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I still have a while to go but I have a feeling I will need to book Noah in as soon as possible to have it done prior to 6 weeks. I don't want to put him through anestetic(sp?) when he is 6 months old if he doesn't need it. I live in Horsham, is there anyone in Ballarat or on the way to Melbourne that does it and what is the approx cost? Thanks!
Sarah
Hi Sarah :)
Is Ringwood near you? Circumcision Australia have a surgery there and they are really good. Its all they do. They use the plastibell method which is a very humane way of doing it. I wil PM you their site.
Ok, just realised I can't PM you, lol. I will email it to you instead :)
Caro, I didn't mean to sound agro about it, I will edit my post, but I just know a lot of people get defensive about it and try to make their opinion known, I just wanted to avoid that.
Natalie, thanks for the info I will look into it!
You're welcome, Sarah. Good luck with it all :)
Just wanted to say - in our religion we circumcise at 8 days.. They don't have anesthetic then (not usre about pain at 6 months though?), and my baby cried just when they took the nappy off. My nephew even slept through his.
Although they do give like 2 drops of wine, but i doubt that does anything.
Nat - what age do you guys do it?
As early as possible, Yael. Apparently its a lot easier the younger they are. Is you're Dr near Horsham, Yael?
Melbourne is good as well since Noah may need to go to the Childrens Hospital for his club foot for the plasters. It is only 4 hours away. I was thinking of looking to see if there was any Jewish churches around here to see if a Rabbi might do it. I have a few months anyway....
Hi - we had Alex done by a dr. herschell goldman - we works out of hampton park which is about 40 mins from the city on the monash freeway. He was fantastic, very thorough, went through everything for about an hour and he's done 1000's of them. I don't know how it was done, I don't know about the bell thing mentioned above.
I think the actual proceedure was $100 and the consultation beforehand was $140. You can claim some back on the consultation, but not on the procedure. We don't have private health care - it might be different if you do.
I know a lot of ppl who have used Dr. Goldman and who recommend him highly.
I don't know about costs, when we did it is wasn't a medical thing per se, so we didn't pay that way (you pay the mohel (Hebrew word for person who did it) what you feel is appropriate for the procedure).
DH also just walked in and said lots of his extended family used Dr Goldman.
I don't think you will find any synagoges outside of metropolitan melbourne, and i think you will find it hard to find a mohel (not all rabbis are mohels - its a specific training to do this), and infact a lot of mohels aren't rabbi's just to make it confusing!) who will do it as a medical procedure unless they are a dr, as for us its more of a religious ritual.
Good luck
I was present, but on the other side of the room cos i didn't want to see.
I wanted to be there so i could feed him straight away after.
Sarah - There is one doctor in Geelong that does it - His name is Mr North. I think its $125 and then a follow up visit a couple of weeks later. I think you have to have it done by 6w?
I'm still considering it, and thankfully I have my GPs appt today, so I can get a referral for it, and maybe get in in time.
Not sure if Geelong is easier for you than Melbourne.
Yeah Geelong may be easier, it is confusing as I may need to go to Melbourne for his club foot issue anyway. I like the sound of Dr Goldman though. How experienced is this Dr North, do you know? I already want the best for a boy that isn't even born yet, he is going to be spoilt that is for sure.
Does anyone else have problems with email alerts, I am subscribed as far as I know but not getting any alerts for any posts. I will re subscribe and if it doesn't work I am off to the Mod help I guess...
Barb, do you know what medical center Dr Goldman is at? I can't track him down through yellow pages or white pages...
i am another who can highly recommend Dr Goldman, he has a surgery out in hampton park, so it is quite a way for you sarah.
oh we had our ds done by dr goldman at a private hospital (he came in to do the procedure) when our ds was around 24hrs old, he didn't have the bell he had it done the other way (the cut), was absolutely fine, only time he cried was when they took the nappy off and he did a huuuuuuuuuuuuge poo, so cleaning him up before the op was the only distress he showed.
the other reason i wanted it done whilst we were in hospital was for just in case, he started bleeding or something, however there was no need to worry as he was absolutely fine. i wasn't tho, especially when he was on 15 min obs after the procedure, the midwives certainly changed their attitude towards me unfortunately, hey but it is all up to the parent.
anyway sorry going off topic. dr goldman - great
Sarah - Mr North is the only person in Geelong who does it, and apparently he does a fair few of them. I dont know any more than that - sorry.
I will try and get contact numbers for the two then and see what I can get organized. From what I hear they can be very busy since there are few left that do it anymore. I am not too concerned about what method is used, it isn't like Noah will remember any pain anyway, I prefer the swiftness of the snip anyway I think, the plastibell takes a few days to get the foreskin off I think. Oh the things you learn eh?
sarah
i am pretty sure dr goldman is at hampton park medical clinic, his name is hershall. if you want i can get the number from my aunty as my cousin recently had him done their as well, before she went back home to the states. her son was done at the clinic at around 2wks of age.
let me know and i will try and get the number if you want it
Im in Sydney so cant really help with OBs, but we had Jesse done at 4 weeks (the cut off age). I know alot of OBs wont book you in until the babys born incase its not a boy and you forget to cancel.. but you can always try. The OB we went to did them every 15 minutes and they fitted us in fine.
We just went to our local GP who had a list of doctors in the area that did it (you have to get a referral anyways), so your doc may be able to give you a few numbers?
Jesse had the plastibell. I think i prefer it that way myself. From what my dad was telling me when they had my brother done (we're talking 30 years ago though), he just had the snip and they had to keep re-dressing it etc. With the plastibell it just falls off in a few days and underneath heals up by then, you just have to apply vaseline each nappy change.
Best of luck anyways :)
My OB told me the only Dr is in Hamilton and he will only do it at 6 months, I will see what I can get him to do when I see him next for a referal to a Dr of my choice...I just want to have all my options sorted out before Noah is born so I don't have to scramble later. There is no doubting he is a boy either hehe I didn't think babies had such big ones. Maybe they grow into them?
Haha, yeh we had no doubt Jesse was a boy either as you couldnt miss it!
I just had a search on the net.. "circumcisions VIC".. and heres a number:
Circumwise Pty Ltd
CIRCUMCISIONS
Specialising in circumcisions of boys from birth to adolescence.
... (03) 9876 8989 .. (03) 9876 8980
31 Wantirna Road, Ringwood Australia VIC 3134
Also search the net for "russell medical" (dot com dot au) theres a website for them.
Awesome, thanks for that Kellxx I will call and get the info from them.
Ouch!!! $490 from circumwise, they do the plastibell method and currently have a 2 week wait but the longest wait is 4 weeks usually, I somehow now do not agree with the statistic of less that 10% of the male population being circ'ed..
Well, I might have found a place in Horsham after all!!! I am going to take a stroll to the med clinic to find out for myself! We have a fair few muslim docs at a clinic here and apparently muslims get circ'ed, be back to let you know the verdict!
Yeppers, I called a hospital on my boyfriends fathers advice and was passed through a few medical clinics and last week a doctor started working in Horsham that does it for $150 the good old fashioned snip method.
Mr North was very reasonable price, it was $131 with the plastibell method and the receptionist was very helpfull.
I never got onto Dr Goldman but with the high recomendations he has, it would have been my #1 choice.
Wow, I hope the next one is a girl.....
Remember you do get a rebate from Medicare for it. I think from memory Jesse's was about $250 and i got around $98 back. But $490! wow thats some big bucks for them if they do them as often as my OB did!
My wait for Jesse was 2 weeks too.. i think he only did them 2 days a week but every 15 minutes and there are others in my area.. i think theres a big amount of the population that are still done... but we're not going to get into that debate again :)
Well best of luck Sarah ;)
Mine was $250 and I only got $48 back?!?!?! What did we do wrong lol!
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Cailin
Thanks, no we don't want that debate, I stayed out of that one and just asked my questions and avoided the argument. This Doctor is 2 days a week in Horsham as well and i am told there is no rebate, I am not too fussed, a rebate would be nice but as long as he gets the snip I am happy (Iwouldn't have been after $490 out of pocket)
Well maybe this post will come in handy for other Vic's now that there is some info.
Thanks everyone for your help!
Really?? Thats strange.. i just pulled out the forms the OB gave us too to make sure and they said youd get about $90 back and be outta pocked about $160, which is what we got... i reckon medicare ripped you off Cailin!
I think so I might follow it up...
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Cailin
I wonder if they claim the medicare for you Sarah, so in otherwords the fee is say $240 but youre only paying $150 as theyll claim the rest from medicare. I have a friend who's ultrasound place does that. But yeh either way as long as theyre done and happy thats all that matters :)
Yeh definately do..:
Here we go.. just found the medicare slip..
It says charge: $250.. sch fee: $114.30 .. Benefit: $97.20
"I have received the sum of $97.20 in cash"
So theres something wrong there i think with yours Cailin?
When I called up this doctors office in Warraknabeal(sp) I was told I get a rebate of $35 but in Horsham I don't. Maybe when I have my consultation with him I will ask what the deal is, but yeah I am not too fussed. I am just thankful to avoid the $490.
Oh if you get it done in hospital you do NOT get a rebate...
It has to be outpatients to get a rebate...
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Cailin
Ahhh i see. Yeh Jesse was done privately. There you go, learn something new everyday!
LOL but that doesn't help me... as Seth was done privately LOL! I'll be calling medicare tomorrow I think ;)
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Cailin
Cailin - with ours - the actual snip/cut/procedure is classified as plastic surgery or something that is not rebateable so we only got the medicare money back on the consultation.
An aside - when we were given Dr. Goldmans name, I looked him up in the phone book and called the number, it was his home number and I got Mrs. Goldman !!
Hi :)
I got Jacob done at 7.5 weeks, I am in QLD but just wanted to share my experience.
We paid $440.00 for the procedure and I ended up getting about $95 back from medicare, there was a subsiquent appointment that was $55 and I got like $30 odd back from that.
He had the plasti bell procedure.... they dont let you in there with them as they say its more distressing for the mother than it is for the baby!! :) hehe
7 days to the dot it came off and it looks GREAT now!!
Oh and STUPID me said Merry Christmas to the doctor!!!! didnt I feel silly when I realised.... wondering why he just smiled and said "yes"
I am very happy that we made the decision to get it done :)
Go to circumsision australia website and there should be plenty of info about doctors that do it in Melbourne/Vic area.
Good luck with it :-)
with out raising debate, how many had it done for reasons other than religion?
Not that we will need it anytime soon, but while this discussion is fresh I would love to know of people who had their sons done not for religious reasons.
Thanks...
BTW... Good Luck Sarah
Hi Mel,
We didn’t get done for religious reasons... DH is done, my Dad is done, my brother, my poppy and so on, so that was the initial train of thought.
Also my nephew is done also and that was about 18 months ago so I was thankful to have my SIL to guide me through it.
I am the decedent of a Jewish family about 4 or 5 generations ago but that didn’t have any influence on my decision. That is just one facet of my colourful dependence :)