i forgot in the previous birth story to mention that Osten had his circumcision the following morning after the birth. at 6 am dr wolf came to get him for the surgery. rob and i had gone back and forth on whether or not to circumcise. rob was against and i was for. if i had known what i know now, i would have sided with rob and not elected to have the surgery for our little boy. in the end though, rob and i agreed that we should have it done.
not long after my OB picked up my son (she was the one performing the surgery), she returned again with a quietly sleeping Ozzy and told me she was done and that she had some care instructions for me. she told me the nurses would come in and show me how to care for the wound (and it was an open, raw wound!!!), and she said a trait particular to asian baby boys' penises is that they retract so every time i cleaned the area i would have to press on either side of his testicles and make the penis 'pop out' so i could get the petro jelly all over and protect his raw skin. when she told me this, it sounded bad enough, but the first time i saw blood in his diaper and saw his raw skin and had to press DOWN on it too? my heart broke and i could barely summon the strength to fully extend his member, it just looked too painful. and OH! how he cried every time he peed. what a nightmarish thing for any little one to have to go thru!
not only had the poor guy had to endure daily cuts to his heels and scrapes to get blood to test his bilirubin levels because he was jaundiced and not feeling well (both feet were bandaged from all the blood draws), he had also been subjected to surgery on his most delicate of parts...all thanks to mom...i felt terrible! some how i doubt this is something he will thank me for down the road when he is older. :(
a week and a half later, he is doing fine. the circ is completely healed... i am thankful for the fact that babies heal 10 times faster than adults and this was not drawn out to weeks of healing.
not long after my OB picked up my son (she was the one performing the surgery), she returned again with a quietly sleeping Ozzy and told me she was done and that she had some care instructions for me. she told me the nurses would come in and show me how to care for the wound (and it was an open, raw wound!!!), and she said a trait particular to asian baby boys' penises is that they retract so every time i cleaned the area i would have to press on either side of his testicles and make the penis 'pop out' so i could get the petro jelly all over and protect his raw skin. when she told me this, it sounded bad enough, but the first time i saw blood in his diaper and saw his raw skin and had to press DOWN on it too? my heart broke and i could barely summon the strength to fully extend his member, it just looked too painful. and OH! how he cried every time he peed. what a nightmarish thing for any little one to have to go thru!
not only had the poor guy had to endure daily cuts to his heels and scrapes to get blood to test his bilirubin levels because he was jaundiced and not feeling well (both feet were bandaged from all the blood draws), he had also been subjected to surgery on his most delicate of parts...all thanks to mom...i felt terrible! some how i doubt this is something he will thank me for down the road when he is older. :(
a week and a half later, he is doing fine. the circ is completely healed... i am thankful for the fact that babies heal 10 times faster than adults and this was not drawn out to weeks of healing.
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