>One of our Pediatric Docs asked me to ask the
>Lacneters if anyone has heard of or is giving a second dose of Vitamin K to
>Breastfed infants within the first month of life? Can anyone help?
Why would one want to do that? I had always understood that
the full "dose" of vitmain K comes into the body naturally
by about 1 week of age and the only reason newborns are given
shots is because of concern about internal hemmoraging (sp?)
in the first few days of life.
Am I missing something?
Naomi Bar-Yam
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