Vitamin K given to new born babies.?

A very interesting question.

I had to look it up to see what I could find.

Thought this might help clarify.

Vitamin K is given to help the baby's blood clot. It is very rare but babies can hemorrhage from the trauma of passing through the birth canal. It is EXTREMELY rare for this to happen in full term babies. It is however more common in babies under 30 weeks which is why they are delivered by cesarean anyway.

Colostrum does contain vitamin K, as does the fatty hind milk in breastmilk, but not in the massive amount that the injection does. There is nothing they can do to make formula in any way superior to breastmilk. Formula is a good alternative, but is not better.

It was believed that there was a link between the Vitamin K injection and childhood leukemia, but that was pretty much proven false. There are believed to be no known big side effects. Some babies become jaundice because of it, but it's not really a big deal.

The only real benefit is if you have a boy to be circumcised very shortly after birth. Other than that, it's pretty neutral in the fact that it won't hurt and could possibly help.

I'm having a baby in a few weeks and have decided to go ahead with it. I hope some of this helps and good luck to you in your decision.

What a very good question!

If you have a traumatic birth or you plan to circumcise your child, I would suggest you consider going ahead and consenting to the vitamin K. (Birth injury, use of forceps or vacuum extraction.)

One thing to consider....insist that they wait for the cord to stop pulsating before they cut it. That blood in the placenta belongs to the baby! As long as the cord is still pulsating, blood is still going to baby! Premature clamping/cutting of the umbilical cord deprives babies of up to 40% of their natural blood volume, including platelets and other clotting factors!

Vitamin K does help with blood clotting. BUT some studies also show that giving it at birth significantly increases the chance the child will develop childhood leukemia. (1.5 extra cases of leukemia per 100,000 children due to vitamin K injections.)

Vitamin K *DOES* pass to baby through breastmilk. Increasing mom's vitamin K intake increases the amount of vitamin K in her milk.

Nursing raises the infant's vitamin K levels very gradually after birth so that no disregulation occurs that would encourage leukemia development. Additionally, the clotting system of the healthy newborn is well planned, and healthy breastfed infants do not suffer bleeding complications, even without any supplementation.

While breastfed infants demonstrate lower blood levels of vitamin K than the "recommended" amount, they show no signs of vitamin K deficiency (leading one to wonder where the "recommended" level for infants came from). But with vitamin K injections at birth, harmful consequences of some rare disorders can be averted.

Infant formulas are supplemented with high levels of vitamin K, generally sufficient to prevent intracranial bleeding in the case of a liver disorder and in some other rare bleeding disorders. Although formula feeding is seen to increase overall childhood cancer rates by 80%, this is likely not related to the added vitamin K.

the main reason for giving vitamin k at birth is because of a rare but serious disorder called vitamin k deficiency imaginatively enough. it can be very serious for babies in the first weeks of life and is more common in breast fed bubses

it is considered worthwhile giving this to all babies at birth to prevent risks. injection isnt the only option, you can opt to gives bubs vitamin k drops orally but as this takes longer (i think over a couple of weeks) and you cant gurantee against bubs vomitting etc and not getting full dose, injection is recommended.

my son had it no probs.

I didn't know anything about this no one had told me till i was in the labour ward 6cm dialated and she said o we need your permission to give your baby vitamin k injection when hes born there are some risks but look at this leaflet!!!!!!!!!!!!! O yeah i'm REALLY in the best frame of mind to read that right now. I read the leaflet and still to this day don't know what it said or what it was about i just told my partner to read it and sort it out and i think we decided to let them give it him but i never seen anyone give him the injection so i dont know if he had it or not.

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I've never understood it either. I can see if you are going to circumcise your son or if your baby is going to need surgery soon after birth, but otherwise their blood will start clotting on its own without the shot.