They're going to ask us, right?

Yes, they will ask you, and you have to SIGN a consent form in order for them to do it. If it makes you feel better, just let your ob know that you don't plan on circumcising. They usually do it the day after delivery, so you can even mention it to your postpartum nurse.

They will ask you & you are right that you will have to sign consent, but there is another thing to keep an eye on if you live in a high-circ area & that is retraction. I cant' tell you how many time sin my boy's lives that I have had to protect them from having some nit-wit Dr or nurse try to pull back their foreskin. I never ceased tobe amazed about this one...but WATCH them all the time & do all the diaper changes yourself if you can. Also - watch for anyone else that will help with care, your mom, your mother in law, relatives, grammas, etc...MANY were told in their era that foreskin has to be retracted & most don't' know that is NOT correct. So just be careful & be vigilant. There used to be stickers you could buy online to go onto the diapers that say "I am intact do NOT retract"...LOL I am not sure if they make them anymore or not. I just had my husband print off some on sticker paper on our computers & ours said "Hand off my dipe - that's momma's job!"

If you are curious to read this is from the site Doctors Opposing Circumcision about stories where boys were retracted by medical staff: http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/in... Make sure you husband is aware of this potential problem as well. Even with my three year old I have to be careful when he has a physical to remind them he is intact & so far not retractable. I swear Dr's are idiots on this subject in much of our country.

Yes they will ask you. You don't have to have your mind made up before the baby arrives, they don't do the procedure until the day after the baby is born, sometimes the day they'll be discharged. You as parents have to consent to the procedure. If you don't want it done, you don't have to. Since you have your mind made up now, just mention it to your OB.

It's the same as any other procedure, they MUST have consent in writing. If they just whisked every baby boy off and performed the circumcision, they'd be sued out the wahzoo.

They will ask you.

However there have been mistakes where boys were circumcised even though their parents said no. This is really rare though nowadays -- just make sure you repeat several times that you do not want your son to be circumcised.

But they probably won't even take your son out of your sight -- if they do, ask them what they're doing.

Also, and this is very important, make sure doctors know not to force back his foreskin. The foreskin on a baby boy should never be forced back.

Congrats and good luck! :)

They used to whisk babies away for routine circumcision in the 1950s, but that didn't last very long!

Today, they often encourage you to leave your son intact, so trust me, there is no way in hell that they would circumcise your son without your informed consent.

I'm glad you're leaving him intact.

Check this out btw. If you buy one of these onesies for your son, the doctors will know that you do NOT want your son's foreskin retracted! You have no idea how many "medical professionals" don't know jack shite about male anatomy, and go around retracting boys' foreskins and causing them pain and infections. http://www.cafepress.com/+anti-circumcision+baby-b...

They do ask you to sign something. However, I was vigillant, as I just did not want him to lose the function and pleasure that those parts provide. Tell them NO, just in case.

No debate, but for those that don't know:

Male circumcision is nerve damage -- a cutting off about 20000 fine touch and stretch sensing nerve endings and removing a source of pleasure from the male FOR LIFE. This is 2/3 of the total pleasure source amputated! This is nerves, blood vessels, protective covering and pleasure zones taken away from a human before the human can experience this. The dynamics and function and pleasure from sex and masturbation of the penis is harmed for good.The only touch organ possessing as rich erogenous innervation as the foreskin is the clitoris. Circumcision deprives man of 2/3ds of the main erogenous zone constituted of the foreskin and the glans.

BTW, the other risks (besides loss of sexual function, ED, PE and loss of PLEASURE) include curved or misshapen erection, painful erection, botches of all sorts (many requiring redo) and death. About 120 boys DIE each year in the US from this sick practice.

It depends on the hospital. They usually ask now, they only took them away to do it mandatorily a few years ago. However I would make it very clear we didn't want our child circumcised if it was me. That way there are no mistakes.

-Connor

it may depend where you live, but i know where I live they dont do it any more. at one time it was the "norm" but you have to ask to have it done now, or else they dont even do it. you could always call the labor and delivery unit of the hospital and ask. but i would think that its the same everywhere though dont know for sure.

something that a doctor writes a scrip for might desire to be coated by insurance, consisting of start administration. there are various women individuals who take the pill for scientific motives. Oh and by ways, that little pill that adult males take is roofed, why not the pill?

No one asked me anything. They just didn't do it. I think the only reason you'd need to specify is if you actually did want it done