i had started another thread on this cuz i didn't know this one existed.. whoopsie.
I'm kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place on this one....
I personally think that the fact that we are able to support a baby for 9 months by eating the right foods and then breast milk after is meant to supply a baby adequaetly with everything it needs - then why do they need an extra vitamin dose....(i understand premmie or traumatic births are different - but if full term no complications )??
If vitamin k is to do with something in the gut - well of couse it's levels will be lower than that of a child who is even 6 weeks (which i read is when it's at a normal level) because they don't use their gut/stomach to digest food before they are born? So i don't understand why we should mess this system up; yes it is sad the fact that some babies can die... but you've got that risk with anything thing.

on the other hand, medicine has come along way in improving our lives and preventing some illnesses so if this seems to work then why not?

grrr tough one really.... i'm the same on the immunisation front. in a way these injections haven't really been around long enough for alot of studies to be done on their negative effects... but in the short term they seem to work