Thursday, October 22, 2009
The Circumcision Decision
While I was reading about baby's being circumcised it really caught my attention at that very time, because I remembered when my mom used to tell me that its really important to get my baby circumcised even if it means right after he is delivered at that very moment. To me I think that circumcising any baby is not a big deal because either way their going to be healthy. When I was in Ms. Mowers class she had talked to the class that she was against circumcising baby's because she said; why should you cut off the skin when you can just keep it in case you get into a situation where you loose skin on your back or face and you need extra skin to cover it up. So she told me that boys could just use the skin from the tip of their penis to cover it up because it stretches really wide and it enough to cover a serious injury up. After hearing all these things I still had my own decision to make and that was to have my son get circumcised because its against my religion if the boys don't, they have to get it done in order to be clean in front of "God". I think that its not going to hurt a lot because their baby's and its a really quick process that the doctors would have to do.
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Your profile lists one of your interests as "going to church", which suggests that you are Christian, so why do you say this:
ReplyDeleteits against my religion if the boys don't, they have to get it done in order to be clean in front of "God"
95% of Christians worldwide do *not* circumcise, and the Catholic church has been opposed for centuries.
I can't tell by your blog if your son has been born yet, but if not, PLEASE do not circumcise him until you have watched this video
ReplyDeletePenn and Teller's Bullshit: Circumcision
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIZLna_uzLQ&feature=PlayList&p=B9905C0BAD93742A&index=0&playnext=1
I'm sure your mom means well, but there is absolutely no medical reason for circumcision of babies. There is likewise no religious reason if you are a Christian.
Circumcision, even with some anesthesia, is extremely painful for a baby: not just when it is done, but the ENTIRE time it is healing. It is an open wound that is hurt every time your son pees or poops.
An intact penis requires NO special cleaning. It is adhered to the head of the penis until well into childhood (or even adolescence). Just clean what is seen like a finger- do not try to retract.
There is NOTHING "unclean" about your son in the eyes of God :).
intactamerica.org
Hey Karen,
ReplyDeleteI really think you would like this verse, if you are worried that you need to circumcise for your religion:
Galations 5:6 "When we are in Christ Jesus, it is not important if we are circumcised or not. The important thing is faith - the kind of faith that works through love".
Assuming you follow the New Testament, it actually speaks several times about how circumcision is no longer commanded by God. Circumcision was the old law... just like sacrificing animals for your sins. It was Jesus that came and did away with these laws.
Also, Karen, I wanted to tell you that the foreskin is good for more than just in case you need skin somewhere else.. its good right where it is too! The foreskin actually gives the same kind of sensations as the fingertips and lips.. it is really sensitive.. and a private, sensual part of the body that belongs only to your son.
When you think about it, healthy parts of a baby girl's privates belong only to her.. And shouldn't healthy parts of a baby boy belong to him? Isn't it a little unfair to make that decision for him, when he might grow up and wish that he still had his foreskin, the way quite a lot of men in the United States feel about it. It doesn't take a majority of men to feel hurt by circumcision to make it wrong, it only takes one person to wish it hadn't happened to them, don't you think? One person who has to go through their entire life wishing that they hadn't had a healthy, sensitive, functional part of their body removed for no good reason.
As someone said above, it IS really painful for a child too. Studies have shown that babies do feel pain just as much as adults, but they just don't have the words to say it. :(
I hope you'll choose not to circumcise. In seattle, a lot of mothers are choosing not to circumcise anymore.
You sound like a very good mother, and I think that the way you are thinking so much about important parenting decisions really shows how much you care and love your son. The good news is that you don't have to have this procedure (which is very painful) done to your son. Its reason to celebrate, I think!