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- From: ff@mtung.att.com
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: A few facts about circumcision
- Date: 21 Dec 1992 12:22:39 -0600
- Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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- Sender: daemon@cs.utexas.edu
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- >In fact a lot of ignorant MDs still tell parents to
- >force the foreskin back and clean.. clean... clean.. This is stuff
- >from 1950s baby books!
- Well, it looks like my aunt was once prey to one of these MDs. My
- cousin is now 11 years old and he was not initially circumsized. I remember
- my aunt having to pull back the foreskin and cleaning the penis daily. It
- turns out that one time she did this and the penis got swollen and the
- foreskin would not come back up. The foreskin was then literally strangling
- the penis and my cousin had to be rushed to the hospital where he was given
- an emergency circumsicion. Needless to say my aunt immediately circumsized
- her second son. I am personally in favor of circumsicion (in part due to
- this event), but I understand there are pros and cons to both circumsicion
- and "no circumsicion". It is basically a personal choice and I don't think
- either choice is better than the other.
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- [story of friend's mother cleaning penis with a Q-tip deleted]
- >Could it be the mother of your friend was disturbed? Was your friend
- >retarded? It sounds like one or the other must have been true.
- Not really. After all you don't know the whole story. Maybe the
- kid had some sort of infection and the mother was just treating it. After
- all, he was ASSUMING that the Q-tips were being used due to no circumsion....
- And then maybe it was due to having no circumsion. There could still be
- alot of explanations....for example: 1. her doctor told her to clean it
- regularly with a Q-tip and she had no reason to doubt his/her credibility.
- 2. Maybe the mother had a bad experience with an uncircumsized penis and
- was just trying to make sure her child would not be one of those men that
- would have to have a circumsicion later on in life. I am not trying to
- flame, but just pointing out that we can't be too quick to judge without
- knowing all the facts.
-
- Happy Holidays!
-
- Frances
- (first time mommy to baby due 5-13-93)
- ^^Just had an ultrasound and was given this
- new date. Let's see how accurate they really
- are when the time comes. :)
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