Opting for Oral Vit K or Injection?

fellinginlove · September 2012

After doing some research, reading, and talking over both options with my midwife, we have decided to use Oral Vit K in 3-4 doses instead of the IM Injection.I'm off to p/u today!

Anyone else bothered by the pain/bruising, bonding disruption of an Inj? Or do you prefer to just have it over with?

KateLouise · September 2012

intheflowers:
The injection was like 2 seconds of crying, no bruising or bonding disruption here. My MW offers both options but we were fine with the injection.

This for us too.

wifeofadam · September 2012

We actually skip it. If I had a particularly traumatic birth, I would consider doing the oral, but I'm fine with just my colostrum otherwise.

ncbelle · September 2012

Honestly, if I hadn't know that my babies were getting an injection, I never would have know - not because I didn't see it but because there wasn't any disruption, bruising, etc.

pixieprincss · September 2012

We planned the injection w/ DS1 for various reasons, but his birth was difficult so it even made it a better choice in our minds when the time came. We'd been through so much getting him out that I don't think it phased him or me. I didn't see any bruising and our bonding was pretty great.

That said, for DS2 we planned oral (unless there was difficulty) as we prefer the gentler option, the lower dose of Vit K, and my CPM cannot administer the injection in my state despite her credential, so we would've had to go to urgent care to get it. DS2's birth and aftercare was much gentler in a zillion ways, which I preferred, so Vit K was just one part of the huge difference between the hospital (DS1) and not (DS2).

I think we'll elect oral with any future births that are similarly gentle. We talked about skipping it altogether, but DH wasn't comfortable with that tiny "what if" and we didn't see a compelling downside to the oral version.

mrsodonnell12 · September 2012

Our pedi gave us the option of using either, but she highly recommended the use of the injection. After more research, we have decided to go with the injection. We just dont feel the risks of not doing the vit k outweigh the risks of not doing the vit k.

Ladymouse · September 2012

Oral. I and other family member have had weird, life-threatening vaccine reactions, which indicates that my baby is susceptible to the same. The K injection has similar ingredients to vaccine adjuvants, and it's not worth the risk for us when there is a non-injectable option.

couliegirl · September 2012

RedheadBaker:

We opted for the injection. No bruising, no disruption of bonding. He didn't even cry, since they gave him the injection while I was nursing him.

If a baby has a problem with clotting, even a "gentle" birth will be traumatic for them and there's no way to tell until it's too late.

This.

KrisM86 · September 2012

couliegirl:
RedheadBaker:

We opted for the injection. No bruising, no disruption of bonding. He didn't even cry, since they gave him the injection while I was nursing him.

If a baby has a problem with clotting, even a "gentle" birth will be traumatic for them and there's no way to tell until it's too late. 

This.

All of this. It can be a life saving treatment and has pretty much zero risks. My MW, pedi and my mom who is also a MW strongly recommended it. We did it and had no issues.

StefandTodd · September 2012

We also opted for injection. He was completely fine and nursed right through it all, no big deal.

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