Thinking I might get through an entire week of nursery rounds without a single baby being told by lactation that they needed their tongue clipped- prior to 12 hours of age. But alas, no.... #tweetiatrician
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Replying to @greenhousemd
Thought I could get my 1st son home from the hospital w/out being told to have him circumcised, as my wife & I told EVERYONE in the hospital he wasn't to be cut. But alas, no he got put on the schedule to be circumcised anyway...
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"On the schedule" meaning he was going to be circumcised? Without any form of consent???
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When I objected to his being put on the schedule - & then told that only "the doctor" could take him off the schedule - I was told by a nurse not to worry, as he couldn't actually be cut w/out a signed parental consent form...
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"Shouldn't the signed parental consent form have been necessary to put him on the schedule in the first place?" I asked. She didn't have such a reassuring answer to that question. One of my wife's friends had an even closer call. A nurse started wheeling her newborn out...
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...of her room & she asked "why are you taking him?" The response: "Oh, he's just going to have his circumcision now." Naturally, she flipped out & put a stop to it. Neither she nor her husband wanted it done, & had given absolutely no indication of consent. #i2 #tweetiatrician
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Wow. That's just crazy. This country needs help.
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