{"id":2856,"date":"2024-02-26T07:59:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T07:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/?page_id=2856"},"modified":"2024-02-25T17:17:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T17:17:54","slug":"vitamin-k-for-my-baby","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/all-about-birth\/my-birth-preferences\/vitamin-k-for-my-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin K for my baby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Would I like my baby to have vitamin K?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We recommend that all babies are given vitamin K when they are born. Vitamin K helps blood to clot and, as adults, is absorbed through the food we eat. At birth, babies are naturally deficient which can increase their risk of a condition called Haemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn (HDN). This is rare but can cause very serious internal bleeding and bruising for your baby. Giving them a dose of vitamin K at birth helps to prevent this from developing.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vitamin K can be given as a one-off injection into your baby\u2019s thigh as part of their newborn check. This is the most effective way for it to be absorbed. You can also give vitamin K as oral drops onto your baby\u2019s tongue; however, the absorption is less effective so your baby should be given 3 separate doses in the first month of life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you choose to decline vitamin K for your baby, you will be offered a conversation with a Paediatrician to discuss this further.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would I like my baby to have vitamin K?&nbsp; We recommend that all babies are given vitamin K when they are born. Vitamin K helps blood to clot and, as adults, is absorbed through the food we eat. At birth, babies are naturally deficient which can increase their risk of a condition called Haemorrhagic Disease<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":0,"parent":2718,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-2856","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"mathildepeace","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/author\/mathildepeace\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"Would I like my baby to have vitamin K?&nbsp; We recommend that all babies are given vitamin K when they are born. Vitamin K helps blood to clot and, as adults, is absorbed through the food we eat. At birth, babies are naturally deficient which can increase their risk of a condition called Haemorrhagic Disease","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2856"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2917,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2856\/revisions\/2917"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}