Hellobee Boards Topic: Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 20:58:30 +0000 junebugmama on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278899 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:54:36 +0000 junebugmama 278899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ They numbed the area, but with something similar to oragel. No needles or anything and gave him sugar water. He didn't cry about it until he peed. stargal on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278884 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:58:45 +0000 stargal 278884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ he numbed it up, ds was very alert when tehy did the procedure and he didnt make a peep when he got it done! sulli301 on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278471 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:45:21 +0000 sulli301 278471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, our OB uses local banana on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278465 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:43:27 +0000 banana 278465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ ours used local too! Mrs. Train on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278458 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:36:38 +0000 Mrs. Train 278458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @chopsuey119: @mrs. bird: I could be wrong. Maybe just in my area it's common. If its not I would definetly find someone who does it otherwise ouch! mrs. bird on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278389 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:30:14 +0000 mrs. bird 278389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Oceanis723: numbing is fairly recent for circ. Our generation didn't get numbed. In our hospital obs perform the procedure & mine was one of the last to start numbing. She only started doing it within the past 10 years. Honeybee on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278383 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:24:41 +0000 Honeybee 278383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @chopsuey119: Hmmmm, a couple things jump out at me: 1) the CNN article linked is from 1997, so practices may have changed since then and 2) it doesn't say where the circumcisions were taking place (e.g. hospital versus home versus medical office, etc...). So I wouldn't be too worried about this; it's probably nowhere near the real numbers. :) chopsuey on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278364 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:12:46 +0000 chopsuey 278364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Honeybee: @Oceanis723: I was under the impression that most didn't numb the area so it really freaked me out! :( <a href="http://www.thewholenetwork.org/14/post/2011/8/infant-circumcision-with-anesthesia-does-it-really-help-the-pain.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thewholenetwork.org/14/post/2011/8/infant-circumcision-with-anesthesia-does-it-really-help-the-pain.html</a> erwoo on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278336 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:00:02 +0000 erwoo 278336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My OB numbs and also dips his pacifier in something really sweet to help with the pain. It still hurts. :( MusicaV on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278267 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:21:37 +0000 MusicaV 278267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mine said they use a local. Mrs. Train on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278255 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:15:42 +0000 Mrs. Train 278255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes I believe it's fairly common practice to numb the area first Honeybee on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278236 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:06:12 +0000 Honeybee 278236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our rubbed an anesthetic on first to numb the area, and then gave three shots of local anesthesia. I've never heard of a doctor trying to circumcise without anesthesia! Shimmer on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278231 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:03:10 +0000 Shimmer 278231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, ours did! I made sure that my boys were numbed up! MamaMoose on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278228 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:00:40 +0000 MamaMoose 278228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Well we will have our ped do it in the hospital not the OB but he uses a local and a tiny bit of sugar water. ETA this may be a moot point for us since we don't know what we're having chopsuey on "Does your OB use local anesthesia when s/he circumcises?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ob-use-local-anesthesia-when-she-circumcises#post-278224 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:58:51 +0000 chopsuey 278224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I talked to my OB today about it and he uses local when he does the prOcedure.