Should Your New Baby Get The VITAMIN K Shot? Here's The Facts You Need!
Vložit
- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- Are you having a baby and maybe you are curious about Vitamin K, or you’ve heard things that make you feel anxious about your baby receiving this vitamin after they are born? Let me provide you with good, quality information about the vitamin K injection so that you can make a fully informed choice!
In this video I talk about:
What is Vitamin K
Why do babies need Vitamin K
Can I pass Vitamin K to my baby via the placenta?
Can I pass Vitamin K to my baby through my breastmilk?
Is there Aluminum in the Vitamin K Injection?
Are there preservatives in the Vitamin K Injection?
Can the vitamin K Injection cause leukemia?
And of COURSE I am going to cover that BLACK BOX WARNING I am sure you have heard about because I think its really important to talk about.
I also talk about vitamin K deficiency bleeding:
What is vitamin K deficiency bleeding?
What is early onset vitamin K deficiency bleeding?
What is classical Vitamin K deficiency bleeding?
What is late onset Vitamin K deficiency bleeding?
What babies are at the highest risk of developing Vitamin K deficiency bleeding?
Can my baby develop Vitamin K deficiency bleeding if I had a non traumatic birth experience?
If you have other questions or concerns about the vitamin K injection for babies after they are born please drop them in the comments so I can get to them. This is a really important topic to discuss and although it can seem really polarizing information is power so let’s get to it!
Consider subscribing to the community…cause I miss you when you’re not here!
/ @mamanursetina
Say Hi on socials:
The Tok: @mama_nurse_tina
The Gram: @mama_nurse_tina
#vitamink #vitaminkforbabies #vitaminkdeficiencybleeding #newborn #newbaby
DISCLAIMER
The information in this video is strictly for educational and informational purposes only. Any and all information available on this channel is intended for general guidance only and must never be considered a substitute for advice provided by your most responsible health care provider.
Although I always do my absolute best to provide you up to date and evidence based information I assume no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions contained in the content on this channel. This content does not constitute medial, psychological or health advice of any kind.
Always consult a professional in the medical and health area for your particular needs and circumstances prior to making any medical or health related decisions.
I'm sorry, but in Belgium vitamin K was not given to newborns because newborns do not have a developed excretory system, which can lead to hemorrhages, e.g. in the brain. Vitamin K is given only to children who have blood problems in their immediate family, but only after prior consultation with a specialist.
czcams.com/video/Z2nUpGcjbkw/video.html this doctor is a hematologist.
Its not that i disagree but babies have been born for thousands of years without vitamin k injections. I always thought of childbirth as a complete self sufficient process. Im not arguing but it just doesn't make sense to me.
I agree, this cannot be whole story. All babies cannot be naturally deficient of something that they need to survive, it doesn't make sense in nature.
It seems to make sense what she says and she seems to believe it.
But people don't consider that scientific studies that receive funds are mostly the ones that make money for corporations, so the lack of contrarian studies doesn't mean that there are no risks, it may mean that the studies were not funded or the scientist didn't want to ruin their career. Let's also remember that doctors are unlikely to put medications as the cause of death unless it happens straight after injection. This leaves people with an imbalance of information.
Yes. Babies have been born for thousands of years. And about 30-50% died in infancy.
@@adorabell4253 right. I understand that there was higher infant mortality. I'm not against interventions but it just doesn't make sense to me that's all. I don't feel like I was being rude or unrealistic in my question.
Saving babies doesn't make sense to you?
@@rosebolton9898 that's ridiculous
Thank you for sharing the part about the black box warning!!! You really are laying out all of the facts here and allowing parents to make a decision for themselves.🙏 I'm 38+2 today and am still trying to decide what we want to do. I'm sharing this video with my husband so we can discuss it one final time!❤
Information is power! In my opinion this is the most important thing a baby can receive after they are born. I’m glad you’re having conversations ♥️
@@mamanursetinadon’t let the lactation consultant hear you. Shhh.
@ericaeli3807 , I know you're probably joking, but just for the record, I am a lactation consultant, and I agree with her on this one.
@@katiehensley290it’s a joke
So they use the same vitamin k for babies and adults? If the black box label is there why doesn’t it specify?
This channel was so helpful and informative with my pregnancies and babies I’ve learned so much and I’ll never stop watching this channel because I have nieces that come to me for pregnancy and baby advice
Awwww, that means a lot, thank you!
Clear and concise information! Thank you for breaking down the details of the studies and explaining the risks of not administering Vitamin K. I'm due 12 weeks from now and appreciate the info!
Ooooh slow and steady that baby's getting ready! Thanks for being here!
I’m having my first baby any day now, (I actually thought I was going into labor this morning, but it was false labor) and your videos have been so helpful!! Thank you so much 🙏
I'm so glad for the support! Thank you! Now come on baby!
❤ I truly love your videos. Thank you for this information 🫶🏻
Thank you for being here!
Just making sure I heard this right, did you say there were 6 cases of vitamin k deficiency bleeding in 2013? Was that in total?
Thank you for sharing this information!
My pleasure. It’s important information! ♥️
This was super helpful!!! Thank you!
I’m glad you found it useful ♥️
Thanks for the informative video!
Glad you're here!
I’m curious to know if you have any thoughts on why the vitamin K shot is given intramuscularly given the blackbox warning from the manufacturers stating that it should be given subcutaneously if it all possible given that fatalities have been reported following the intramuscular injection? This is a genuine question. I’m curious to know what doctors think of this because it seems concerning to me so I want to clear this up before I give birth
Did you ever find any more info about this?
I wouldn’t get it don’t get no shots for babies
@@bellat63 if by "shot" you mean vaccine, this is not a vaccine. It's a vitamin, that happens to be injected rather than consumed orally. (Although I would disagree with your advice either way.)
@@natk1105I really don’t care what you think, or agree upon. None of my children have any vaccines or Ks and they are perfectly healthy! Shalom
Hi, thanks for producing this video. I would love to know where you are getting these numbers! My wife and I are walking through these decisions right now.
Omgsh thank you! I’m 8 months pregnant and am just now doing research on this but I feel at peace now ❤
Great info compared to the garbage that is circulating on social media.
Very helpful!!!
I'm so glad!
Thank you for all of the informational content, from videos to shorts! Any chance you could answer whether protein powders are safe during pregnancy?
Thanks for the info! Do you have a video about vit D3 supplementation as well?
I don’t, no. Sorry 😞
Breastmilk fed babies should supplement vitamin D to prevent rickets. Get the one drop a day formulation. Less volume.
Most countries (UK, Europe) do oral or injectable. We opted to do oral for our 2nd, injectable with our first (vacuum used at delivery). We discussed both with our doctor.
Love an informed decision ♥️
fully agreed! dont risk the child's life 😢
Where do you get the information about 81x more likely to experience, I know the CDC website says this but I don’t see any studies.
Its from this paper:
McNinch AW, Tripp JH. Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn in the British Isles: two year prospective study. BMJ 1991;303:1105-9
Please make a video about newborn vaccines and whether it makes sense to do a delayed schedule
I can definitely work on that ♥️
Please!
Thank You!
Can you provide more videos about the pros and cons of other childhood vaccines? I know it’s a hot topic 😅
Vitamin K isn't a vaccine, it's a vitamin that happens to be delivered via injection rather than orally.
Thank you!
My Pleasure :)
thank you love this video to see both sides of things. But im pretty sure all vitamin K shots here are preserved and not fresh.
In germany babys get vitamin k orally, at least 2 or 3 times. The first time right after giving birth. After that they get it from the pediatritian. Every child has to get so called "U-examinations" which are basically obligatory check ups and that is where most of the Kids get their shots and of course vitamin k
Yes the oral vitamin K is much more common over in Europe than in North America. We have checkups like that here in canada too, they are called well child visits! The problem is not all parents will attend these scheduled visits and then its an opportunity for the scheduled vitamin K to be missed and then it is less effective 😔
Vitamin k oral drops is bad too
@@PoopythePlumber can you elaborate on how it’s “bad”? I’d love some sources for the info please ♥️
@@mamanursetina Since 1985 the the medical profession has known Oral vitamin k raises blood levels 300-9000 times higher, baby’s blood level thickened with vitamin k causes a situation where stem sells move through sludge, not nicely greased blood vessels full of blood which allows stem cells smooth access throughout stem cells need thin blood for a reason. Maybe one day it will dawn on the medical field that not only are cord blood stem cells are important but thin blood as well
@@mamanursetina maybe they don’t teach that to nurses but if you did basic research you could verify all this information
My kids got vitamin orally, I think it was three times in a shirt period after the birth. We live in Austria. I didn't even think about not allowing it. They needed it, they got it.
That’s great that you did it on schedule. If you’re going oral that’s imperative
I love that “they needed it, they got it”
So basically the newborns get it just in case?
Great info ❤
My OB knew I have a thing about vaccines and he brought up aluminum before I even said anything and let me know that if I am really worried about aluminum then I should know that you consume aluminum when you drink soda. Which I thought was interesting and not something I ever thought about. My OB doctor was great though and always let me know of risks even if rare because he knew how important it was for me to make as best of a educate decision that I could for my son. I even thought about doing the oral Vit. K but decided the risk was just too great for me to take over a Vitamin.
I am someone who is not into getting vaccines for my children, but I have a husband who really wants our baby boy to be circumcised. Therefore, if my baby is a boy, I'm going to get the vitamin k injection so that circumcision can happen within the 12 days that the pediatrician is going to do it. This video is very reassuring, and even though if my baby is a girl I will not be getting the injection, I'm very glad to have this information.
I’m glad you got something from the information ♥️
My baby did get sever jaundice. Then I read it was a side effect of the vitamin K shot. I was in the hospital for 4 days. And back and fourth for several days after to check on baby. It was stressful and exhausting
Im so sorry that happened. It’s also a risk of delayed cord clamping. And can happen with newborns in general as they wait for milk to transition and start peeing and pooping more. It’s important to remember that causation and correlation aren’t the same and it can be hard to pin down exactly why the jaundice happened ♥️ either way I’m so sorry that it happened for you and baby
So sorry to hear that, are you going to vaccinate your baby? I’m so on the fence because of the horrible side affects on young children.
@@ninagarcia5874my second got the Vitamin k eye ointment. My third only received vitamin K. The Dr was very pushy and told us all of her worst case stories, which then sacred us! I still regret the vitamin k. They will not get any shots. I just can’t do it. I’d hate to have my babies have a reaction.
Well epidural is not fda eproved too right?
Thats the first time I hear this info...
There are a lot more ingredients than just Vitamin K. Look up the actual ingredients!!
And…?
@@mamanursetina and, look up the ingredients!!
@@mamanursetinathat’s really your answer? You are here educating people about the vitamin k shot for babies and when a point is brought up that might be controversial your answer is just a little too flippant to take you very seriously. Maybe try engaging in the topic instead of just shutting down the conversation.
This stupid shot has freaking aluminum!! This nurse is another idiot repeating big pharma propaganda. 🤡
@@annellacannella5674and did you watch the video? I'm watching her list the ingredients as I type this response.
The baby must be able to get vitamin K from the mother. If the baby can't then that is a result of the mother's diet. Humans have been around a lot longer than vitamin K shots.
And they used to die at an incredibly high rate. We can’t say humans have been around a lot longer than vitamin k shots and not mention that the death rate for babies was high. And as mentioned in the video it doesn’t transfer in high enough rates through breast milk so increasing it in the mothers diet doesn’t translate to high vitamin k for babies. And it doesn’t cross the placenta in therapeutic doses.
@@mamanursetina The deaths were caused by malnutrition. Phylloquinone, the form found in the injection doesn't transfer in high enough rates because phylloquinone is not very active. That is from vegetables and a diet deficient in animal sources of vitamin K would have the same problem. The mother's diet should be rich in menatetranone from things like egg yolks, chicken liver, beef liver. Giving an injection of phylloquinone which is impure is not only inferior to menatetrenone and unnecessary with a proper diet, but has the potential to do harm due to do the impurity of other substances in the injection.
Si yes to vitamin k or no???
So you will have to take in information and make decisions on what you think is best for your baby. The recommendation is yes, vitamin K for babies within 6 hours of birth. But no one can force you to do anything you dont want to, you simply have to ensure you have all the information you need to make an informed choice :)
@@mamanursetina appreciate your clarification, thank you 😊
How to reject vacations for newborn in the hospital after labor!?
All babies are deficient in vit K . I think that our bodies are the perfect creation and we have everything we need to survive. Maybe SOME BABIES are deficient in vit K and more depending of what the mother ate during her pregnancy. And yes the babies cannot eat a salad, but the babies take all the nutrients from the mother when they are in her womb.
For me it doesn’t make sense to make such a declaration that ALL BABIES are deficient in this vit.
Do they first make a blood test to all the babies before injecting a vaccine?
And all the vaccines comes with other ingredients than the main one .
Are the parents informed about what other ingredients are in this vaccine?
Did you watch the video? Cause the answer to your statements are in there:
All babies. Because it does NOT transfer via the placenta and umbilical cord. And it doesn’t transfer in breast milk in adequate amounts either. So babies can take all they want from us moms but sadly vitamin K isn’t one.
And yes there have been lots of studies on this. Externally well validated by scientific date.
And last point that needs clarification big time from your comment…it’s NOT a vaccine ♥️
I wonder if you would understand the "ingredients" of any vaccine. ;) And yes, ALL babies are deficient in vitamin K. All of them. And all of them need it desperately. Without any exception.
Our bodies are not perfect creation because our bodies are products of Evolution, which can only compromise based on opposing goals and existing structures. For example, babies’ heads are large but women have unusually small pelvises for a mammal due to bipedalism. Therefore humans are all born relatively prematurely compared to other mammals. Horses can ambulate the day they are born, but humans take one YEAR post birth to walk. This vulnerability is hardly “perfect,” but perfectly demonstrates compromise that nature makes via natural selection for both a large brain and an upright posture for the Homo.
That is just one example among hundreds of how our bodies are anything but perfect. Part of that “imperfection” is being born w vitamin K deficiency, but guess what, a cheap and easy modern intervention solves that problem for pennies a baby.
Guess what, having to share a planet w harmful micro-organisms is another “imperfection.” They want to use you as food and shelter and raw material. It’s not their fault. But if you want to not let them eat you, get all the routine childhood vaccines. It’s really, really dumb to get paralyzed due to polio these days.
@@mamanursetina Have you considered the possibility newborn babies are supposed to be deficient in VitK? How did so many babies survive without it in the past if the medical crazies are claiming it's suddenly been a problem? Aluminium is a KNOWN Neurotoxin. If you inject it into anyone, it gets carried to the Lymphatic System. It has no idea what to do with it, so sends it to be dealt with in the other separate immune system in the brain. See Dr. Russell Blaylock & others for how it affects the brain's immune system. With a bit of luck you'll learn enough to stop advocating the alternative medicines & realise conventional medicine is better & safer.
I think the better way to look at it is that it shouldn't be called a deficiency if ALL babies are born like this. Their lack of vitamin K may just be the RIGHT way for them to enter the world. Sure no babies have had allergic reactions and died from a sudden and unnatural dump of vitK but did anyone bother to research the advantages to not having this vitamin? That's the question I have. We don't call babies preborn just because we've learned that many develop colic from struggling to life outside the womb. Researchers even call the first 3 months the 4th trimester, since the brain isn't fully developed to function well independently. But wouldn't it be STUPID for the response to colic be to claim that ALL babies are born too soon and make it standard to keep them in an incubator for another 3 months??? Because there actually is a very good natural reason they are born at the stage they are. I'm inclined to believe the same is true for the vitK and perhaps we are interfering with something important by just shooting them up with it seconds after they enter the world.
4 babies, no vitk jab. In fact no jabs of any kind ever. I have 4 healthy adults..They don't need drs..
Anyone who calls needles jabs are clearly firm in their beliefs surrounding anything on vaccines and vitamin k. This video isn’t for you, I’m not trying to change your mind, no amount of information would it seems. It’s for people looking for information around the vitamin k injection for their baby after birth. I am, however, that with no injections your 4 kiddos did well. That’s really all anyone wants for their babies.
I love this women and she’s giving so me some much peace….. but I’m having a hard time understanding why a baby would randomly bleed. Not trying to write her off in anyway, just would like more information.
Birth in itself is quite an event for babies. Sometimes they bleed. It doesn’t have to be a traumatic birth for babies to have bleeding either.
@@mamanursetina Is there any chance of an adverse reaction to the K shot ? Because ik people in my personal life who have turned them any bc they were concerned with the side effects. But they aren’t medical professionals.
We have stats for the benifits and that is great but we don't have proper information for the risks. What is interesting to me is that since vitamin K isnt a vaccine it's a medicine, it doesn't have the same standards as a vaccine or studies.
Sure it makes sense that the drop form of Vit K is less effective in what ever dose was measured but what if more of a dose was administered more frequently...
It is good to critically think about things like this for sure. The oral vitamin K route is better than none. The issue, I believe, has to do with the absorption, storage, and how regimented the parents will be at the follow up dosing (because oral requires more than one dose where the injection is one time). The brilliant thing about the injection is its one time, stored in their body to be released over the next 6 months. I don't have a specific answer to your question however :)
Vitamin K injection for newborns are basically risk-free. I admit babies all the time. Inpatient peds is 100% what I do. Times I’ve seen babies come to the hospital w a bad effect from Vitamin K? Zero.
And I see a lot of rare diseases of childhood in the hospital. And yes I have seen many cases of catastrophic pediatric strokes unfortunately.
Misinformation. Do more research
And so I need to ask.. Just how much does the hospital get per shot..? Asking for a friend..
seems like a bunch of BS… My kid was given vitamin K in a Vaseline type substance in his eyes… Later to find out that is to prevent the rear case of vaginal bacteria transmission to the newborns eyes… Only thing is, my kid was a C-section.. Ask me how I know.. So, again this sounds like a sales pitch to me. I know my next won’t be getting all these BS shots. I’m going back to 1960’s standards. 7 shots total and very spaced out at that.
That’s not factual. The medication you’re talking about that looks like Vaseline is erythromycin eye ointment and one of the three things offered for babies at birth. I have a video on erythromycin as well.
The vitamin k shot became standard practice in 1961, so 1960 standards would include vitamin k. You might be confusing vitamin k (a vitamin) with vaccines as they are not the same and its vaccines where you get multiple shots on a schedule to protect against diseases.
You may want to chat with your baby’s pediatrician or your own provider for more info to make sure you have clear info before making all your choices. And as for the cost I really couldn’t say. I’m in Canada so it might differ from the US. I bet you would be able to find out with some questions or some digging ♥️
OKAY. Examine the child. Keep the newborns and moms first week in the hospital like in normal countries. Watch them closely and than decide who needs what! Treat patients INDIVIDUALLY like humans and not like herd!!!!!
Can you explain to me what a "normal" country is. I am actually genuinely curious which ones you are referring to. I am guessing the UK? They do have some amazing things in place for pregnant individuals and postpartum families that I really do like! Sadly though by the time you have watched the baby for a whole week with them having deficient levels of Vitamin K for that entirety it will be too late for some babies who will have already developed Vitamin K deficiency bleeding.
Unfortunately, the hospital cannot keep a baby there for 6 months to observe the baby for internal bleeds or brain bleeds.
I'm guessing you've not had children of your own... no mother I know would want to stay in hospital for a whole week. Yikes! If I knew baby and I would be sick there for a whole week "just in case", I would deliver at home (which certainly isn't in mine or baby's best interest).
We focus on getting people out of hospitals as soon as possible. This is for many reasons. Yes some are financial (saves $).
But more time in the hospital does no translate to better outcomes: you are at risk of hospital acquired infections. Remember the hospital is where we send the sickest of the sick. Even if you are on a separate floor or building, there are people who have to move between locations and thus no area is truly isolated.
We often see cheaper and more standardized approaches to common health care issues results in better outcomes. Vitamin K is cheap and safe. A brain bleed is expensive and potentially deadly. By observing for a brain bleed would serve no one’s interest: you are just waiting for a problem to occur and not preventing it.
And pray tell if the first presentation of hemorrhagic disease of the newborn is a brain bleed which could have been prevented by a Vit K shot, which is proven to reduce bleeding risk by 80 FOLD, then what?
The risk continues for 6 months. What’s watching baby for 1 week gonna do?
Parents who refuse vitamin K at birth are morons. If they don’t want hep B vac (provided mom is neg) or erythro or even newborn screen, fine.
Get the damn Vitamin K shot.
I am not convinced. Not even a little. I think you pick and choose statistics, and present them in the best light. Lightly. 1 sided.
The "defency" itself is presented as if it a true horror, when even your own statistics do not provide enough information to base such an important decision. You do this presentation of horror, adding on top of all the worries of the vulnerable pregnant and new mothers and fathers. I find a 1 sided prescription, lightly delivered to be unprofessional, insincere, propaganda for the pharmaceutical industry.
That 1 case, of death, you mentioned. What else was wrong with the baby? What other circumstances affected the baby's death? You will never give that complete information.
I find you despicable.
As if the idea of Aluminum being given to an infant is of NO CONSEQUENCE, happy, light, fun even, IS SAFE! Baby will just urinate it out in a couple days.
No risks given.
And also given the fact that the insert from the manufacturer states in a big black box warning at the top of the insert that giving vitamin K injection, intramuscularly has been known to cause fatality. Yet we are injecting our infants with this the moment they’re born intramuscularly in fact..
To me if there’s a risk of death, with the shot or a risk of death without the shot, it’s a matter of weighing risks..
Don't talk RUBBISH..!!!!
Vit K = no brainer: give it! I have seen too many infants with spontaneous brain bleeds; for my baby, Vitamin K for the win. The risk of complications due to vitamin K is low. The relative risk assessment makes the decision for me easy. Unfortunately, risk assessment by the general public is poor. People over estimate these small risks and under estimate other risks that are actually higher (like risk of bleeding without vitamin K).
The modern age problem: everyone is a “google” expert and wants to do their “own research”. My question to ask yourself are you really qualified to adequately do this work? In the medical field we have multiple years of training, testing, and real work experience to go against “standard of care” therapy?
For those who bristle at the thought of “one size fits all” recommendations: we see more harm when there is more variation on medical therapies. We see better outcomes when therapy is standardized.
As a pediatrician, I would argue you have to have a very high bar to go against the standard of care therapies. We all want to get to the same outcome = a healthy + happy baby. But negligence by parental choice is a thing (just as it can be by a health provider). I think the last thing a caring parent wants to do is make a harmful choice for their child.
Thank you for your professional (and parental) input. Social media has been so helpful in some aspects by allowing people to be exposed to more information easier. But I feel like taking information point blank can be very harmful. IMO people should take the information they see and hear to the provider managing their specific care and use it as a point of discussion. Vitamin K is the one thing I wouldn't skip for my babies but it is the one injection that has so so much misinformation about it out there.
What do you think about the eye ointment, is it really necessary?
Can you do a video over vaccines for babies ? 🙏🏼🥹 Lots of us are scared of vaccinations for our little ones in recent times. Would like to know your side. I can see you tell the good and bad.
I can get something into the cue for sure ♥️
I am struggling with this as well. Which vaccines to give my new baby that’s coming in six weeks or so. I’m so conflicted!
@@mamanursetina thank you!
@@lisabetramsey20 Same here due in 4 weeks and very stressful on what’s best. No one is reliable for vaccines and not sure what they are really causing or not causing. Just want to know another opinion without getting bashed for asking.
@@lisabetramsey20skip the covid vax if you want, but all the routine childhood vaccines have been given to millions of people with safety and efficacy data tracked over 10 years. There is virtually no other modern medicine intervention that is known as well as routine childhood vaccination. No medication to treat disease can possibly have the power and sheer number of enrollees, followed for this number of years, as routine childhood vaccines.
About 200 years ago, childhood mortality is about 50%. If you’re born, you get a 50/50 chance of seeing your 18th birthday. This stat goes back pretty much to prehistory. In 200 years vaccines have virtually eliminated childhood mortality. To think half of all your children will die before age 18 is now some imagined horror suffered by only the most unfortunate. In 200 years we have changed the course of a normal and pedestrian human experience that has been routine for 200,000 years- burying your children.
Thank vaccines.
Such bias. 1. This is a synthetic form they give, 2. Where are these being manufactured? Most are produced in China, 3. What preservatives are in them? Is there contamination? A lot of unanswered questions, also the risk is less than 1% of births.