no, we are not going to give our baby Vitamin K, unless he is in a risk group (delivered with C section/forceps, is premature etc, touch wood!). If needed, he'll have the vitamin orally.
The main reason for this is that both me and my mum had very strange allergic reactions to any jabs when we were little. I mean really bad. So we want to try to avoid giving our LO any medication unless it's really needed.
Secondly, they give babies huge doses of Vitamin K, I think it's more than 5000% comparing to what normal newborn babies get naturally with mother's milk, and it just doesn't feel right. All doctors say that breast milk contains everything that the baby needs in perfect amounts, but for some reason the only exception is vitamin K??
And the last thing, they say that the injection is really painful for a newborn baby, is a big shock to their system, and can traumatise them. I think that this argument is maybe a bit over the top, but still, if I can spare the LO some pain, I'm happy
Instead of having the injection, I will try to eat more Vitamin K reach foods closer to my due date.