Did you baby have the Vitamin K Jab?

[BabyBennett]

Hi ... Newbie momma here and have been worrying myself sick about vit k jab I allowed for my dd! As a new mum to my now 13 wk old, the first decision I was faced with, whilst in labour, was the jab decision which I feel gutted about that I made an un-informed decision about, to end up saying yes. Nobody told me b4 hand about what the heck it was and as I am reluctantly about to make appt for her immunisations read the report about it being linked to childhood cancer. I feel cheated as I had a natural birth which went smoothly, so far also managing to bf exclusively ( omg how tempted have I been to top up with formula or try baby rice when I think I have not got enough milk sometimes!?!)
I guess I feel like babies would have vit k and so would our milk if it was needed. So I'm worried. My dd also has wind and the supposedly associated jaundice with the jab. Boo. I feel I have let her down

You haven't let her down at all especially as you weren't provided with any information about the jab! In that situation I think we would all have done the same.

The only reason I questioned it at all is that I used to live abroad and my closest friend from there pointed out that only babies born via C-Section have the jab there. Surely if it really was needed by every baby then it would happen in every developed country? I started researching it more and just couldn't see a justified reason if you have a natural birth. Did Nature really make such a huge mistake that every baby is born with a lack of Vitamin K? Can it really be good for a baby to get such a huge dose of it that early in their lives?

I'm still not 100% decided & it's horrible!

 

[Eenie]

Thanks for the reply! I have been reading more about
It and settled my mind that after 3 months it has dispersed ... I still wish I had said no😌. I agree with u in that nature is amazing and there must b a reason for low levels. Thankfully my lo is fine and will hopefully always be so. Spoke to my hv yesterday who said she doesn't know 1 woman who has refused it yet but will go away and research it having had the conversation. Now it's the difficult decision of when to get - and if - to get her vaccinated. Having researched about vit k I found loads of worrying info on blinking vaccines and the fact we all need boosters so why have germs injected into your perfect baby, which have been cultured on mice, use pigs blood and god knows what else! What a nightmare...my Hv said that vaccines have been modified in labs .. So as not to give full blown illness - aghhhhh!!!! I may wait until 6 months with her so she is past the Sid risks which apparently some kids can be more exposed to - esp boys - ... Stressed out!!!!! 😁😳😳😳

 

[Kess]

Ro had the jab, even though he had a peaceful birth (no bruising, just a groove around his head from where I had trouble pushing his big head out lol). The link with childhood cancer is tenuous at most, and even assuming the study is accurate, the risk of a child reveloping cancer from having the jab is lower than the risk of a child dying from haemorraghic disease from not having the jab, so for us it was simply a matter of numbers. I'd do the same with any future kids unless something new comes up to change my mind.