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    • Tattooed, Pierced, & Circumcised Like Daddy (Image)
    • I came across this on a myspace profile and it was so fabulous I had to share...LINK (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/Intactivists/circ2.gif)Wouldn't it make a great siggy image for a parenting board? ;)Jen
    • Benign Prostatci Hyperplasia
    • Hello Again,I posted here before in regards to my dad. He was having some problems with his bladder and was scheduled to go in for a scope. Well he had that done and got his results back yesterday. He had Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. I have to say that I was extremly relieved. I understand
    • OT - Couple tech questions re: this board
    • I'm trying to edit my siggie- I'm getting an error message that says "BB code size value is too big" (All I'm doing is switching out a 6 for a 7) I quickly looked around for a link to help but couldn't find one. Can anyone tell me where I can go for help?Also, is anyone else
    • I hate the word "routine".
    • Doctor's organizations like the AAP are fond of saying things likewe do not recommend routine neonatal circumcision.I wish they would just say that we do not recommend neonatal circumcision.The use of the word routine is poor communication and is very confusing. Adding the word routine mean
    • I can move my left testicle at will
    • Hi,I've noticed that by contracting a muscle in my groin I can lift my left testicle at will. Does anyone know what the name of that muscle is that allows me to do the lifting? Is it normal to have this ability?Thanks
    • Intact, Old School Style
    • Mom has been asking "why not circ #3, you did #2 and #1", and that sort of thing lately. Turns out her brothers are intact, but she remembers her mother retracting her younger brother to clean him, and that he cried (ya think?) And apparently upon discussion with her mother, turns out that Gra
    • How do youget beyond the ewww! factor with people?
    • My friend just started TTC, so now we're talking about all things baby. I mentioned that if I ever have a boy, I won't be circ'ing him. All she could say was "Ewww! That's so gross! I would never make my child go thru life like that!"I tried explaining everything I could--the
    • Im Soooooo excited!
    • This is something I knew would be appreciated in this forum so I figured I'd share. My DP has decided it's time for him to restore!!!! I am thrilled beyond belief as I'm an avid supporter of no-circ. I'm pregnant with babe #4 which we won't find out the sex of until the
    • Best book for convincing a reluctant H?
    • Particularly when his reasoning is that he wants his son to look like him, and that because I'm a woman I can't possibly understand? (yes, I know, grrr)(I would really, really, really appreciate it if people could refrain from bashing my husband or saying nasty things about him. This i
    • I know you all will appreciate this
    • I got an email from my mom titled "What's in your cereal?" I opened and it is a picture of a toddler eating a bowl of cereal on the floor. He has on no undies and his penis is hanging over the edge of the bowl. The ONLY thing I noticed was that he was INTACT!!!! I was so excited! I for
    • ...is either full of poo or has a selective memory...
    • ...is either full of poo or has a selective memory. She insists that the dozens of circumcisions she helped with as a LPN in the late 70's/early 80's were never traumatic for the babies. She said that she NEVER saw a baby cry much, that they didnt really seem to mind having it done. Su
    • growing an intactivist
    • i have been looking up information on circumcision for my research paper...and i was looking at pictures of scarring (http://www.circumstitions.com/Restric/Botched3sc.html)when my 4.5yo came up and asked me what one picture was...i told him it was a penis that was hiding because the doctor had
    • Health magazine
    • In there jan/feb issue on page 100A friend that baby boys don't need Some activists just go too far. A group calling itself MGMbill.org (MGM stands for male genital mutilation) claims circumcision violates international human rights laws, and has lobbied the United nations and United States
    • frenuloplasty
    • Hi all,I will have a frenuloplasty next week. Has anyboby had this operation? How painful is the procedure? I am very anxious, even if the doctor said it's no big deal. How uncomfortable is it afterwards?
    • Emberassing Question, need help deperately
    • HiI'm 19 years old and not sexually active, well i've never had sex before period. Me and my girlfriend are defenitly going to, she is for sure the one. But i have one MAJOR hang up: My penis smells. Wow am i ever emberassed saying that. I am not curcimsized, this might contribute as i
    • Viafin-Atlas is on our side!
    • Viafin-Atlas is a UK-based company that manufactures the SenSlip-- the worlds first ever artificial retractable foreskin for circumcised men. I take it they've put out this press release due to the overwhelming positive response they've received about their therapeutic products for cir
    • Am I Imagining This?
    • Go to http://www.peppermillreno.com/media_center/expansion, then click on "Porte Cochere/Dome View"...Is that not a 40 foot tall buried penis, right down to the circumcision scar?Or have I simply been spending waaaay too much time in this forum?
    • Circ & limbic imprinting
    • So I watched the movie Birth As We Know It, and interviewed the filmaker Elena Tonetti-Vladmirova. The whole thing about limbic imprinting really gives me something to say to those who think it's easier on a baby because "he won't remember"! Elena explained it so well - think of the
    • lower back & testicle pain
    • For the past 10 days I have been having a pain in my lower back accompanied by a congested and tender feeling in the testicles. Also off and on I have had a burning sensation while urinating and after I urinate urine continues to dribble out for the next hour or so which is becoming embarrassing
    • PImples on penis
    • Hi ive been having pimple like things that surround the head of my penis for a while now even b4 i had been sexually active...its embarrasing and im wondering what it is ...sometimes i feel like popping them! please tell me what it can be and how i can possibly cure it!
    • Trying To Get Big (muscles)
    • Hey, I have been lifting and people at the gym have told me different ways to increase muscle size, One guy said "do many reps, rapidly" Another said, "Do as much weight as you can 3 reps of 10" ...then others say that doing it that way will make you cut or have definition, but wont increas
    • How about an Intactivist Challenge?
    • I had an idea, that maybe some of you would like to participate in. My idea is to motivate myself and encourage others to distribute information/literature EVERY day. At least one card or pamphlet. My son and I have been going to the park a lot lately, to the mall, to the store, on walks, and
    • Fox News this morning & the HIV/AIDS Circ studies
    • On The "Ask the Doctor" segment this morning on Fox new the Africa studies were brought up.The Doctor was asked what his take on the studies was.He said that they had followed the health of circumcised African men for a "number of years" and had shown that they had a lower incidence of HIV infec
    • Rectal bleeding
    • posted 11-25-2002 10:41 PM ------------------------Hello: I am writing regarding my husband. He is very uncomfortable with this subject, although he is aware that I am writing for advise. So he is having bleeding from the rectum. I kinda think it may be hemmoroids but not sure...The
    • Email from Manitoba Health Care Thingie:
    • Said I'd post it when I got it back.now here it is and it isn't good:Manitoba health will pay for RIC from birth to 30 days of age...but they wont pay for a Moyel if you want a Bris Milah done or whatever...Please email: mgi.menshealth.itags.org.gov.mb.ca To get them to stop covering RIC under their prov
    • Help me educate the OBs
    • First, I'm happy to say that my little guy is home intact, due largely to the research I found on this board. So :heartbeat MANY THANKS :heartbeat from all of us! When we told the nurses at the hospital "No circumcision" they all said "Oh good!" We found out that there is a greater th
    • has anyone actually sued their circ-er?
    • i know that it is possible for young men to sue their circ-er when they reach the age of 18, but has anyone actually done it? are there any stories, links, etc about this?
    • Shes lucky I wasnt there!
    • Last night DH took DS1 to Tae Kwon Do. While he was in the waiting room, a mother with a roughly 10mo old DS was talking to some other moms. From what DH gathered, she was telling the women about her son possibly needing surgery. DH wasnt paying much attention until he heard the mom say, "I hope
    • Puh, got a girl this time...
    • My son was born April 04 in a Catholic hospital (no choice due to health insurance, but I actually like my insurance, would just like more choices re: hospitals). We have found that I am carrying a girl this time (so why do I still crave more meat than sweets?). Maybe this is crazy, but I am k
    • I need some advice about my DS foreskin. Well sorta foreskin
    • I was very uninformed about circ when my ds was born so we had him done :angry I know bad me, but we did not get 2nd ds done :thumb Anyway, the doc did not cut it all off and you can only see the tip if his head. He is 5 and I have been getting him to pull it back and clean it out, is this the
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