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The Lies About The Vitamin K Shot

4/14/2016

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Vitamin K is scheduled to be injected into babies within an hour of birth. One of their assaults out of the womb and most parents allow it. It's a vitamin that we are told will save our baby's life from the deficiency they are born with, so of course we would agree to it. But only because we are fed lies.

First, it is a lie that it is needed. Listen to this fear campaign delivered by the CDC:
"Babies are born with very little vitamin K stored in their bodies. This is called “vitamin K deficiency” and means that a baby has low levels of vitamin K.  Without enough vitamin K, babies cannot make the substances used to form clots, called ‘clotting factors.’  When bleeding happens because of low levels of vitamin K, this is called “vitamin K deficiency bleeding” or VKDB. VKDB is a serious and potentially life-threatening cause of bleeding in infants up to 6 months of age. A vitamin K shot given at birth is the best way to prevent low levels of vitamin K and vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB)....waiting to see if your baby needs a vitamin K shot may be too late.  Babies can bleed into their intestines or brain where parents can’t see the bleeding to know that something is wrong. This can delay medical care and lead to serious and life-threatening consequences. All babies are born with very low levels of vitamin K because it doesn’t cross the placenta well. Breast milk contains only small amounts of vitamin K. That means that ALL newborns have low levels of vitamin K, so they need vitamin K from another source.  A vitamin K shot is the best way to make sure all babies have enough vitamin K. Newborns who do not get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding than those who get the shot."

How has humanity survived all this time without this shot? Vitamin K does pass through the placenta, it does get passed through breast milk, and moms eating plenty leafy greens, veggies, fruits, and oils are passing plenty to their babies. Interesting however that certain medications can interfere with vitamin K and deplete it or cause other clotting and bleeding issues. If mom is on IV antibiotics (often the case if she is Group B strep positive during the birth), certain pain medication, or had recent vaccines it could deplete her vitamin K levels or pass through to the baby and deplete the baby's vitamin K levels. Want to know another thing that could cause bleeding disorders in babies unrelated to the "need" for vitamin K? The Hepatitis B vaccine, also scheduled to be given within 12 hours of birth. Actually, most vaccines have the same adverse reaction listed in the package inserts, also called thrombocytopenia, or ITP.  So maybe if we stopped vaccinating babies they wouldn't be bleeding to death.

Beyond the lie that it is necessary is the lie that it is just a safe and harmless vitamin. Here it is, the bold-faced lie in print:
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Yes, the vitamin K shot is safe. Vitamin K is the main ingredient in the shot. The other ingredients make the vitamin K safe to give as a shot."  

The manufacturer disagrees, this is in the insert:
"Severe reactions, including fatalities, have also been reported following INTRAMUSCULAR administration."

"ADVERSE REACTIONS

Deaths have occurred after intravenous and intramuscular administration. (See Box Warning.) Transient “flushing sensations” and “peculiar” sensations of taste have been observed, as well as rare instances of dizziness, rapid and weak pulse, profuse sweating, brief hypotension, dyspnea, and cyanosis. Pain, swelling, and tenderness at the injection site may occur. The possibility of allergic sensitivity including an anaphylactoid reaction, should be kept in mind. Infrequently, usually after repeated injection, erythematous, indurated, pruritic plaques have occurred; rarely, these have progressed to scleroderma-like lesions that have persisted for long periods. In other cases, these lesions have resembled erythema perstans. Hyperbilirubinemia has been observed in the newborn following administration of phytonadione".  

"Studies to evaluate the mutagenic potential have not been conducted with Vitamin K1 Injection.

Studies to evaluate the carcinogenic potential have not been conducted with Vitamin K1 Injection." 


And direct from the package insert we have the ingredients:
Each milliliter contains phytonadione 2 or 10 mg, polyoxyethylated fatty acid derivative 70 mg, dextrose, hydrous 37.5 mg in water for injection; benzyl alcohol 9 mg added as preservative. May contain hydrochloric acid for pH adjustment. pH is 6.3 (5.0 to 7.0). 
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The shot contains aluminum. Aluminum is toxic when injected. Medscape references 35 published studies discussing the toxic impact of injected aluminum and those include many skin conditions including eczema, rash, painful nodules lasting years in some cases, and dermatitis, among other conditions. At least 2 British journals confirmed that vitamin K injections significantly increase chances of childhood leukemia, in as many as 1/500. That is horrific. And it is infuriating that the statements pasted directly from the CDC above, ignore, deny, and flat out lie about the risks of this shot. 

What parents deserve is full disclosure and informed consent. That would not sound like the typical jargon they hear in the hospital such as "Now we are going to give your baby a Vitamin K shot, it is perfectly safe and may save your baby's life." 



It would sound more like:
"You have the option of having your baby injected with an acidic formulation of synthetic Vitamin K. We would like to give this to your baby because the Hepatitis B shot we will pressure you to get next to protect against STD's might cause a severe bleeding disorder. In addition, the several shots per visit over the next 6 months will increase your baby's risk of bleeding to death. If you would like us to give it, we also need to let you know that it is possible for your baby to suffer a severe reaction, including death or could cause severe skin conditions, such as eczema, and may increase your baby's risk of developing leukemia through childhood. Would you like us to inject your baby?"








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24 Comments
Kell
4/19/2016 09:19:45 am

You didnt mention the alternative? Oral vit K? I was going to use that.

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Courtney
4/20/2016 09:45:22 am

Hi Kell,

I didn't do any research on oral vitamin K, so I don't know how safe it is or not. The alternative I did suggest is for mom to eat plenty of leafy greens so baby gets K though the placenta and breast milk. That's what I did.

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Nadya
4/19/2016 09:35:27 pm

As I was reading this my heart began to hurt from the anger and frustration! My son has so many skin issues and allergies and I know it was related to this shot and hepatitis B he received at 2 months. I can't undo this damage now but so devastating that this happens. And the fact that it increases the risk of leukemia????

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Jackie Hortonq
4/20/2016 12:16:19 am

Yes. We are all angry....best thing I have found is to channel my anger into activism....there is a backlash growing...be part of it!! See Vaxxed! the movie re the link between vacs and autism that was discovered and then covered up by the CDC.

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Courtney
4/20/2016 10:22:34 am

Amen, Jackie!

sarah palumbo
2/25/2017 06:24:20 am

You're right Jackie I just recently joined a Facebook group revolution for vaccine choice it is a very good informative supportive group and I am trying to figure out now what else I can do perhaps make a blog it really is infuriating when you find out all the corruption manipulation and lies and just pure evil .... The vitamin K shot was the only shot that my daughter received had I known what it really was and it was not under the manipulative guys as simply a vitamin K shot she would've never received that I definitely want to channel my anger frustration and heart ache into activism and helping inform as many others as I can until they are entirely exposed for what they are and this madness in crime to humanity is put to an end

sarah palumbo
2/25/2017 06:24:36 am

sarah palumbo
2/25/2017 06:30:42 am

You are right Jackie I have recently joined a really good support of informative group on Facebook called revolution for vaccine choice I was very upset and infuriated when I found out that the vitamin K shot was not simply what they claimed at all .. it is very evil and manipulative ! Absolutely disgraceful ! I definitely want to figure out more I can do in the way of activism perhaps I will try to start a blog to inform as many parents to be as I can it is all very frustrating heartbreaking and infuriating .

Courtney
4/20/2016 09:47:09 am

Hi Nadya,

Sorry about your son having issues. There IS something you can do though. Detox him. It will also prevent leukemia. Check out the chart of alkaline foods and eat according to it. Have daily health drinks and there are other things you can do to. Be proactive, you can do it!

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Judy
4/20/2016 05:29:56 am

babies start producing their own vitamin K on day 8 - that is why in the Bible parents are instructed to wait until the 8th day to have their sons circumcised.

So what is the big rush - wait the 8 days as the instruction manual says and then the artificial stuff won't be needed.

The only reason I can see for giving any artificial vitamin K is if there is a problem and the baby needs surgery before day 8. And that is fairly rare.

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Courtney
4/20/2016 10:22:05 am

Good points, Judy.

In the unfortunate case of surgery, I would look into alternatives to the shot since it is linked to so many disorders and cancer. The poor baby already would have a disadvantage to need surgery in the first week of life, I wouldn't want to add to the problems!

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Mrs. J
4/20/2016 07:24:26 am

In fact.. No she didn't list an alternative.. or where in the world she formed this opinion.. And it has to be an opinion when not backed up by science.

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Courtney
4/20/2016 10:20:11 am

Which of the scientific references do you take issue with? Or is it manufacturer's insert you don't like? Is there a specific opinion you referring to?

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Rachel
4/20/2016 10:34:58 am

Babies have low vitamin k levels when the umbilical cord is cut too early. Delayed umbilical cord cutting can prevent the vitamin k deficiency. The Drs don't want you to know that bc they want to do everything as quickly as possible.

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Diane Bingham
12/7/2017 08:34:34 am

I may have made the mistake of saying delayed cord cutting..you must specify delayed cord clamping!

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Laurice
4/20/2016 11:49:28 am

Have you read this article? I'm a doula and am all for informing my clients. This has a lot of information and is one I typically steer my clients toward when they are making the decision for/against vitamin K.

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Laurice
4/20/2016 11:55:46 am

Have you read this article? I'm all for informing my clients on decisions they need to make. When it comes to the Vitamin K shot I steer them towards this evidence-based article.

http://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-for-the-vitamin-k-shot-in-newborns/

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Courtney
4/24/2016 07:36:00 pm

I have now. :) However, it is full of conjecture and not much evidence.

There were 6 infants who had bleeding referred to in the article. It does not say what what their mothers may have consumed or may have been injected with, nor if the babies had the Hepatitis B shot. It leaves out critical details which may have contributed to the bleeding.

But worse, it gives no perspective. How many mothers declined the shot? We have no idea the percentage here. If these were the only babies whose moms declined and 100% of them had bleeding, that would be something to consider. If 1,000 moms declined and these 6 developed the disorder, making the risk a .6% chance, that is another story.
On the flip side...how many children who received the shot developed a condition that could be traced back to it? How many developed leukemia? eczema? or any of the other conditions listed above from the manufacturer including death? We don't know. The article does't say because it isn't evidence based, it is a scare tactic. It does not encourage the reader to think critically, weighing statistics or facts. The writer claims the shot can not cause leukemia. Are we just supposed to take her word for it? Where is the evidence for that? I linked above the 2 British journals that in fact confirm that it is linked to leukemia.

Scaring parents into compliance by withholding truthful information that could lead to the death or harm of their baby by not giving the full picture is not evidence based, it is fear based. Parents, and their children, deserve better.

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Mariya
4/20/2017 04:59:22 pm

Some states mandate vit K. How to go about it in those states?.my close fried was in labor and did not want vit k so doctors refused care during labor in the hospital untill she agreed

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Courtney
4/21/2017 02:04:46 pm

Hi Mariya,
Thank for that great question! I would have a home birth. But in the event that my State mandated it even for home births I would plan my birth in a neighboring State. I think NY might have something similar, in which case I would go to PA to plan my birth.

The one thing I would not do is allow a vitamin K injection. Whatever it takes.

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Anna Catharine Rutherford
9/21/2017 06:40:50 pm

Hi,
Thank you so much for this informative post! I have been researching the vitamin k injection and found this post to be very helpful! I also am starting to understand why babies are born with what the medical field would consider "low" vitamin k. I found a YouTube video by Dr. Suzzane Humphries explaining that before Doctors started immediately cutting the umbilical cord, it was standard practice to allow the cord to pulsate until it stopped on its own. That way the baby was able to receive the stored blood from the placenta. Low levels of vitamin k allow that blood to travel through the body to wherever it is needed. If you give the vitamin k injection the blood becomes to thick and it will not allow the blood to travel very well through the body.

I know this was lengthy but thought it was very interesting!

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Lea
10/15/2017 09:57:33 am

Tear... i was duped with my baby on the K shot and hep B. Now that it's done, where do I begin with detox?

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Lauren
6/13/2018 06:30:24 pm

Hey everyone!
One thing I have to say is you all seem like mommies who care a lot about your babies! Of course you do! Children are our future and we want them to grow up to be strong, healthy adults! It seems like there are a lot of misconceptions here about vaccines and shots. Being a parent is terrifying and the vaccine debate’s loud, opposing voices can become deafening. The best thing to do is talk to your doctor! Don’t be afraid to make them explain what the safest way to protect your child! The internet is full of misleading and flat out false information, so go straight to the source! You may hear something that surprises you. I really hope this helps those who feel confused in this whole debate:)

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Flower
8/29/2018 04:33:48 pm

A medical doctor is the last person I would ask for reassurance! :D

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