Vitamin K injection

So I went to my 36 week appointment today to see my midwife and she asked me if I wanted my baby to have the vitamin K shot, if I wanted her to have it orally 3 times or if I didn't want her to have it at all. Honestly I didn't know what to answer because I didn't even know it was a thing. She said newborns are prone to bleeding in their head or something like that, and that the vitamin K shot will help the blood clot so that doesn't happen. Does anyone have any advice or information or experience with this? I'd like to know everything about it, so tell me all good and bad things please! Xx

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Candace Owens has done extensive research on the vit K shot, definitely worth watching. I think the series was called shot in the dark.

I’m not an expert on this but just in regards to the other woman commenting, Candance Owens also isn’t a medical professional. If I were you I would seek out information from your doctors and other trusted medical sources. ☺️

Also you have the option of an antibiotic eye drop to stop any infections from happening from vagina germs. May want to research into that as well. I gently looked into both of them and decided to do them. Can't really give you a factual reason why I just felt like the pros outweighed the cons

To me and from what i know is the vitamin K shot helps jumpstart a babies clotting response. Coming out of the birth canal is a tight fit so it’s very possible a vessel could burst or there could be bruising as I’ve seen before in some babies. And it could be a preventative measure in case they do have an undiagnosed bleeding disorder since they really get their full screening until the day after birth. I’m not in any means a medical professional but my mom is a former L&D nurse and my best friend is a paramedic. My son got it when he was born and he hasn’t had any issues

All babies have low levels of vitamin k when first born. Vitamin k is involved in the clotting of blood. Some babies can develop a bleeding problem due to the low levels of vitamin k. Bleeding into the brain can cause brain damage and worst case scenario, death. The injection is to help boost their vitamin k levels until they build their stores up. The injection is the best way to administer but you can give it orally. If you chose to have it orally you would need follow up treatments, whereas the injection is a one off quickly after the birth. Here’s a web site with some more info https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/health-information/vitamin-k-and-your-newborn-baby

I opted for the injection but baby 2 will be the drops. It was quick and easy and she was healthy from the start, however it gave her a big red mark that’s grown as she has on her upper thigh (we know it’s from the jab as my partner filmed her getting it and it wasn’t there beforehand). It’s like a pigmentation and the GP at her 12 week jabs said it’s a mild vaccine injury, purely cosmetic but I still feel bad about it. I heard it’s good to take if you are having a boy and plan to circumcise. Helps with the clotting at such a young age xx

Injection is a lot easier than the drops, it’s so quick and easy and you know they’ve definitely had the full dose