March 2011 Moms
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XP: mom's of intact boys please come in
If you didnt get you DS circumcised how do you deal with your pedi trying to pull back the foreskin? I read that you're not supposed to pull it back and that it will on its own as they get older.
At DS 4 mo appt his pedi, who is a woman, pulled it all the way back while i wasnt looking and then was really proud to show me how it was retracted all the way, totally exposing the "goods". He even blead a bit. Luckily it didnt seem to bother him because he didnt make a peep but it really bothered me.
Any advice?
TIA!
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Re: XP: mom's of intact boys please come in
I cannot BELIEVE your pedi did that. I'd honestly find another one. @4mos, your DS's foreskin should not be forced back. JERK!
Whew, sorry. That just sounds painful and disrespectful!. I'd go to a different pedi and ask for recommendations on if/how you need to care for his foreskin now...
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Wow your email just made me cringe and want to cry for your baby boy! I can do a simple google search and learn that a baby's foreskin should never be forced back, that it will be able to be pulled back later on. So this Dr has a medical degree and did not know that? I would be royally angry, as I can tell you are.
If you don't really have a personal relationship with her yet I would go interview other dr's. Tell them your son is intact and ask about how to care for it. Their answers should give you some perspective into their knowledge and philosophies. If you DO like your Dr. otherwise, I would speak to her or email her, letting her know how you feel, perhaps cite some information that you have read about the topic. I am so sorry that happened!
EVER? what about a urologist checking for hypospadias? or inserting a catheter? I guess I'm less outraged by the OP as anyone else, since DS (uncirced) has had all of this plus surgery on his scrotum behind him. I do think bragging about it is out of control, and the bleeding shows the pedi was definitely too rough, but I believe at all of our appts so far, his foreskin has been at least partly retracted. Gently of course.
Okay sorry. No doctor should EVER retract a foreskin for non medical reasons, which is what happened here. There is no reason for the foreskin to be retracted until it retracts on its own, which happens long after the infant/toddler stage. I am surprised you don't know this since you have an uncirc'ed boy, assuming you meant it is retracted at every appt just because. I agree if it is for a medical reason (inserting a catheter although I can't imagine that happens often) that is different.