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1/6 I just delivered my baby in the hospital and was saddened to hear from the staff that routine vitamin K shots for babies are being rejected by parents more frequently now due to the information, without scientific basis or research evidence, being spread by the current administration. 🧪🧬👩‍🔬🍎🥽⚛️

2/6 I am a chemist, not an MD, and questions and decisions should be directed at your doctors. From my understanding as a chemist: Vitamin K shots are not only safe, they are vital for newborns at risk of vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). All newborns are at risk of preventable VKDB 🥽👩‍🔬🧬🧪⚛️🍎

3/6 ALL newborns are at risk as K does not effectively pass through the placenta. "How did we survive this long? I want a natural birth!" Well, we didn't. Babies died all the time before we developed medical methods to prevent deaths from issues such as these. Vitamin K IS "natural". 🍎⚛️🧪🧬👩‍🔬🥽

4/6 ...Babies just can't get it well and the shot helps reduce risk of VKDB by providing the necessary K your baby needs. Breastfed babies are also at risk of additional forms of VKDB. The shot is simply a synthetic form of K in a stabilized solution. 🥽👩‍🔬🧬🧪⚛️🍎

5/6 For anyone worried about synthetic vs "natural" compounds, synthetics are often purer, more stable, & engineered to be more effective and SAFER than "natural" compounds. So do what's right for your baby, get them the vitamin K they need, prevent VKDB, and avoid risk of fatal brain bleeds. 🍎⚛️🧪🧬👩‍🔬🥽

Congratulations! Very impressed you are able to think straight about sharing useful information too.