At this stage I'm thinking I'll be going with both of them. I'll probably do a bit more research though before I make my final decision.

One of the midwives said it's necessary in our area due to the high proportion of Hep B affected immigrants in the local population. I didn't question it at the time, but I'm thinking that she's meaning if bubs needs a blood transfusion some contaminated blood could get through the system.... not really sure to be honest. I'll have to ask my OB at the next visit.

For Vitamin K I believe that two studies in the 1990's found that giving Vitamin K to a newborn could increase the chances of childhood cancers. I've also read that this has never been shown in any study done since. Some researchers believe that lack of Vitamin K could be the cause of cancer and that it should be used to fight cancer. It's so hard to make a decision on this stuff when one study says one thing and another says the opposite. I'm pretty sure I'll go ahead with this vaccination though as there's no way to predict if your bubs will have the deficiency and it could be too late when the bleed occurs.