New mother Louise Kabuto knew prior to delivery that there were several things she would do to give her baby the best start in life – at least she thought she did.
“I knew that I would deliver naturally, breastfeed, co-sleep, and that my little one would get the vitamin K shot,” she told The Spudd. “That is, until I learned a little bit more about that shot.”
Ms. Kabuto explained that she had read newborns were born with insufficient vitamin K and that injections could be used to prevent rare, but devastating brain hemorrhages. “I used to think ‘It was natural and healthy, what is there not to like?’ I soon found out.”
It turned out what was so wrong with the vitamin K shot was that every mainstream pediatrician and major medical organization around the globe had been recommending the shot for decades.
“I thought that I would be the ones teaching my OB and pediatrician-to-be about this vitamin. Boy was I wrong,” she told The Spudd. “They actually brought it up with me first. They suggested the shot without reservation and I soon learned that the CDC, FDA, WHO, UNICEF, and American Academy of Pediatrics all felt the same way. I did my own research and found that bloggers like the Healthy Home Economist were against it. That is when I knew the shot was both dangerous and unnecessary.”
