Neither of my babies have had HepB needles or Vit K (at birth, or ever) My baby is not in an 'at risk' group of getting hep B, so no point I decided, and with the Vit K, I would only have it done if bub were bruised by the birth process (traumatic birth) or I was unable to do delayed cord clamping, which I feel is extremely important to the health of my baby, and has a bearing on the 'necessity' of Vit K.
Last edited by Cyathea; November 11th, 2008 at 05:08 PM.
Jellybean - thanks hun! Yep definitely not having the HepB needle for our baby!! It's in my birth intentions list.... it would upset me greatly seeing our baby jabbed with a needle especially seeing as our bub isn't in a high risk category to get it either.
Cyathea - yep i'm hoping we can have the cord clamping delayed also.... i agree, its so important.... as for the Vit K I'm still a bit undecided about it but will probably get it done.....
Ren - we didn't have the Hep B at birth cos we weren't in the risk category - and the midwives I found were most supportive actually!!!
We got the Vit K needle at birth too - instead of the drops - just cos they have to have three doses or something of the oral drops - so just thought it was better to just do it quickly!!!! lol
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