PKU & Vitamin K for HB Mamas?

[dinahx]

Is anyone doing PKU through Baylor? (To get a more comprehensive screen & avoid DNA collection) I ordered a kit yesterday but it takes 7-10 days to arrive, and IDK what my window of opportunity for getting it done is? Plus the cost???

Also, did any HB mamas do oral Vit K? I might like to, IDK.

[Plummeting]

I did the oral vitamin k. She's had 2 doses and will have a couple more.

[Juvysen]

I did oral vit k

[Lilcrunchie]

My midwife did our PKU a few days post partum. We are doing oral K (and did oral K in a multidose regimen with my DD for her birth center birth).

I wish I knew about the Baylor thing beforehand!! CNN just ran an article on the DNA issue w/ PKU, and in our state, PKUs (and therefore DNA) are stored "indefinitely." I wrote my state lawmakers about the issue because it makes me Good to know and pass along in the future though.

[gardenmommy]

We do the PKU testing, but skip the Vit. K. My MW provides the test (she orders it through the state, I pay for it), collects the blood, and send it back in.

[Right of Passage]

We did the PKU test (through the state) but didn't do any vit K.

[organicmom3]

I'm doing vit k naturally through me eating an excess of foods containing K (esp. kale and spinach) that will get to the baby via breastmilk....we put kale and spinach in smoothies so you can get a larger dose than just eating a salad, etc. and it's better for digestion!

[cocoanib]

No vit K.
Our midwife did the PKU on day 6.

[Luv2bemommy]

We will do PKU but not the Vit K. If there is birth trauma, then we will discuss oral K. As of right no, no to K.