Found some answers that helped me make decision.
1 Dietary sources of vitamin K play a very minor role in how we obtain it, passing from mother to baby at 3 % of what is eaten , and do not protect against Vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Vit K produced by a women's gut and cannot be transmitted to her baby.
2. Vitamin K suppliments (usually 10 mg per day for the last 3-4 weeks of pregnancy )
can help prevent early VKDB (within 24hrs of birth) but does not protect against classical and late VKDB.
3. Breast milk contains 1-2 micrograms per litre of vit K ( formula contains 30 mcg / L )There is no research to demonstrate how effective this is for preventing VKDB.
4. The way your baby is born and their general appearance does not predict whether they will get VKDB Page 412-413
Source- Birth- Conceiving, nurturing and giving birth to your baby
Published 2004
Publishers Mac millilan
Authors- Catherine Price & Sandra Robinson
Available from K Mart
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