jhharlan
4 Answers
Bob/PKB
There are many things I've done and hope to never do again, but as to the issue of circumcision ...
My first son was premature and hospitalized for about one month. When he came home, we decided against circumcising him at that time because we thought he'd "been through enough". Our second son, born just over a year later, was not circumcised, either.
The "maintenance" of a tiny uncircumcised penis is not excessive, but it is not easy. Over the course of years, urinary tract infections and anatomical issues (nothing grotesque or abnormal) required that both be circumcised, one pretty much NOW and the other could wait, but definitely would be needed LATER. Our third son had been circumcised at 1 week an indication that we had thought long and hard about the first two and regretted the decision to forego.
The two older boys were circumcised at ages 8 and 9. (Misery loves company) It was a painful and difficult time for them, and took about 6 weeks to fully heal. The baby's circumcision took about 10 days.
We, too, had done our homework and even talked to parents of uncircumcised little boys. For our sons, it was the way we should have gone from the beginning. Reproduction doesn't seem to be a problem....
| 8 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
lindilou
terryfossil 1
Clonge
