JOURNAL OF HUMAN LACTATION, Volume 16, Number 42: Page 295.



Letters to the Editor

Circumcision and Breastfeeding

I have noticed that boys who are circumcised before breastfeeding has been established have more problems with breastfeeding. Conversely, boys who are recovering from a traumatic birth but are left intact have fewer breastfeeding difficulties. Could we recommend that circumcision be delayed in cases of traumatic birth until the boy is feeding well? What do readers think?

Nikki Lee, RN, MSN, IBCLC, CIMI, CSTP
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA


Citation:
(File prepared 12 May 2002)

http://www.cirp.org/library/birth/lee1/