Do you recall being circumcised when young ?

I vividly recall being examined by a doctor and then returning to hospital some time later to be circumcised under general anesthetic. The whole experience has stayed with me all my life and undoubtedly accounts for my fascination with the subject of circumcision and medical fetish. Does anyone else have a similar experience ?

Geeze house, how old were you if you don't mind me asking?

Boy do I remember. I was 13, it was a female physician (either a pediatrician or pediatric urologist) and it was the beginning of my medfet for female doctors.

Though it has been many years I still vividly recall the day that my mother explained to me that the doctor needed to "snip the tip" of my foreskin. You don't forget something like that. Although I had my concerns I agreed to having it done so my mother took me to the doctor. Fortunately, the doctor was not able to do the circumcision that day but rather did a "stretching" with a hemostat to loosen my foreskin. I did bleed some but the doctor eventually was able to retract my foreskin. He bandaged my foreskin in the retracted position and sent me home. A couple of weeks later my mother commented that I needed to go back to the doctor to have my circumcision completed. I told her that my foreskin was retracted and the the "head" was completely exposed and that there was no need to go back.

So I am guessing because of your name choice, she didn't take you back to have that done?

Mashie

Hi Mashie, Your correct. I saved my foreskin.

I was 12 at the time when the doctor "stretched" my foreskin. Upon entering the seventh grade and a required P.E. class I soon found that I was the only one that sported a foreskin. I developed a fear that I would eventually have to be circumcised. I was reluctant to expose my penis to the doctor during physical exams for fear that my foreskin would be required to be circumcised. At age 15 my mother took me to a different doctor for a required school physical. A friend, 2 years younger than me, had been circumcised at his parents request by this particular doctor also at he age of 12. My friend was rather upset about the experience - "look what they did to my boy". It looked as if the doctor had used "pinking" scissors to cut off his foreskin. Now my mother had me go to this doctor for my physical exam. I feared for my foreskin. Before proceeding I retracted my foreskin such that I would appear to be circumcised and stuck it in my underwear. When the doctor asked me to "drop my drawers" I eagerly obligued and displayed my "circumcised" penis. Unfortunately, my foreskin decided to slide forward at that moment covering my glans. I was rather embarrassed and feared that the doctor was going to circumcise my foreskin right then and there. The doctor checked me for a hernia, checked my testicles, retracted my foreskin and squeezed and looked into my urethral meatus (slit). I feared that my foreskin would soon be circumcised. Fortunately, my mother was not in the exam room this time to see my foreskin.

I'm uncut, so this never happened to me obviously. But I remember pretty clearly having a tight foreskin when I was in my mid-teens that my doctor thought might have to get cut. That was a scary thing to hear.

At birth our family doctor, a WW1 surgeon, recomended against circucision. My Mom occasionally would retract my foreskin for cleaning. There was a small amount of smegma which she called cheese, This process was painful and when Mom touched my glans it was very sensitive and almost hurt. Mom said the doctor streached my foreskin to make it easier to retract. I have no memory of the proceedure. When I was 7 Mom said from now on should to it my self. Once in a while she asked of I had done it and I said yes however I didn't until I was 12 when I found I was fun. During that time, oneday, It became easy and more fun.

I'm not cut but I don't have a lot of foreskin. The head of my dick sometimes uncovers itself.

While some might doubt it, I revisited my circumcision at 8 days via regression therapy. Hurtful but enlightening. Why were those people celebrating hurting me?

At birth our family doctor, a WW1 surgeon, recomended against circucision. My Mom occasionally would retract my foreskin for cleaning. There was a small amount of smegma which she called cheese, This process was painful and when Mom touched my glans it was very sensitive and almost hurt. Mom said the doctor streached my foreskin to make it easier to retract. I have no memory of the proceedure. When I was 7 Mom said from now on should to it my self. Once in a while she asked of I had done it and I said yes however I didn't until I was 12 when I found I was fun. During that time, oneday, It became easy and more fun.

Bad, bad, bad. The human foreskin of a child is supposed to be attached to the glans, sometimes into the early teens, most commonly till the mid to late single digits. This is probably nature's way to protect the sensitive glans before toilet training (or bladder control before the advent of plumbing).

Forceable retraction before natural release of the attachments can cause scar tissue and damage. It's unfortunate that here in the US, circumcision is so common that most people, professionals included, don't understand the anatomy, physiology and care of the intact penis.

When the boy can retract his own foreskin without pain, only then is it time to instruct him on care and hygiene.

I certainly don't remember being circumcised since it was done in the hospital after I was born. No point in worrying about something you had no control over, but I am glad I was circumcised. If I had not been circumcised at birth would I have gotten circumcised as an adult, probably, but can't really say. Both my 2 sons and my 7 grandsons were all circumcised at birth.

Bill

While some might doubt it, I revisited my circumcision at 8 days via regression therapy. Hurtful but enlightening.

Wow, that must have been a scary experience ... I've sometimes thought about doing it for other experiences that seem to be balancing on the edge of my memory, things that I sense have an important bearing on things, but which I cannot bring into relevant focus. And I'm also wary of being edged on into recalling something quite untrue, but dramatic, simply to make the regression therapy seem monetarily worthwhile ...

At nine there were problems in my home life and I was sent to live with my Aunt and Uncle. At this time I was still a bed wetter and in diapers every night. That irritated my Aunt to no end. That and not being circumcised was the subject of much of the problem I had while living there. Hell I didn’t really know what circumcision was.

My cousin was a nurse and living at home. One night as she diapered me she noticed my foreskin was a little tight and told my Aunt. With the bedwetting and now this she packed me off to the doctor.

Before I knew it I was strapped down to a table, given two shots and freehand circumcised.

I was never given any explanation other than to say if I didn’t stop wetting the bed she would have the doctor cut the rest of it off.

When my father found out it caused a rift that lasted till the day he died.

It took me some time to come to terms with how the whole thing went down.

Now fifty years later I’ve come to accept it and am happy with my circumcision.

Not that there is much I can do about it anyway.

I was never given any explanation other than to say if I didn’t stop wetting the bed she would have the doctor cut the rest of it off.

I wonder how many boys have heard that threat when growing up? I would suppose it's not that uncommon as threats go. But when you experience a circumcision first and then hear the threat, it probably sounds much more believable ... and moreover a cruel thing to threaten with ... I can certainly understand your father's reaction.

Wow, that must have been a scary experience ... I've sometimes thought about doing it for other experiences that seem to be balancing on the edge of my memory, things that I sense have an important bearing on things, but which I cannot bring into relevant focus. And I'm also wary of being edged on into recalling something quite untrue, but dramatic, simply to make the regression therapy seem monetarily worthwhile ...

My regression was incidental to other body/mind therapy. There was no suggestions about 'destination' It was part of a session that included many circumstances surrounding my birth and first days.

Had mine done when I was born... All I can remember is, I couldn't walk for almost a year after that!!!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

I was circumcised at 34 so yes my memories are very vivid of the whole thing. And yes seeing 3 different doctors for an opinion.

I had a dream when I was 5 that I was having my penis amputated. My feet were up, and the only part of my penis left was a flap of skin. I was circumsized as a baby, so this could have been a memory. Fortunately for all babies who have had this done, I don't recall any pain.

Getting circumcised as a child or adult? No thanks, you poor guys!

I had a dream when I was 5 that I was having my penis amputated. My feet were up, and the only part of my penis left was a flap of skin. I was circumsized as a baby, so this could have been a memory. Fortunately for all babies who have had this done, I don't recall any pain.

Not recalling pain is a common self defense mechanism. You may remember a bad thing, but not the pain involved.

I was never circumcised and never had any problems. I remember my mother teaching me how to perform the proper hygiene of retracting the foreskin and keeping it clean. It is one of the firest things I do when I shower. I grew up in the 60's and 70's, so being uncircumcised was unusual compared to my peers, but noot unheard of.

When I was a Navy Corpsman at 18 or so, I worked in a newborn/NICU unit. It was then I appreciated how much pain my parents spared me. One of my jobs was to bring baby boys into the procedure room, undress them, set them on the board (A plastic board with a baby shaped depression) then strap their arms and legs down so they were immobile and spread eagle. Then in would come the doctor with a couple of residents and the occasional med student in tow to do the cutting. when it was done, they would wrap the head of the penis in iodiform gauze, (Which I would have to periodically change) and leave me to unstrap, re-diaper and re-wrap the kiddo. Usually, I would sit and rock them fotr a bit until they stopped howling from the pain.

@rob70: Do you know why you were circumcised? did your parents tell you, even later?

What you describe reminds me of what happened to a cousin of mine, about my age (6 at the time). I don't know exactly who started it, whether it was a physical at school or his own family doctor, but the family doctor told his mother that it was abnormal that his foreskin did not retract and advise my aunt to try to forcibly retract it, repeatedly. He has some very vague remembrance of that, but I heard later that it was painful and he protested a lot (he does not remember crying about it!). Then all he remembers is that, during school holidays (so probably some months had come in between), he was taken to the hospital, anesthesiaed, and woke up with the tip of his penis in gauze (he remembers the weird look of his penis). He also remember going back to the family doctor to have the scar inspected and the last stiches (that were not dissolved) removed, just as you. And just like you, he did not understand until later that he had been circumcised; he has no remembrance of his intact penis.

How did this affect me? My aunt showed the result of the circumcision to my mother. We were not a Jewish or Muslim family so neither of them had seen a circumcised penis before and this must have impressed my mother (I think she originally did not understand that a part of my cousin actually had to be removed, and thought the surgery was less drastic). Then a bit later my aunt visited us. My mom had me drop my pants, my aunt had a look and commented that it did not look as bad as my cousin (of course I did not understand what they were talking about), then my mom tried to forcibly retract my foreskin, which she managed to do with much difficulty. Perhaps I was taken to the doctor as well.

So for a few years after that incident my mother, every so and then, inspected my penis and retracted the foreskin or had me retract it. Also, I was under strict orders to fully retract it every day (or, rather, every evening) and wash there with soap.

These incidents had two consequences.

One is that I took the habit to wash my penis with full foreskin retraction every day. I've sometimes read that uncircumcised penises have some whitish, cheesy, smelly substance called smegma that gets stuck under the hood, but, though I see some kind of secretion, I've never seen such a substance. Maybe it depends on physiology, but one probably needs to go several days without washing properly to let it accumulate like that. (How about other forum members?)

The other one is that this stimulated the interest in my penis: after all I was ordered to touch it every day! The irony is that my mother was hostile to child masturbation. When she barged into my bedroom while I was touching myself, she seemed shocked and more or less interrogated me: why was I doing that, who showed me how to do it, etc. Apparently she believed that boys did not do that on their own and had to be shown the act by some pederast. While she did not overtly forbid me to do it, there was no mistake she disapproved and in any case I was told to hide myself when doing it (hey, I was not the one entering the room without knocking). When I was a teenager, I had another round of embarrassed and angry remarks when she caught me in the act again.

The other one is that this stimulated the interest in my penis: after all I was ordered to touch it every day! The irony is that my mother was hostile to child masturbation. When she barged into my bedroom while I was touching myself, she seemed shocked

Isn't it wonderful how parents are able to hold contradictory views on a single subject and yet be able to shift the blame to others - so often their own children - when the dissonance becomes apparent in certain situations?

Indeed, agracier. When I was a teenager, she basically entered without knocking then acted shocked at what she saw - seemingly without understanding that you do not normally enter a bedroom like that (what if I had been changing clothes?).

I think my mom's mind was dealing with three contradictory "values" or "principles".

One is hygiene. In the movie La Baule les Pins, as the two daughters go to bed, their mom reminds them loudly "the teeth! the buttocks!" - meaning they have to wash their teeth and their bottom. That's exactly my mom: there were three things that she was adamant I should wash every evening, the teeth, the bottom, and the "zizi". So I think she was pretty disturbed by her negligence with my foreskin and then later overcompensated. She mentioned that my cousin's circumcised penis looked "cleaner". I suspect that she could have been tempted to have been done the same... except for her third value, see below!

The second is hostility to sex except in a narrow context: adult man and woman in stable couple, preferrably married; vaginal intercourse only, oral sex is disgusting. To her, teenagers should not waste time and energy on romances, and she disapproved of people who slept around. So masturbation was a shock to her... but she was not backward enough to try to prohibit it.

The third is a certain notion of health and body integrity. She was pretty shocked to learn that the surgical correction to my cousin's condition was circumcision and that the whole tip was removed. To her, that seemed drastic, a serious problem. I understand that her later attention to that area was due to her belief that if problems occurred I could also have to undergo surgery.

Viz a viz pain with infant circumcision. Many are done with a field block these days. Besides don't babies scream about everything anyway?

Viz a viz pain with infant circumcision. Many are done with a field block these days. Besides don't babies scream about everything anyway?

There's a difference between the 'I'm pissed' or 'I'm uncomfortable' cries and the unadulterated pain cry that I've heard during circumcision.

Besides don't babies scream about everything anyway?

Wow, you don't have to be a touchy-feely, sensitive, New Age, Love & Peace, spiritualist or Harmony in Nature person to understand that physical pain is something absolutely different from crying for attention or because of a physical need.

See the difference if you inadvertently step on a cat's tail with the sound it makes when hungry or thirsty or scared or whatever. People don't need the skills of a Doctor Dolittle to understand what's going on with animals in such situations. Why should it be different with human babies?

I don't mean to offend. My self centered viewpoint is that if I can't remember the pain of my circumcision why worry about it? This opinion is probably not very popular. I have certainly had my share of pain as an adult and I remember that very well.