Re: Ingredients in the Vitamin K shot given to newborns?

[Guest guest]

Hazel, sorry I don't know where you can find out what the ingredients are but I

had my son 15 months ago and did not let them give the vita K shot. It can

actually inhibit the body's natural ability to make its own vita K which hepls

with bood clotting. I chose to have my son circumcised when he was 7 days old. I

learned in my Bradley classes that baby's vita K is the most potent when they

are 7 days old so I thought it was best to do it then.

le

usviteacher <usviteacher@...> wrote:

Greetings all, i'm trying to find out the ingredients in the Vitamin K

shot given to newborns. What is the name of the vax? Is there a

website where i can search for drug ingredients. I think i read

somewhere that it contained nuts

I'm 36 weeks preggo and trying to find out if i should ask for the

oral dosage of vitamin K for my newborn.

Thanks, Hazel

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check this link out

http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/vitamins/vitamins.html#VitaminK

usviteacher <usviteacher@...> wrote: Greetings all, i'm trying

to find out the ingredients in the Vitamin K

shot given to newborns. What is the name of the vax? Is there a

website where i can search for drug ingredients. I think i read

somewhere that it contained nuts

I'm 36 weeks preggo and trying to find out if i should ask for the

oral dosage of vitamin K for my newborn.

Thanks, Hazel

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[Guest guest]

I was told that it's straight-up Vitamin K. It's not a vax, it's a shot

of vitamin supplement. A vaccine is " any preparation used as a

preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease,

usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or

weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production. " The

Vitamin K is supposed to help out because babies often don't have enough

Vitamin K in their systems to start. We did the K, which turned out to

be a good thing, as he was borderline on his jaundice test, then tested

later and was fine. But I know people who haven't. It doesn't appear to

be life or death, so do what you are comfortable doing.

~Robyn

usviteacher wrote:

> Greetings all, i'm trying to find out the ingredients in the Vitamin K

> shot given to newborns. What is the name of the vax? Is there a

> website where i can search for drug ingredients. I think i read

> somewhere that it contained nuts

>

> I'm 36 weeks preggo and trying to find out if i should ask for the

> oral dosage of vitamin K for my newborn.

>

> Thanks, Hazel

>

>

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[Guest guest]

http://www.proliberty.com/observer/19990710.htm

" The body most readily utilizes vitamins and minerals that are found

in plants. The body less readily utilizes synthetic vitamins and

minerals. The vitamin K administered by hospitals to newborns is the

synthetic phytonadione. The natural forms of vitamin K that are found

in many foods, particularly in vegetables such as collard greens,

spinach, broccoli, asparagus, brussels sprouts and salad greens, are

called phylloquinone or menaquinone. Certain bacteria in the

intestinal tract also produce menaquinones.

" The vitamin K injections administered by hospitals and manufactured

by Merck and Roche and Abbott are not only synthetic but, according to

the packet inserts and the PDR, contain benzyl alcohol as a

preservative. The 1989 PDR states that, " there is no evidence to

suggest that the small amount of benzyl alcohol contained in

AquaMEPHYTON (Merck's vitamin K injection product), when used as

recommended, is associated with toxicity. "

" Interestingly, in November, 1988, the French medical journal Dev

Pharmacol Ther published a paper regarding benzyl alcohol metabolism

and elimination in babies. The report stated that " ...we cannot

directly answer the issue of safety of `low doses' of benzyl alcohol

as found in some medications administered to neonates. This study

confirms the immaturity of the benzoic acid detoxification process in

premature newborns. "

" The 1998 PDR still states, contrary to the published findings of

French scientists in 1988, " there is no evidence to suggest that... "

There has been little reason to study the toxicological effects of

benzyl alcohol over the last decade since state legislators have

provided synthetic vitamin K manufacturers with the guaranteed

marketplace of nearly every child born in a U.S. hospital.

" Vitamin K injections manufactured as recently as 1995 contain

hydrochloric acid " for pH adjustment. " Roche's vitamin K product

KONAKION contains ingredients such as phenol (carbolic acid—a

poisonous substance distilled from coal tar), propylene glycol

(derived from petroleum and used as an antifreeze and in hydraulic

brake fluid) and acetic acid (an astringent antimicrobial agent that

may drastically reduce the amount of natural vitamin K that would have

otherwise been produced in the digestive tract). As reported in the

PDR and as published in the IM vitamin K packet inserts for Merck,

Roche and Abbott, " Studies of carcinogenicity, mutagenesis or

impairment of fertility have not been conducted with Vitamin K1

Injection (Phytonadione Injection, USP). "

[Guest guest]

We chose not to do the vitamin K shot (or anything else) for our dd

when she was born. If I remember correctly (also from Bradley

classes!), allowing the umbilical cord to remain attached until it

stops pulsing allows the cord blood to all go to baby and all of the

nutrients involved there. Our leader suggested that rather than

injections such as vitamin K.

Jen L.

[Guest guest]

Holly,

That is great to hear...I love to hear how women stand up for their

rights and are respected in a mainstream

medical setting.

Where do you live?

I live in NYS and have heard numerous stories of the hospital just

giving it and not even asking first.

It happened to me with my first...hence the subsequent homebirths.

Well, that and 100 other reasons.

Kim

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/7/2007 6:24:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

kad16@... writes:

have heard numerous stories of the hospital just

giving it and not even asking first.

I think that is how it works almost everywhere. If it is a " law " then they

don't have to ask. It's kind of like implied consent. I live in Virginia

Beach, VA.

Holly

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[Guest guest]

i had planned a home birth and wound up in the hospital having a

c-section. this was horribly traumatic for me, but that's another

story...before we went to the hospital, we drew up a birth plan

refusing everything (eye goop, shots, meds for me, circumcision if the

baby was a boy etc). we made sure to write the birth plan in very

respectful language, basically saying that we respected the MD's and

RN's and their knowledge, etc. but wanted to be involved and consulted

about every aspect of treatment and would need time to think about

each thing and make up our minds before consenting to anything.

anyway, the hospital staff was great, to my surprise. however, my dh

never left the baby's side, making sure they didn't do anything,

because these things are so routine in the hospital, they don't even

think about it. i heard the dr in the OR say to the baby nurse 'no

circ if it's a boy' and the baby nurse sounded surprised, but said,

'oh, ok..'. anyway, when the baby was a day old, the pediatrician

came in and did the hard sell on the vit K. i was in a horrible state

after the operation and feeling very vunerable and dh was out of the

room. i couldn't remember all i had read about the vitamin k and was

in tears at the horror stories the pediatrician painted. i asked for

some time and i called my (home birth) midwife, and she helped calm me

down. i wound up saying no to the shot, but allowed them to give her

a dose of the vitamin orally (which they grumbled and mumbled about

but did anyway), mostly because i was feeling so bad and scared and

couldn't think very rationally, not because i think it was necessary.

but at least the oral dose was just a vitamin (though probably

synthetic and useless) going through the natural route of digestion...

the point of my story is to be prepared, have everything in writing,

and have someone else there for support for you and to watch the baby

at all times (i know of at least 2 people who refused baby shots and

the hospital staff administered them anyway when the mom was asleep-

just seeing on the chart that the baby hadn't had them and trying to

do their job. it is rare for people to refuse. you have to be

vigilant if you are in the hospital!) i think it also helps to be

very kind and respectful the the hospital staff- the 'you catch more

bees with honey' approach.

>

> Holly,

> That is great to hear...I love to hear how women stand up for their

> rights and are respected in a mainstream

> medical setting.

>

> Where do you live?

> I live in NYS and have heard numerous stories of the hospital just

> giving it and not even asking first.

> It happened to me with my first...hence the subsequent homebirths.

> Well, that and 100 other reasons.

>

> Kim

>