Dear Ursula
I've forwarded your message to the midwifery mailing lists, and I am sure
you will soon receive useful replies.
Best wishes
Ishbel Kargar
From: Ishbel Kargar SRN SCM (retired)
Admin. Secretary
Association of Radical Midwives
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Dear list members
If you can help, please reply directly to Ursula.
Many thanks
Ishbel
(Angela - how about the Vit K archive - can we direct Ursula to it ? She's
not actually on the list as far as I know.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Ursula <>
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Date: 25 April 2000 11:40
Subject: Vitamin K question
>Hi,
>
>I am expecting my first child in 3 weeks time and I have been informed that
>my permission is sought for the baby to be injected intramuscularly at
birth
>with a dose of vitamin K. At the same time, I was told that there have
been
>studies which seem to indicate a link between vitamin K injection and the
>incidence of childhood cancer, but that subsequent studies have disproved
>this.
>
>I have done some web surfing and while I think I'm convinced that the
cancer
>link is minimal if indeed it exists at all, I am still concerned a)about
>subjecting my child to an injection before its even an hour old and b) the
>evidence which seems to associate vit K with short term impaired liver
>function in infants.
>
>Are there any studies which can place some babies at higher risk internal
>bleeding which would benefit from an injection, or other evidence which I
>can use to make a more informed choice about this matter. It does seem to
>be an over-generalisation to give every child this injection while it is
>accepted that low vit K levels are normal in new born children and while
>indeed the majority of children do not experience the medical problems for
>which it is indicated.
>
>I will be very grateful for any assistance/advice/information you can give.
>
>Thank you in anticipation.
>
>Ursula Ryan
>
>Lanarkshire
>Scotland
>
>
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