To circumcise or not to circumcise?

[Losty]

Of course it wasn't but they all said it was and had I not known I'd have had him circumcised not realizing it was unnecessary. My point wasn't that it's never necessary. Just that there's a massive amount of ignorance about it even in the medical field. The 2 doctors who weren't urologists even thought it was a medical emergency that my son's foreskin wasn't retracting and they treated me like some horrible neglectful mother when I told them it's not supposed to retract.

Yes there are medically necessary reason for circumcisions. My grandson's foreskin was attached to the opening of his penis and could not be drawn back without tearing the skin and the foreskin was not long enough on that side, it was pulling his penis down to a curved position. It would not be able to extend. They didn't circumcise him at birth because of this. They recommended he see a urologist surgeon. The urologist said the operation would wait until he was 6 months old because he would have to be put under and reconstruction of the glans skins and foreskin would be necessary.

At 6months he had his surgery. His is fine now with plenty of skin for normal use of his penis and not even a scar on the glans now. There are medical reason for this kind of surgery, I simply object to the non-medical reason. Fad is not a reasonable reason.

I feel weird about how you're seeming to think we disagree about this. Do you? Because we don't.

I know there are medical reasons to circumcise. I was only making a point about how, where I live, doctors are very ignorant about the whole thing. They give people terrible advice on how to care for their newborn sons when they're uncircumcised. It's a standard form they give when you leave the hospital that tells you if his foreskin doesn't retract to take him to the doctor. It has been a long time since then (almost 7 years now) maybe they've gotten better.