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post #21 of 32
6/13/08 at 7:36pm
So if I use the natural vit k should I give it more often than the synthetic oral vit k?
post #22 of 32
6/13/08 at 7:58pm
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Originally Posted by swissmiss2584 View Post
So if I use the natural vit k should I give it more often than the synthetic oral vit k?
This is from:
http://www.birthwithlove.com/categor...s%2DOral+Vit+K


"Vitamin K Protocols
1 drop at birth, 1 drop at 1 week and 1 month
From Nursing Times, October 14, 1998: Researchers have found that plasma vitamin K concentrations were at least equal to or significantly higher in babies who are given the new oral form compared to those who are given the vitamin via injection. The oral form is given in doses of 2 mg soon after birth and again four to seven days later. It has been recommended that if the baby is being breastfed, an additional dose be given when it is one month old. I have mom take oral Vit. K for two weeks prior to EDD. I find this helps bleeding pp as well. Then I give baby 2 drops at birth (before I leave) and then again on day five."


A breastfeeding mother can also take vit. k supplements for 12 weeks (instead of giving vit. k to newborn) as it passes through breast milk.

Lorette
post #23 of 32
6/13/08 at 8:15pm
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Originally Posted by Lorette View Post
This is from:
http://www.birthwithlove.com/categor...s%2DOral+Vit+K


"Vitamin K Protocols
1 drop at birth, 1 drop at 1 week and 1 month
From Nursing Times, October 14, 1998: Researchers have found that plasma vitamin K concentrations were at least equal to or significantly higher in babies who are given the new oral form compared to those who are given the vitamin via injection. The oral form is given in doses of 2 mg soon after birth and again four to seven days later. It has been recommended that if the baby is being breastfed, an additional dose be given when it is one month old. I have mom take oral Vit. K for two weeks prior to EDD. I find this helps bleeding pp as well. Then I give baby 2 drops at birth (before I leave) and then again on day five."


A breastfeeding mother can also take vit. k supplements for 12 weeks (instead of giving vit. k to newborn) as it passes through breast milk.

Lorette

How much Vit K should I take? Wouldn't the Vit K from my prenatal be enough? Also I will be eating seaweed soup after birth because my mother-in-law is Korean and it is a tradition to feed the new mother seaweed soup for 10 days after birth and I read that it has large amounts of Vit K in it.
post #24 of 32
6/14/08 at 1:54am
great that you will be eating seaweed soup-- standards for vitamin K intake are changing because vitamin K not only supports blood clotting it supports bone health and prevents calcification of soft tissues-- in any case as it stands the studies show that most women of childbearing age get about 1/2 of the current RDA . Studies on breastfeeding and vitamin K- mothers who have been supplemented the vitamin K content in their milk increases and their babies have higher levels,in the studies the infants still had markers of deficiency-- no one has looked at what the optimum amount a mom should get to pass on to her infant--
primitive diets averaged about 7% of the daily caloric intake from greens, that amount is probably close to optimal intake to prevent most vitamin K deficiency diseases vitamin K is not just a newborn issue but a whole life issue supplements can cover the bases but diet would be best for longterm health--
post #25 of 32
6/14/08 at 12:30pm
I have never heard, seen, or given (in a different life before kids I worked in OB) injectable vit k orally, I haven't done any research on this but I don't think it works like that. I have given my little one's oral vit K I ordered from birth with love, I had asked my pedi about it but they do not carry it since they prefer and most people get the vit k shot.
post #26 of 32
6/15/08 at 2:56am
I have seen atleast one study that was done in the 90's in India using injectable orally-- instead of 1mg given though it is 2mgs orally
post #27 of 32
6/15/08 at 3:06am
My midwife is willing to give injectable vitamin K orally. I don't like that it's the synthetic but I can't find anything else around here... granted I haven't looked hard... however it is 2 mg instead of the 1mg injectable.
post #28 of 32
6/15/08 at 1:23pm
just wanted to throw it out there--my MW recommends taking an alfalfa or chlorophyll suppliment to boost mother's vit K levels from 34wks on.
post #29 of 32
6/15/08 at 4:13pm
very interesting to know about the injectable vit k given orally, wish I had know this before I bought to oral vit k for $30
post #30 of 32
6/16/08 at 3:44am
I like the oral from scientific botanicals - one drop is different to deliver than 2 vials to a baby orally--- and the bottle of oral K can be used by mom and baby---
post #31 of 32
6/16/08 at 1:12pm
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Originally Posted by pazerific View Post
just wanted to throw it out there--my MW recommends taking an alfalfa or chlorophyll suppliment to boost mother's vit K levels from 34wks on.
How many mgs of alfalfa should I take?
post #32 of 32
6/16/08 at 1:54pm
my MW said to just go with whatever dosage is on the bottle as long as it's just alflalfa in the supp. the ones i have are 500mg, and i take it 3x a day. the nice part is it hasn't bothered my stomach if i take it by itself.
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