[extropy-chat] circumcision

[Rayburn, James]

Our son was circed at the age of 8. We felt that it wasn't an issue as long
as the kid learned to keep himself clean. Long story short, hey, I had to go
there, he developed adhesions at the age of 7. He had more pain from the
adhesion wound than the circ wound. Yep we (I) taught him how to clean
himself; we called it the protocol. As my son got older and gained freedoms
he developed his own, albeit, less thorough protocol.  Thing is, one needs
to set kids free at some point and the behind the ear inspections, (Have you
looked behind the ears of kids ages 6-10? Some strange goings on back
there.) become less frequent. 
Jim  

-----Original Message-----
From: M.B. Baumeister [mailto:mbb386 at main.nc.us]
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 8:40 AM
To: ExI chat list
Subject: RE: [extropy-chat] circumcision



>
> As for the trauma. At that age, the act of circumcision is not remembered
> and there are no credible studies to suggest that this pain affects the
> child. Think about it, 8 days ago the baby was pushed out of its mother
> which is much more painful than circumcision.
>

Perhaps there's something I'm missing here... what's with the "8 days"
bit? My son was circumcised in the delivery room within moments of the
birth.

Why? Because it was common practice, as far as we knew, at the time. If we
had it to do over, I think I would *not* choose circumcision. Mainly
because I don't have any solid reason *for* it and am now more averse to
needless (and as far as I know pointless) medical procedures.

Regards,
MB
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