I just wonder...is that the mother strapping the baby down? The woman is wearing a hospital gown, which makes me think that it is.
You can clearly see that the baby is already crying in protest...I just don't understand how a new mom could do that so methodically, without even stroking his cheek and comforting him in some way. :-(
No that is a nurse. Such a cruel procedure. I could not watch much of it. Why can they not see that the baby is in pain? Oh how stupid some people are! The sooner this is illegal the better!
I don't know if the narrator knows or not, but Biblical circumcision (practiced until after the time of Christ) was nothing like circumcision today. When I learned that, I was even more determined not to let my son be circumcised. It's not necessary at all!
It's *awesome* (sarcasm) how he takes extra long doing the procedure so as to be sure to teach the other practitioners this *important* skill. Horrible. How can they listen to that scream and continue????
Well, that was my first witnessing of an actual circumcision. I have never wanted to see one, knowing how horrific they must be for the baby, but today I felt I needed to truly understand the process. Thank GOD I decided to leave my sons intact...thank God thank God thank God...
My first son was going to be circumcised. He was to look like his Daddy, and my mom always told me how ugly uncircumcised baby penises looked. "like a little string bean," she said. I believed the myths about infection, STD's, etc, and didn't care to do much of my own research.
Finally, he was born. I had an emergency c-section -- he had no amniotic fluid, a dropping heart rate, and an Apgar of 1. The neonatologist told me in one breath that he had Down syndrome and that he may not survive. After all the tears, terror and confusion, he finally stabilized and was in the NICU for 3 weeks. During that time, he had many procedures: ventilator, feeding tube, bloodwork, heel pricks every day, oxygen cannula in his nose, wires and tubes coming from everywhere...How could we think to cause him another moment of pain?
When circumcision was brought up, our eyes had been opened through research and we declined. He is PERFECT just the way he is.
I have seen two circumcisions now :( I hate the way they get strapped down like that. Cannot move away from the pain. The babies I saw did not cry as much as this one, and settled rather quickly afterwards, but I do not agree with it at all. How barbaric.
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I just wonder...is that the mother strapping the baby down? The woman is wearing a hospital gown, which makes me think that it is.
ReplyDeleteYou can clearly see that the baby is already crying in protest...I just don't understand how a new mom could do that so methodically, without even stroking his cheek and comforting him in some way. :-(
No that is a nurse. Such a cruel procedure. I could not watch much of it. Why can they not see that the baby is in pain? Oh how stupid some people are! The sooner this is illegal the better!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if the narrator knows or not, but Biblical circumcision (practiced until after the time of Christ) was nothing like circumcision today. When I learned that, I was even more determined not to let my son be circumcised. It's not necessary at all!
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It's *awesome* (sarcasm) how he takes extra long doing the procedure so as to be sure to teach the other practitioners this *important* skill. Horrible. How can they listen to that scream and continue????
ReplyDeleteWell, that was my first witnessing of an actual circumcision. I have never wanted to see one, knowing how horrific they must be for the baby, but today I felt I needed to truly understand the process. Thank GOD I decided to leave my sons intact...thank God thank God thank God...
ReplyDeleteMy first son was going to be circumcised. He was to look like his Daddy, and my mom always told me how ugly uncircumcised baby penises looked. "like a little string bean," she said. I believed the myths about infection, STD's, etc, and didn't care to do much of my own research.
Finally, he was born. I had an emergency c-section -- he had no amniotic fluid, a dropping heart rate, and an Apgar of 1. The neonatologist told me in one breath that he had Down syndrome and that he may not survive. After all the tears, terror and confusion, he finally stabilized and was in the NICU for 3 weeks. During that time, he had many procedures: ventilator, feeding tube, bloodwork, heel pricks every day, oxygen cannula in his nose, wires and tubes coming from everywhere...How could we think to cause him another moment of pain?
When circumcision was brought up, our eyes had been opened through research and we declined. He is PERFECT just the way he is.
I have seen two circumcisions now :( I hate the way they get strapped down like that. Cannot move away from the pain. The babies I saw did not cry as much as this one, and settled rather quickly afterwards, but I do not agree with it at all. How barbaric.
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