| Circumcision
My two boys recently went through the surgery of circumcision together. They both had recurrent UTI, especially my then 5-mth-old. He had high fever (over 40 degrees Celcius) twice and went through a lot of painful procedures to check whether UTI is caused by structural reason (reflux of urine). It just kills me to see him go through such precedures and pain.
The actual surgery took about half an hour each and they spent one night at the Adventist. My 3.5-yr-old could get down from bed and play the next day (he still had a paper cup attached to his underwear to protect it). It took them about 7-10 days for total recovery but about a month for the stitches to be completely dissolved.
I personally don't understand why most HK pediatrician don't recommend this procedure for all male newborns. Well, I understand that this is not absolutely necessary but I regret that I didn't get it done when they're born. Main reason is that their father had it done when he's a teenager and kept telling me how painful it was. So he didn't want his sons to go through this unless it's necessary.
In fact, my pediatric surgeon told me that about 1/3 of the male population have the need to do this. So you'll have to decide for yourself. Good luck!  |