Pros & cons of Vitamin K

[visitor1]

Usually in the hospital (if you have a hossy birth that is) and normally given by midwives.

Ive only ever had the injection one as its 1 does not 2 or 3 like oral

[{sarah}]

DD had one dose right after birth then one at 3 days at the hospital. Her third dose will be done at our 6 week appointment with our GP.

[Janie]

Sarah, just out of curiosity, did anyone give you a hard time about giving J the oral doses, rather than the jab?

[{sarah}]

The first one I don't know cos she was in SCN at the time & I was in recovery after the c/s. The second one was fine, she didn't seem bothered by it at all.

[meow]

We were going to do the vit k orally and the midwives didn't care- brought us the forms to sign with oral indicated etc. But when it came to it they suggested that the injection may be better as our son had a large bump/bruise on his head and we agreed. They weren't at all pushy though and the injection wasn't given until he was about 6/7 hours old when they did the other routine stuff (like weighing) as well.

[leebee81]

I asked about having it given orally, but since we were leaving the hospital same day it was strongly suggested we have it given by injection, and we agreed. It probably wasn't totally necessary as there was no bruising or blood loss, but I don't regret doing it.

[helenn82]

I had my middie appointment yesterday and she mentioned a natural vitamin thing you can take to increase Vitamin K production in your breastmilk but I've forgotten. Does anyone know what it is? I'll have to ask her at our next appointment otherwise. No big drama just wanted to research about it.

Helen