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Human milk is far superior to infant formula, so [[breastfeeding]] is highly recommended. [[Circumcised]] infant boys are likely to be debilitated by the [[pain]] and [[trauma]] of circumcision and may be unable to breastfeeed.
Human milk is far superior to infant formula, so [[breastfeeding]] is highly recommended. [[Circumcised]] infant boys are likely to be debilitated by the [[pain]] and [[trauma]] of circumcision and may be less able to breastfeed as compared with [[intact]] boys.
 
Fendereski et al. (2024) carried out a large-scale survey and reported that [[circumcised]] boys have about three times as many complaints in the first five years of life as compared with [[intact]] boys.<ref name=fendereski2024">{{REFjournal
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|last4=Lau
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|title=Comparing Penile Problems in Circumcised vs. Uncircumcised Boys: Insights From a Large Commercial Claims Database With a Focus on Provider Type Performing Circumcision
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|journal=J Pediatr Surg
|date=2024-11
|volume=59
|issue=11
|article=161614
|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002234682400407X
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|DOI=10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.06.022
|accessdate=2025-04-17
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* [[Protection of intact newborns in hospital]]
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