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There's a viral post going around, trying to shame parents into getting the vitamin K shot for their newborns.
Here's why it's wrong.
Yes, babies are born with low vitamin K levels - *naturally* so. Babies are not born broken! They are meant to have lower levels so that stem cells can move freely from the cord to their bodies in those early hours and days.
The vitamin K shot is given to prevent "late-onset" bleeding, which happens after 7 days of life. This bleeding is tied to poor gut flora in mom and baby (because the gut flora synthesizes vitamin K in healthy people). It is preventable if mom takes care of her gut and liver health and eats vitamin K-rich foods in almost all cases. These late-onset bleeds were rare before the shot was given - about 1 in 15,000 babies.
(Besides. Although vitamin K levels remain low for months, in healthy babies, key clotting factors are actually normal.)
Now, the shot itself...it has a black box warning for certain uses (can cross the BBB and harm the brain) and can cause serious allergic reactions. It also contains benzyl alcohol, propylene glycol, polysorbate 80, and other chemical constituents that can cause harm. Even if it works as designed, it raises vitamin K levels unnaturally high.
There is no reason to give this to a healthy baby. None. And you should not listen to people who try to tell you that your baby is born inherently broken.
Now, if you have underlying conditions, serious liver or gut damage, you may need to consult with a trusted practitioner about your options. Food-based vitamin K supplements for mom while pregnant and nursing or clean supplements for baby may be needed in occasional situations.
But please, stop fearmongering and believing that you *need* pharmaceutical intervention in healthy people just to keep on living!
Thanks, Tietje!
Here's the facts: https://deeprootsathome.com/why-she-declined-vitamin-k-for-her-daughters-at-birth/

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