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Differences Between a Hospital Circumcision & Rabbi Haboucha's Home-Based Circumcision...
Hospital Procedure
Rabbi Haboucha In-Home Procedure
Duration of Procedure
The standard is around 25 minutes but it can often take a lot longer.
It's all over in under a minute! That’s it!
Level of Invasiveness
There is much pulling and stretching of the remaining skin in the hospital method
Minimally invasive. My method removes the smallest amount of skin possible. No pulling or stretching is needed.
Requirement to wear a ring after
Babies are required to wear an uncomfortable ring on the membre for approx 10 days following a hospital procedure.
No uncomfortable ring is necessary. The wound heals naturally and rapidly within a few days.
Pre-Care
Typically there is no pre-care in a hospital. Very little about the procedure is explained to the parents and they don't get to meet the doctor before the event, if ever.
I meet with or speak to every family in advance of the procedure. I spend a time getting to know them and their expectations for the circumcision event, explaining the procedure in depth and allaying any fears and concerns they may have.
After-Care
Aside from removing the ring after 10 days there is very little care or advice after the procedure.
I make myself available to the family both before and after the procedure by phone and/or email. I answer questions, offer my support and advice.
Familiarity
The family does not meet the doctor or surgeon before the event.
I meet or speak to every family I work with prior to circumcision day. Many families I work with are reassured by the fact that they get to meet me beforehand and that I put a great deal of time and energy into explaining my method, answering questions and allaying any fears.
Physical Location
Takes place in the hospital following which the baby must be transported home - usually by being strapped into an uncomfortable car seat.
I circumcise babies in the warmth and comfort of familiar surroundings. After the procedure, they can go to their room and nurse without having to be strapped up into an uncomfortable car-seat or taken outside in the cold or heat.
Many families come to me because of bad experiences circumcising their other sons in a hospital or because they have heard “horror stories” from friends who have done so.
My clients are reassured and calm before the event and happy once it's over. They know me and trust me and they understand what's going to happen. My scores of happy clients speak for themselves!
Level of Distress
Vitamin K Injection
The Vitamin K shot is a standard requirement of all hospital circumcisions.
Not an absolute requirement
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