylenol and that was the only time he stopped and then fell asleep.
Today is his 3rd day of surgery and he's been good. He doesn't give us trouble in feeding and putting him to sleep. He is such a trooper!
Hopefully, that surgery would be the last one..........
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Just read your post and wanted to say that you made a smart choice circumcising, it is cleaner and healthier. I know it must have been tough for him but I am sure it was for the best!
I know if boys aren't done at birth its pretty common for them to need to be circumcised later in life. My brother needed to be circumcised later in life and I don't want to risk putting my son through that. Plus, I have yet to meet a single man that wasn't happy to be circumcised, but a lot of uncircumcised guys seem to wish they had been snipped.
I have done a lot of research on circumcision and thought you might find these links helpful:
http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunday-night/video/-/watch/13629907/
http://video.yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/player/?id=1092494&ice=th|vid_tout|1#videoid=1092546
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=56849737
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=92426
http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/?ItemID=26068
http://www.physorg.com/news86339340.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1141513
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/fishman/2006/circumcision.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15593753/
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/07/27/circumcision-sensation.html
http://www.circinfo.com/parents_guide/gfp.html
http://www.modern-psychiatry.com/circumcision.htm
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/12/23/circumcision-rates-too-low.html
http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=1091598&sponsor=
There are some groups on this topic worth checking out:
http://community.babycenter.com/groups/a1236385/choosing_to_circumcise
http://www.cafemom.com/group/13109
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-ppnoforeskin
even the World health Organization is recommending it now:
http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/news68/en/index.html
http://www.who.int/entity/hiv/mediacentre/MCrecommendations_en.pdf
Hope it was okay to pass that on to you?
Sara
sarr115@hotmail.com
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