tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732972.post8526474717526123786..comments2023-10-23T09:44:03.507-04:00Comments on Growing with my Girls: Why do I...Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029296444906951529noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732972.post-54214096436028590842010-01-04T09:14:11.221-05:002010-01-04T09:14:11.221-05:00Oh, no no, the parents don't watch. It would b...Oh, no no, the parents don't watch. It would be a very disturbing thing to watch happen to your child. It's surgery, after all, and personally I think the fact that they strap down these babies, give them a little lidocaine, and do this surgery is really barbaric. They would never do surgery to an adult that way. <br /><br />Yep, John's dad is Jewish, his mom is Catholic, and he was raised Catholic...in a cafeteria sort of way...lol. He became more Catholic as an adult, mostly due to EWTN he says.melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06637174816423519588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732972.post-58974726880798233002010-01-03T20:45:36.440-05:002010-01-03T20:45:36.440-05:00So you had seen them done firsthand, Mel... and di...So you had seen them done firsthand, Mel... and did parents ever watch it happen to their own sons? I wonder if it would be as common a procedure if the parents had to watch it being done... and do most hospitals even allow parents to watch, I wonder?<br /><br />I didn't know your husband was half Jewish - interesting! Was he raised Jewish, or Catholic, or did he convert to Catholicism as an adult?Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029296444906951529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732972.post-41580619417213030652010-01-03T20:11:10.578-05:002010-01-03T20:11:10.578-05:00When I was in nursing school, doing my OB class, I...When I was in nursing school, doing my OB class, I was given circumcision as my topic for an oral report. I found out that circumcision was pretty much unheard of in this country until pretty recently, at least for non-Jewish people. It became popular because of Dr. Kellog...as in Kellog cereals..and some others I imagine, who promoted it as a way to deter masturbation. That little bit of knowledge totally freaked me out, and that combined with having to help with too many of them in the hospital burned me on them, and I refused to circ Jack. My (half Jewish) husband went along with me, thankfully. :)melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06637174816423519588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732972.post-81642319148722526992009-12-11T13:53:04.573-05:002009-12-11T13:53:04.573-05:00You are right, Kate... I don't think I really ...You are right, Kate... I don't think I really emphasized how this is not done routinely in any other industrialized country - the US really stands alone on this.<br /><br />Thanks for wanting to refer people to this, Sue... that was my hope, to provide a really comprehensive post so that I could have all the info in one place that could be easily referred to. I looked through a few year's worth of bookmarked links in the process of compiling this. It feels like I was writing a research paper, ha ha!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029296444906951529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732972.post-75345200697560902642009-12-11T10:23:38.593-05:002009-12-11T10:23:38.593-05:00This is a very thorough and complete article that ...This is a very thorough and complete article that I will refer people back to. Thanks Erin for compiling all this info in one place.<br /><br />Our decision was finalized about not circ'ing any boys after hearing in the doctor's office a baby getting a circ'ed. The crying was unlike anything I'd ever heard come from a baby. It was excruciating to hear--to the point we left the room we were waiting in to investigate what was going on. It was alarming. That said, thanks for including a warning with the procedure clip you have--though I could not bring myself to click on it. <br /><br />SueTiny Actionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304288870374605347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732972.post-14394252543945835522009-12-11T06:38:29.732-05:002009-12-11T06:38:29.732-05:00this is a definite American thing... with my husb...this is a definite American thing... with my husband it was never a question of circumcising his son. it just isn't done in Europe unless it's religious.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07797293785464371026noreply@blogger.com