Furthermore, attempts at rolling back fused foreskins often make tiny splits. Those minute wounds heal, leaving scar tissue which prevents natural separation. That's a common reason for an uncircumcised baby coming to need the operation when he is older. Your son doesn't need his foreskin stripped off to keep his penis clean any more than he needs his nostrils slit to keep his nose clean. The United States is alone in continuing to carry out the procedure as part of the routine medical care of new babies.
All babies react with panic-stricken crying, some go into shock.
Local anesthesia, though not perfect or itself painless, is certainly better than nothing, but when it wears off it does not take the pain of the raw penis with it, or help with the hurt of urination or give back the baby's pleasure in being held and cuddled. Whether your son is anesthetized or not, circumcision means a nasty few days for all of you. When babies need operations for their own good, parents have to see them through as best they can, hoping they will forget the pain, the powerlessness, the betrayal. The penis and its foreskin develop from a single bud in the fetus. They are still fused at birth and they only gradually separate during the first few years of the boy's life.