On behalf of a subscriber who is having trouble posting directly, I am sending this: Dear all I have a question about the supplementation of vitamins while the mother is exclusively breastfeeding! Is it necessary that the baby of a health mother with a good understanding in health food, needs extra vitamins? Specially vit K and vit D. Right after the birth the baby gets VIT K in 2 doses( oral or IM) on day 1 and day 5. The Belgian pediatrics recommended a small dose of vit K until the baby is 3 months and vit D :200 I.E.( white skin) and 400 I.E.( dark skin) What is the recommendation of the IBCLC's about that in other country's? When mothers have the knowledge about " good and health food" is it the necessary to supplement all this vitamins? Breastfeeding is a superior food! It can't be that there is needed a lot of supplementation. My question is "WHY", Fear about what? The Hemorrhagic disease? Please, I'm waiting on a reaction from you all! Kind regards Magda Vaes ([log in to unmask]) Coördinator postgraduaat Lactatiekunde Lactatiekundige IBCLC Vroedkunde Limburg *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html