How old does he have to be?
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they do it in the hospital right after they are born. they will give you instructions on how to take care of it. for the first few weeks we had to keep Vaseline with a gauze pad over it until it healed.
I had it done the next day after he was born,by the doctor (OB). And good for you. I'm sure you'll get a lot of responses trying to change your mind..stick to what you feel is right.
they do it the day before he is sent home... unless you are jewish, then he will have a brisk(sp). all you do is everytime you change his diaper you put ointment on the tip... good luck and congrats!
they do ot in the hospital after they are a few hours old
they do it at birth if you so choose, and to take care of it, you just have to keep the area clean and put cream on it You take care of it the same way you'd take care of a wound (because for about a week or so, that's exactly what it'll be) you just want to make sure that you use cream that won't irritate the skin, and you also need to keep in mind that when he pee-pee's, the urine might burn a lil on the open skin area, so it would be a good idea to check up on him quite often for the first week or so
well the eighth day is the best, according to jewish custom...
They usually do it the day after birth. I am all for people doing as they please for their child, but I do think that you should know both sides of the story. While we were reading about the procedures for circumcision we came across a website- www.mothersagainstcirc.org
after we read what was done and some repercussions of it we diceided not to circumcise our son, and we got a lot of kudos for it. Mostly it is cosmetic. Please find out more about circumcision before you do it, you might change your mind.
you should do it in the first month and they provide you with a instruction how to take care. Don't use any wipes, no baths for 3 days and you have to put Vaseline on the area for 5 days. For the first 24 hours you should check the diaper every hour for bleeding.
It sounds a lot of work but they don't feel any pain and it's not that bad.
You can do it a day after birth but it's better to wait overall for a quicker recovery and so you can give him pain medication. After the surgery you will need to keep guaze and petroleum jelly over the tip of the penis until it heals, and change the dressing at each diaper change. They will tell you what to look for in the way of infection or abnormalities once the surgery is over. Good luck.
they did my sons when he was 2 days old at the hospital
Many have told you when and what.
You will have some tell you it is terrible and even have sites on the net showing the horors of it.
Do not believe these people. This has been done for thousandsw of years and for boys it is a very good thing to do.
Boys have less problems with infections and that includes HIV among them. Easier to keep clean and is less of a problem during sex.
The female kind is another matter and should never be done.
They can do it right after he is born . The main thing is keep it clean so it don't get infected. Use Vaseline after you cleaned it. you also got to keep pulling the skin down so it wont grow back over. I had to keep pulling my son down until he was four years old.
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