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Can Vitamin K Deficiency Passed On From Mother To Baby?

My wife is taking acitrom & eptoin tablets for 3 weeks now. She had a 2 episodes of fits & post partum CVT 7 days after a c-section. Her PT/INR is 1.84 when taken last week. She is breast feeding. Since she is avoiding Vitamin K completely, whether the baby will also become Vitamin K deficient ? Will it cause bleeding problems for the baby ? Please explain.
Fri, 27 Jun 2014
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Vitamin K prevents haemorrhagic disease of the newborn, and routine administration of vitamin K to all newborns has been recommended. Infants are born with low levels of vitamin K compared to adults and this is termed 'vitamin K deficiency' in the newborn. Up to half of babies develop this 'vitamin K deficiency', but bleeding occurs in only a fraction of these cases. In most it starts after birth, becomes progressively more severe over 48-60 hours, then spontaneously corrects itself by 72-120 hours.

You must talk to your pediatrician on whether Vitamin K supplementation is needed in your baby.
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Can Vitamin K Deficiency Passed On From Mother To Baby?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. Vitamin K prevents haemorrhagic disease of the newborn, and routine administration of vitamin K to all newborns has been recommended. Infants are born with low levels of vitamin K compared to adults and this is termed vitamin K deficiency in the newborn. Up to half of babies develop this vitamin K deficiency , but bleeding occurs in only a fraction of these cases. In most it starts after birth, becomes progressively more severe over 48-60 hours, then spontaneously corrects itself by 72-120 hours. You must talk to your pediatrician on whether Vitamin K supplementation is needed in your baby.