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Circumcision Myths: Part I - Page 3


© Donna Lauritzen
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Jun 10, 2004


Still, for anyone who is not convinced that circumcision is painful for the infant, studies have shown that newborns who are circumcised without analgesia have increased heart rate, bloodcortisole, oxygen saturation and cortisol levels, which are indicative of stress related to pain. Furthermore, boys circumcised without analgesia also show behavioral changes indicating that they experience pain, including crying, changes in sleep patterns, and changes in the mother-child interaction. (This last point was reason enough for me to not want to circumcise our son. Why would I want to do anything that would potentially harm the attachment I was you'reng to form with him?)

If you're STILL not convinced that circumcision is painful, then ask any man you know if he would be willing to have a part of his penis cut off without any analgesia. He will tell you how painful it would be!

*****Stay tuned for Part II!*****

The following websites provided information for this article. More information about circumcision can be found at:

http://www.medicinenet.com/Circumcision_...

http://www.cirp.org/pages/anat/

http://www.cirp.org/pages/gcdcirc.html

http://faculty.washington.edu/gcd/DOC/en...

http://www.aap.org/advocacy/archives/mar...

http://www.circumstitions.com/Cancer.html

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Here's the follow-up discussion on this article: View all related messages
13.   May 22, 2005 4:57 PM
From my perspective as a (male) Orthodox Jew, this issue is a tempest in a teapot. It is somewhat bemusing to observe the passion the topic evokes among non-Jews.

Among us Jews, the reasons for cir ...

-- posted by BenPlonie
12.   Jul 19, 2004 5:47 AM
In response to message posted by hooshootoo:

No one can guarantee anything about anything, really. Yet, the way we raise ...

-- posted by WillsMom
11.   Jul 8, 2004 9:40 PM
I have been a writer in a number of medical disciplines for 23 years. I have 2 grown sons and 2 grandsons. All 4 are circumcised.

I know that you have several sources supporting your claim that the ...

-- posted by hooshootoo
10.   Jun 21, 2004 9:28 PM
In response to message posted by biogardener:

I guess it goes both ways...those that are different from the majority, whe ...

-- posted by WillsMom
9.   Jun 16, 2004 10:47 PM
For my family, circumcision was never an option. A circumcised boy or man would feel like the ugly duckling among his relatives, especially when nudity is not uncommon in the European society in whic ...

-- posted by biogardener



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