Circumcision in Australia

There's some much conflicting info out there. Look deeper and harder as its a decision a lot more important the the look of the penis. The foreskin plays a MASSIVE part in a mans life.

So as others have said what ever your choice, be informed:)

How is coming back in and arguing your point not a debate? Posts will be continued to be removed if this continues.

My DS was circumcised for medical reasons at 12 months of age. He was born with renal problems and had recurrent UTI's for the first year of his life, despite prophylactic antibiotic's. The circ. was performed at the very strong recommendation of two urologists. He had it done under general anesthesia (he had a couple of other things done in regard to his renal system at the same time). He was quite sore for about a week or so afterwards and would cry when I had to clean his penis or occasionally when he was crawling around. He stopped taking his AB's at about 16 months and I am very pleased to say he has not had a single UTI since then, as the urologist's said he most likely would not.

He is now 5 and attends kinder with 12 or 13 other boys. Only two other boys in his class are circ'd. They do see each other's penis, at the toilets or when they are getting changed after swimming or getting muddy. The boys have noticed and commented on the differences, but they make no judgement; they are just curious to know why they look different. The circ'd boys are certainly not teased or made to feel 'odd'.

Good luck making your decision, and congratulations on your pg!

Hi Alex. If it look like you will have to wait until you are in Aus to have it done, how old will he be by then? If he is older they will do it slightly differently I think and he will have an anaesthetic as well. When you get here all you will have to do is go to a GP and they will give you a referral to have it done. You may be out of pocket though because your baby wont be covered under medicare, but your DH should still have medicare and it doesn't take long to add a child to your medicare card.

I don't even know where you could find current statistics about it, but they wouldn't matter anyway because as a few of us have said, it will vary across locations anyway.

There are some stats:

* Circumcision Rates - different countries

* Male circumcision incidence in Australia (Best)

* Circumcision and Non-circumcision in Australia

* Circumcision in Australia | Circumcision Information | Circumcision Statistics

* Circumcision in Australia

* History of Circumcision


Good luck with your decision :)

My DS was done in Sydney by my obs at 3 days old. He used the plastibell method so no cutting. Of my mothers group 50% of the boys are done.
I am happy to answer any further questions you might have.

Hey Alexmoving
I’ve just had my son circumcised at 3 ½ weeks old, they say the younger the better as they are less alert. I procrastinated a little on booking him in because DH really had to convince me to get it done. However I have no regrets at all, the clinic we went to used the Plastibell method and we were given numbing cream to put on his penis 2 hrs before the procedure was completed. A tricky task when you then having to wrap it in cling wrap!!
The procedure took 10 minutes, from the time he left my arms until I got him back and he was only slightly grizzly when he came out. After a quick boobie feed he was good as gold. Two babies were done while we were waiting and neither of them came out of the room upset. It's taken around 1-2 weeks to heal up nicely and in this time DS felt no pain when weeing or being bathed.
I have 5 girlfriends who are either pregnant with or recently had boys and 4 out of 5 of us have chosen to circumcise. Also I have 6 nephews, 3 are done and 3 are not. He certainly won’t be the odd one out in his class, and as for being teased.. well we all come in different shapes and sizes. The other kids may just be curious as to why he looks different.
As a few other ladies have said, it’s a personal decision to be made by the parents no one else. Just research your clinics and find the best one.
Good luck with your bub and moving to Aus.

Wow LS, those stats are really interesting! I thought the rates would be much higher than what they are.

TBH so did I Trill.

I did note though that the rates in the new generation are much lower than what they were.


Age Birthyear* Circumcised Non-Circumcised
50-59 1941-1952 65.68% 34.32%
40-49 1951-1962 66.75% 33.25%
30-39 1961-1972 63.96% 36.04%
20-29 1971-1982 49.66% 50.34%
16-19 1982-1986 31.64% 68.36%

*There is some uncertainty about the exact birthyear due to the
extended time over which the study was conducted. This results
in some overlap in the calculated birthyear.

I thought that was interesting though - boys who will now be coming of age are 2/3 NOT circumcised.

ETA: Which if we follow history, will indicate that this population will also pass that on to their children - so the percentage of intact boys will continue to grow.

I was certain it would be close to half and half, and looking at that table I was shocked that it dropped off so much in the 80's two of my brothers were 1980 and 1983 and they were still done as routine.

Yep, my brother was 81 and my mum wouldn't have heard of anything different. lol

Not sure what the usual practice nwo is though - think someone posted above that they do it at 6-8 weeks? I am sure my brother done before he left the hospital, withing days of birth.

Having seen that though, I do recall the episode of Sex and the City where cut or not was up for discussion, and cut was most definitely in the minority if the stats they used were correct :rofl:

ETA: Most interesting:

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...in 1971, medical authorities decided that non-therapeutic male neonatal circumcision was not necessary, and in 1983, medical authorities decided that non-therapeutic male neonatal circumcision should be discouraged.

The incidence of circumcision of boys then started to decline.

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Double post

I am locking this thread now I think the OP has had her question answered.