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Originally Posted by JayP
If you watch that Penn and Teller Bull****! video someone linked they talk specifically about this. A doctor basically says the pain the child feels getting the circumcision at birth is just as great (if not more) than when the child is a bit older.
They also talk about how when the baby is getting circumcized it is in a very calm state..unfortunately this is because the pain overload puts its body in shock (probably why your son didn't yelp, cry, or scream during).
I'm against circumcisions and I don't really buy the whole "I don't want him to have it done when he's 10" argument as the kid is going to be in pain no matter when he gets it done.
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Sorry but that is a bunch of BS.
Maybe you should have been there rather than trying to explain to me what a 1week old child is feeling?
So you are suggesting that he got himself sooo worked up that he went numb?? Wow. I guess the fact that we were advised to put some local anesthetic on it to avoid any feeling in the area had nothing to do with the lack of reaction as well? And where was this amazing stressful reaction that would have resulted in him shutting down, I guess I missed that.
I am sure you could find any number of doctors that would have divergent opinions on this. What I do know is that my son certainly didnt suffer any ill effects from having this done. He certainly did not go into shock.
Wow.
