Hi girls,
When my son was born my hubby and i had decided that we would circumcise him. But that wasnt the result. He ended up being a special care baby and son we couldnt find a surgeon to do him whilst in care. They all ahd the opinion it was better to wait until he was 6 months old. When i finally did get him home, there was no way i could put him through any more drama;so we boycotted the idea.
Many years transpired;i suspected when he was in grade 1;that we were going to have problems as his foreskin was still completely adhered on one side. Whenever he showered if he was slightly too excited about washing he would slightly tear the skin and we would end up with lots of tears pain and antibiotics.
I went and saw many specialists;all with differing opinions. The one i saw at the rch i liked the best. he said the problem would certainly right itself but who knows when and it was highly likely that it could take till puberty. So i thought that means even more years of this ongoing problem and i was also worried about the psychological impact-as i didnt want him having a pain association with intamacy when he is older.
So i decided to have him circumscised at 9 years. It was a lot less traumatic than i ever imagined. he had 2 weeks off school because i didnt want to risk any of his peers bumping him. He went for about 4 days with no jocks;he just wore a towel around his hips. Topically we applied vaseline;hardly any blood loss. Quite a bit of blistering and scabbing,but he bounced back so quickly and is now a lot less concerned about the whole showering thing.

Pauline