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<b>Bleeding doesn't stop at the spot where the foreskin was removed.</b> It is difficult to overstate the risk from post-circumcision [[bleeding]]. [[Blood loss danger to infants]] is much greater for infants as compared with adults because the infant has very little blood in his tiny body. [[Exsanguination]] and [[death]] are possibility after [[circumcision]] because there are cases on record of this happening. The case of [[Cole Jordan Groth]] is instructive. Baby Groth was [[circumcised]] in the hospital nursery. He bled inside his diaper, but the bleeding was not detected until the following morning. He suffered [[exsanguination]], but survived with organ damage. He has never left the hospital. His parents think he may need a heart transplant.
<b>The redness around the tip of the penis gets worse after 3 to 5 days.</b>The "redness" is better known as "inflammation". Your baby has an open surgical wound on his [[penis]] where the [[amputation]] occurred. The inflammation indicates your son's penis is likely to be infected. The penis with the open wound is kept in a diaper along with your son's feces. It is not unusual for [[infection]] to occur in this environment as your son's feces is likely to contain bacteria.
<b>Yellow discharge lasts longer than a week. It is normal to have a little yellow discharge or coating around the head of the penis in the first week.</b>The yellow discharge is [https://www.healthline.com/health/pus pus]. Its presence indicate your son's body is fighting [[infection]].
==What if I choose not to have my baby circumcised?==