| ▲ | CodeWriter23 6 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||
[flagged] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | ceejayoz 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
> Adequate supply is easily addressed by the mother eating Vitamin K-rich foods, like spinach, during pregnancy. Sure, and murders are easily addressed by not murdering people. Unfortunately, we live in reality. > Sufficient levels can be confirmed at birth by an inexpensive blood screening… "We'd like to do a blood draw. To see if they need the shot you're terrified of." "No!" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | suzzer99 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
> All newborns lack vitamin K. No matter how much vitamin K a mother consumes, it doesn’t sufficiently pass through the placenta, and breast milk contains only small amounts. That puts babies who are exclusively breastfed at a higher risk for vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Formula is fortified with vitamin K, but even with that, experts agree, babies should still get the shot. Did you not read the article, or are you refuting it? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | brendoelfrendo 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Who did you learn this from? Because they're dangerously wrong. Per the article: "All newborns lack vitamin K. No matter how much vitamin K a mother consumes, it doesn’t sufficiently pass through the placenta, and breast milk contains only small amounts." | |||||||||||||||||||||||