Doctor suggesting Circumcision for Baby Boy

Septic-Abortion-Ward · 2025-06-17T03:44:16+00:00

You need a second opinion, the foreskin should remain attached normally until just before puberty. You shouldn't use steroid cream on a boy's genitalia at this age to loosen the attachment. If he has more than one UTI he should be tested for reflux in the ureter, not circumcised.

I am a doctor, and this is medical advice.

Contranovae · 2025-06-17T03:33:05+00:00

CHOP, is ironically recommending this?

You are right that phimosis is an adult condition, in newborns to infants and pre-teens the foreskin is naturally fused to the glans, protecting it from damage. Sadly many US paediatricians are entirely ignorant of it's function.

Below is a list of doctors that are not complicit with male genital mutilation, lots in PA.

https://www.yourwholebaby.org/doctors-list

DrySwan4211 · 2025-06-17T03:43:20+00:00

I'd seek a second opinion if you can (from another doctor).

MadCat_PPC · 2025-06-17T04:11:55+00:00

Do not mutilate your baby

lastlaugh100 · 2025-06-17T04:23:11+00:00

Find a foreskin friendly pediatrician.

Circumcision isn’t offered to girls to prevent UTI.

Easily treated with antibiotics.

Do not let anyone forcibly retract. The foreskin protects the glans and opens like a flower at puberty.

Source: I work in anesthesia and wife is ER doc. Both fight against people promoting mutilating boys genitals

RyuujinPl · 2025-06-17T17:09:26+00:00

It sounds like your doctor may not know that you should never forcibly retract a newborn’s foreskin. At this age, the foreskin is naturally fused—there’s no “under” to clean yet.

Do not allow anyone, even a doctor, to forcibly retract your son’s foreskin. It can cause pain, bleeding, scarring, and cause severe phimosis in the future.

Protect your baby—only clean what’s visible.

Any-Basis-3725 · 2025-06-17T12:06:23+00:00

I don't know about others. But my foreskin loosened and opened up naturally during my puberty. Before that (I don't remember much), it was pretty snugly attached to the glands.

SidewaysGiraffe · 2025-06-17T15:50:00+00:00

Phimosis is a condition where the foreskin doesn't retract, or doesn't retract completely. Absent some very odd deformities, it shouldn't be retracting in a newborn; it's fused to the glans, to better protect it. This is definitely something I'd seek a second opinion on.

For the record, while phimosis can interfere with sexual function, especially in its more severe forms, I speak from personal experience in saying that it can also be treated in ways that leave the foreskin intact. Removing healthy, functional tissue should always be a last resort- even when there's a profit to be made.

geverfdehond · 2025-06-17T06:01:42+00:00

His body his choice get a new doctor

pacmanwa · 2025-06-17T16:30:15+00:00

They want the "medical waste" from the circumcision. I read that postnatal foreskin can generate $100k by harvesting and growing fibroblasts. This can then be used in anti ageing skin creams, like the one that Oprah uses and advertises.

Icy-Picture-192 · 2025-06-17T05:08:41+00:00

Don't do it. Don't mutilate your baby and don't make a permanent choice for him.

The skin is supposed to be there for a reason. Your killing off so much sensation and there are also psychological issues that come with it.

You don't have to worry about it being cleaned properly because the skin is not supposed to go back until I think around 6 or older anyways.

Dapper_Apartment2175 · 2025-06-17T14:55:08+00:00

They said the cause of the UTI was E Coli likely from his poop.

So their solution is to create a bleeding wound that will be surrounded by shit in a warm, damp area?!

imextremelymoderate · 2025-06-17T08:19:01+00:00

I simply could not bear knowing what would be done to my precious child's natural form and the unnecessary pain and suffering it would inflict on a totally innocent new human life. But you have to decide for your own child.

TheKnorke · 2025-06-19T17:15:43+00:00

The baby is 1.5 months old... wtf do they mean he has phimosis? The foreskin isn't even meant to be retractable at that age, attempting to retract it will likely cause issues including UTIs asthe balano preputial lamina hasn't broken down yet, pulling it back at that age is akin to ripping the fingernails off... its adhered to the glans at an early age for a reason. 1st off you should report those doctors who claimed he had phimosis and implied it was a reason for circumcision. 2nd, the child foreskin should never have been retracted by this age. 3rd, the claimed rate of reduction for UTIs is 1 UTI prevented over the course of 111-125 lifetimes... mutilating their kids genitalia is an overwhelming negative and makes them more prone to issues overall due to things like meatal stenosis, peyronies disease, penoscrotal webbing etc. Circumcision is an awful thing to do to a child, these doctors are objectively useless based on the "phimosis" diagnosis

BitesTheDust55 · 2025-06-17T11:22:31+00:00

Definitely dont do it. It's barbaric.

Redsands · 2025-06-17T06:18:44+00:00

Genital mutilation is even an option for you?

Blind_wokeness · 2025-06-19T15:14:51+00:00

Medical clinical laboratory scientist here. This is not specific medical advice. These doctors sound misinformed and I’d definitely seek a second opinion by doctors who have a history of successfully treating infants with circumcision being considered only after other treatments and diagnostic tests.

I’m curious if they sent a urine sample to the lab for bacterial analysis. Seems lien this doc just guessed it was E.Coli. If they did sample urine, how did they collect it? Bag collection has been shown false positive rate of 68%.

Obtaining a clean catch urine to assess for a pathogen sounds like it would be difficult in this case. Catheterization or suprapubic aspiration are invasive sampling techniques may not be merited at first infection, but a highly skilled practitioner can do a successful catheter collection with minimal discomfort.

You could share these resources with your doctor prior to meeting, to have a more informed discussion:

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng224/chapter/Recommendations#imaging-tests Recommendations | Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management | Guidance | NICE

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5849230/ PURLs: An easy approach to obtaining clean-catch urine from infants - PMC

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/138/6/e20163026/52686/Reaffirmation-of-AAP-Clinical-Practice-Guideline (expired recommendation, but I don’t see a new one)

Overall, collecting a good sample for accurate bacterial analysis is difficult. But it may be recommended to try a sample for bacterial analysis. Diagnostic imaging (ultrasound) may be recommended in some cases to detect urethral abnormalities, and definitely considered before circumcision.

AbbreviationsOdd7062 · 2025-06-17T15:23:02+00:00

The content in r/intactivism ; r/intactivists and r/Phimosis communities can help you.

DerpDerper909 · 2025-06-18T16:41:37+00:00

Best thing you can do is find a second and third opinion from other physicians

Botched_Circ_Party · 2025-06-19T21:08:14+00:00

Here is a post about recommended reading and a playlist of informative videos about male genital cutting. The Hadacheck v. Oregon complaint is a great starting point.

Phimosis cannot be diagnosed until the preputial lamina dissolves in early puberty. The preputial lamina adheres the inner mucosa of the prepuce to the glans, similarly to how a newborn puppy's eyes are sealed. Having an intact preputial lamina is not phimosis, but this is often misdiagnosed due to the near-universal undereducation or miseducation about the male prepuce in US academia. A typical prepubescent male definitionally cannot have phimosis.

Excellent_Issue_7254 · 2025-06-20T02:07:00+00:00

The foreskin is the most sensitive part of the penis and important for sexual function. It makes absolutely no sense to cut it off, especially without consent. It’s a result of an American culture where an entire population never had any awareness of what the foreskin is whatsoever, because they were never allowed to have one to begin with (originally, the purpose was to prevent masturbation, and then it simply caught on because it was eventually the only state of a penis people had ever seen there). Newborns do not need to “look like their dad” - it’s pure damage for no reason. Here in Europe, circumcision is largely unheard of and people are just fine. I could not imagine not having my foreskin. Thousands of years of evolution was not wrong - you are doing the only right thing keeping him intact, so keep standing up to the pressure!

HelpfulAppointment54 · 2025-06-17T22:12:28+00:00

He's going to get more length so it's away from the body more and wouldn't be in diapers past age 3. Get him to use a tp square after he pees when he's learning potty. He also needs to rinse out the fold of it when he's 4 or 5. He should be the only one moving it and at some point, he'll take responsibility for it. It's on him so he'll like it as is.

Tlou3737 · 2025-06-19T20:04:27+00:00

i beg you please watch these short videos. https://www.bloodstainedmen.com/about-circumcision/

MyLOLNameWasTaken · 2025-06-20T01:37:44+00:00

Highly recommend avoiding circumcision.

Be the hero for your son others were not aware enough to be; please try all alternatives before allowing for such an extreme, irreversible, procedure.

And if all else fails and it is sincerely necessary be actively pursuant of something more minor like a dorsal slit rather than anything that’d remove tissue.

Thank you for being concerned about your son and resisting panic, wisely considering alternatives before something that cannot be undone.

Commercial-Crab-1591 · 2025-06-21T05:01:53+00:00

Perhaps your doctor is wearing a little condom hat and gets a 0% interest loan? I kept my foreskin and i had no clue. Things just worked out for me i guess in europe.

Glittering-Bug-7967 · 2025-06-22T12:11:58+00:00

I would strongly advice against doing so. Later in life it can give lits of problems with sexual stimulation (less sensitivity). Small chance he'll become sterile or unable to erect. It also changes the feeling for the woman, big chance intercource hurts at some point with circumcision (the foreskin removes a lot of rigidity and acts as a 'cushion' for the woman).

Besides that, it's body mutilation. Cutting off parts from a man's genitaliä, i find it very intrusive and offensive that it's even an option considering day and age in any western country. We are supposed to move on from that and have better hygiëne and education. Please don't go along with a circumcision.

rudeintactivist123 · 2025-06-27T01:49:52+00:00

I would take a look at pages like r/intactivism or r/grosscutters and see what you are dealing with…. It’s brigading. These folks have a position and that is why they are here. Just something to keep in mind

IndependenceFar6280 · 2025-06-29T02:43:08+00:00

Babies get phimosis, it's no big deal, and not really an issue.

Conscious_Switch3580 · 2025-06-17T14:23:47+00:00

I don’t recommend asking for medical advise on social media.

MrKrispyIsHere · 2025-06-17T11:04:54+00:00

idk why people are so pissed about circumcision like yea I never explicitly told the doctors they could do it but I'm not mad at them

Title	Doctor suggesting Circumcision for Baby Boy
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Date	June 17, 2025 12:40 AM UTC (1 year ago)
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