No. A referral is not required for a newborn or infant circumcision. Families are able book an appointment directly through our online booking system or by calling the office. While referrals from other healthcare providers (family physicians, pediatricians, obstetricians and midwives) are welcome, they are not required to book an appointment.

Our clinic provides circumcision services to newborns and infants up to approximately 6 weeks of life. However, we highly recommend scheduling the procedure as early as possible as less than 4 weeks of age is ideal. Your baby must also meet a minimum weight requirement of 2.5 kilograms (5.5 pounds) to safely proceed with the circumcision. As soon as your baby is deemed healthy after birth and discharged from hospital, we are happy to book them for circumcision assuming other requirements are met. If your baby was born outside of hospital, please let us know.

Led by a specialist anesthesiologist with additional fellowship training in pediatric anesthesia, our clinic utilizes a multi-layered (multimodal) pain management approach tailored specifically for newborns. This protocol includes:

While the typical procedural time for circumcisions in our clinic takes approximately 5 minutes or less, your total appointment time is longer with the goal of achieving high safety and comfort for your baby and his caregivers/parents. The visit will include a thorough consultation (medical history and physical examination), the circumcision procedure itself and a dedicated post-procedure observation period to perform a final wound check and provide you with detailed dressing instructions. A private room will be used for the entire appointment.

To prepare for your baby's appointment, please review the "Requirements & Checks" and "Pre-Procedure Instructions" on our website.

The initial healing phase can take approximately 10-14 days. Some stages of healing take longer and every circumcision follows its own healing timeline with some parts of the healing process requiring a month or longer.