We were undecided about this till the very end as far as the oral was concerned - we were never going to give the needle (unless it was a traumatic birth)....Our midwife had the first dose in her kit - and if it was needed we would give it to her orally and would have gotten the script for the rest.
As it turned out it just seemed unnecessary so we went without.
Can I ask how long it is until the bub is in the "safe" stage. ie if we chose oral I know there is follow up doses, but at what age is it considered babies are getting enough vit K? I will be breastfeeding, and if my birth is like the others, there was no forceps etc. Although DD2 was VERY fast would that be enough cause for concern, being pushed out in minutes?
I will go and do some research now.
We are not getting Hep B as I believe a newborn baby doesn't need pain or stress. I feel it's too much to give them that kind of stress on day one. Babies can feel pain so accutely as they feel it with all their being and are unable to determine where or what it is. THey also don't have fight and flight at that age and it worries me as to what happens with the pain they are feeling. I will however have to get the vax from 2 months as bub will have two older siblings who have both been recently exposed to Whooping cough....
Gosh, I am confused. Just googled some info. First one was against the injection, and Im thinking YEP, definitely NO injection for us. Then the next few were for and I started to doubt my choice. I have extreme anxiety so for me being told to watch out for signs, I know I would start making them up and panic.
Also DD2 had jaundice until 5 months. I've just read that this is a prob for babies who haven't had the vit K (and even for some who have)> I think I will panic if I don't get it. On the other hand, I want baby to arrive peacefully and at least have 2 months before being jabbed by a needle. It did say babies can be sore for about 24 hours, surely this isn't a way to come into the world....
I was talking to my OB about this last week, and she said that the Vitamin K injection is offered mostly to males because the risk of developing HDN is higher in male newborns. I'm not sure why this is, though I found it interesting and something I'd not heard before.
We've decided that unless the birth involves interventions that may lead to internal trauma (forceps, etc), we will not be taking the injection. This was certainly cemented in my mind a few days ago when I happened to come across an article that listed the ingredients in the injection - creepy preservatives, ingredients derived from carbolic acid, ingredients derived from petroleum...it's a bit disturbing!
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