does circumcizing a newborn baby boy hurt? how serious is it?

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Does it hurt? Yes.
Can be be done without pain? yes.
A few things to remember.
1) There are no proven benefts or detriments either way. Its a matter of choice or religion. MANY studies have shown that statistically there is no benefit.
2) If done with topical anesthesia followed by tylenol, it does not increase levels of stress or trigger infant indicators of pain and distress. If done in the first week of life, the infact brain is unable to process it, remember it, and if anesthetic is used, even feel it. Again, proven.
3)If done without anesthetic it will hurt. They will register distress for the duration of the procedure and 30 seconds after, but then return to normal. Brain imaging scans prove this. At no point during the procedure did a region of the brain associated with pain register the procedure.

Draw your own conclusion. Do we see millions of men suffering life long agony from this procedure? Does anyone remember it? What we know of the human brain and development has shown us that with proper technique the surgery is notharmful to infants.

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If someone cut of part of your anatomy, would it hurt?

Yes it does hurt ! but they will never remmber what happened. It is the best thing to do for your son ! it helps keep infections away.

A newborn baby will experience pain during a circumcism. The procedure involves removing a portion of the foreskin. There are things that can be done to decrease the amount of pain. The analgesic modalities include oral pain medication, regional analgesia such as a penile block or caudal block, and parental and pacifier comforting measures. Care of the penis after the circumcism is also very important to prevent adhesions, infections, and pain.

Sensitivity higher among kids. Its like your cutting off their finger. Why the hell would you do that? The international medical associations all agree circumcision isnt worth it!

Only the damn US imposes religious traditions like this on all babies.

my son was circumcized soon after birth he cried for about ten seconds, until the nurse gave him a little sugar water. He has been fine since and I don't need to stress about possible infections because of the extra skin, another + he will never have to answere questions in the locker room, it looked like a little aardvark before he got cut=)

MY SON WAS CIRCUMIZE, HE CRY FOR 3 SECONDS. HE IS FINE. ALL U HAVE TO DO ITS MAKE SURE U FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION THE DOCTORS GIVE U.

Circumscion is removal of fore skin of the penis.In newborn to age 7 days its excellent to do it. Complications never arises, if doctor screens the baby and a perfect surgery. Its not serious as u think it.
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Doctors hand experiences.

Circumcizion is a medical procedure that does involve risks (most likely infection, but other complications can develop). It does hurt, though many hospitals now offer some kind of pain relief. Another poster mentioned the benefit of not being teased in the locker room if the baby is circumcized, but today about one third of all baby boys are not circumcized, so this will likely not be an issue for our children.

yes it does hurt but its mandatory i mean a little pain when ur a newborn is nothing to the problems that would happen later on in life. plus women have to go through horrible things all through there life. trust me a little snip isnt nothing

It DOES hurt...but they don't remember, if done early enough. It can also result in complications if not done properly or not handled correctly after.

My son was circumcizied, and he cried a LOT!
Everything was okay after it was done. But he had some complication the head of the penis was stuck back in the penis, and the skin was kinda closed back on the penis..

That happened when he was 18month old and, the doctor had to pull it back to separate the skin with the head of the penis..that WAS really painfull..

Now everything is fine..but if we have another boy, we won't circumsize him.

Yes it hurts but doing while they are young it better on them...they won't remember how bad it hurt...but it's the best thing to do...

My son was born with a condition, I can't remember the name but basically the slit of his penis was horizontal instead of vertical because some of the skin was twisted so we had him circumsized at the same time he was having that corrected, most doctors won't even do it here anymore unless they have to. Anyway, my boy had it done at 15 months and it really didn't cause him too much discomfort at all, granted he does have a very high pain threshold but he was given an epidural while the operation was performed and was in no pain when he woke up. It wasn't until about 3 days later that it bothered him at all and even then it was only when he had his nappy changed and that only bothered him for maybe 2 or 3 days. It took 2 weeks to heal completely and now he is fine. My advice is that if you want it done get it done now, he won't remember it whereas if it is not done and it get's infected when he is a teenager or adult it will be excrutiating and despite what people often say, it DOES happen. A good friend of mine had to be circumsized at 17 due to an infection and there is no way I would ever let a son of mine go through that agony.
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experience

It does hurt the baby, but they won't remember the pain.

In the U.S. it is considered the "norm" to be circumcized. It isn't necessary, and as long as the uncircumcized penis is properly cleaned, you need not worry about infections. (For the first year or so the area is clean enough just soaking in bath water, and you NEVER force the foreskin back to clean the area!)

If you choose not to circumcize your son, you'd have to instruct him when he's older as to how to pull the foreskin back to clean the area. This is no big deal, and becomes a regular part of a bathing routine just as washing your hair would be.

of course it does. It all comes down to choice. My son is 10 months old, competely intact and infection free. More and more parents are opting not to these days. I feel we made the right decision. And if he decides that he wants to get it done as an adult he can. But we couldn't ever give it back.

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