# Six fingers revisited, circumcision , and a new baby **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 12, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137 "2006-02-12T19:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/1 "2006-02-12T19:36:46Z")
Well As some of you may remember I had reason to belive that my baby was going to have an aditional finger. Well he came out with the usuall numder and all is well. Every test they give at this point points to a healthy and happy baby boy. The persong giving the ultrasound was apparantly joking around when she noted the sixth finger. My wife was gettign an ultrasound my daughter and I were in the room and she at some point in time taped six times on the monitor and said" One, two, three, four, five, six." She said it in a jovial manner and Mrs. fifty-six said that she saw all six of them. I belived her although I was not looking at the screen at the time because my daughter was needing attention. I thought it was a joke but dissmissed it because who would joke about that. I can understand my wife seeing the other finger because those things are hard to read. So we discussed it for six or seven months and I did research about it. It was kinda funny that the midwives and nurses never mentioned the extra finger and because the utrasound tech sounded jocular we though it must not be such a big deal. When we finally mentioned it to the midwives less then a week from the due date they freeked. They could not belive it. There was not picture of the offending finger and where appaled at the possability of a joke. I think some heads went rolling or are gonna roll. The tecnition is out of town for a month or so so they just guessed that there wasent one because it would have been unlikly that she would not have taken a snapshot of it. We also went in deciding to get a circumcision. I am not really sure why we decided to lots of very small reasons and none of them religious. Well the surgon talked us out of it. and I started to think that I was gonna let this “extra” finger stay on for a while as long as it wasent harmfull, and allow the child to weigh in on the decision. I had to take a look at my self and the differences in the two situations. Not much really. I grew a little that day and decided against a penis cut. It looked good and I just couldent bear cutting him at that point in time. Thanks for all the input about the finger I think that it really gave me some perspective in the circumcision, and what to do if the finger really was there. Chalk up a win for one of the many battles fighting ignorance. Stats: Mother compleatly healty and did a great job 6 hours labor Daughter almost 7 years old happy and stayed in the delivery room most of the time. She excused herself several time when it was a little much for her and was gone the hour before and after the acuall birth. She really knows her limits. We were not gonna allow her in at the time of birth anyway but it was not nessasary to tell her to leave. Baby “Tucker” 8lb 2.4 oz 20.5 in. long excellent health, red hair, happy. Me I had a great time so much better than the first birth. One of the greatest experiences in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/2 "2006-02-12T19:45:04Z")
Congratulations on the healthy baby boy, and best wishes for a speedy recovery for the mom. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/3 "2006-02-12T20:23:12Z")
Congrats Dad x 2. Maybe your son’s hand was near his little groin when the tech was counting? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/4 "2006-02-12T20:27:10Z")
There might be times to horse around, but reading out ultrasound results defiintely aren’t one of them. ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/5 "2006-02-12T20:34:40Z")
No the hand was not near the groin and the tech did not take a snapshot of the area even if it was. That seems to be the problem and the evidence of a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/6 "2006-02-12T21:06:50Z")
Congratulations on a healthy baby. Wishing you and your family a lifetime of joy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/7 "2006-02-12T21:28:02Z")
Congratulations! Got any pictures of the new family member? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/8 "2006-02-12T21:36:23Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Congratulations! Got any pictures of the new family member? Nah… not gonna do it. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/9 "2006-02-12T21:36:57Z")
Congo-rats, and, do we have any prop-makers in the house? I’m thinking we could make up a sixth finger to send as a little token of … something to the tech … or maybe just photoshop the kid’s first picture. Though personally I’d smack 'em. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/10 "2006-02-12T22:03:54Z")
Great to hear the baby is healthy and all is well! Thanks for updating us on the situation. Joking around about something like that is pretty weird. Had you guys been joking around at all prior to that in the visit? I could understand if you guys had developed a rapport, but if it was out of the blue that’s even more weird. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/11 "2006-02-12T22:21:38Z")
Congrats on the new baby, **fifty-six**! 🙂 Glad to hear that everything turned out well. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/12 "2006-02-12T22:31:40Z")
Glad to hear you got a healthy one. The echo tech needs a good slap for causing you to have even a little anxiety. shame one her/him. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/13 "2006-02-13T14:59:34Z")
Congrats on the healthy new addition, and on choosing a midwife and choosing against the big snip 😉 . Also, at least you can rest in peace now, knowing that **Inigo Montoya** isn’t going to come looking for Tucker! ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/14 "2006-02-13T15:26:54Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/15 "2006-02-13T19:07:51Z")
Congratulations on the birth of a healty baby! (Me, I’d have been overjoyed if my kid had six fingers. As long as she was born with 15 fingers and toes, right?) ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-fingers-revisited-circumcision-and-a-new-baby/344137/16 "2006-02-14T00:47:44Z")
Aw, congratulations!