Vitamin K was RE: Subpar Breast Milk

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> beneficial. So, for example, the fact that vitamin K supplementation

> after birth is useful indicates that average breast milk is deficient

> in vitamin K. The fact that vitamin D supplementation is useful in

Are you referring to Vit K as in the shot used to prevent Hemorrhagic

Disease of the Newborn?

HDN is extremely rare and is iatrogenic 99% of the time from violent birth

procedures such as vacuum extraction combined with reduced blood volume from

early cord clamping, which deprives a child of 25-40% of their total blood

volume. A baby born without intervention very, very rarely has it. It is

related to a pregnancy deficiency in the mother, not a deficiency in the

breastmilk, per se.

Vitamin K concentration in a newborn's blood, regardless of feeding method,

peaks at 8 days.

KerryAnn

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