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Doctor: Why I Refused My Baby’s Vitamin K Shot

2025-12-02 Education
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Dr. Sam Bailey
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Doctor Explains Refusal of Routine Vitamin K Injection for Newborn

Understand the data and logic that challenges the routine Vitamin K injection recommendation, empowering you to make an informed choice regarding your newborn's care.

Short Summary

  • The established high-risk narrative (brain damage/death) often conflates rare, severe cases with common, trivial ones (like minor bruising).
  • Epidemiological data suggests that serious Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding (VKDB), especially late-onset, occurs at rates significantly lower than cited statistics imply (e.g., 5 per 100,000).
  • Studies supporting routine intervention often rely on "surrogate outcomes" (blood tests) rather than confirmed clinical illness or mortality, requiring unrealistically large sample sizes to prove efficacy.

This presentation critiques the standard medical practice of mandatory Vitamin K shots for all newborns by deconstructing fear-based messaging, analyzing study limitations, and comparing real-world incidence rates against official warnings. It asserts that healthy mothers and babies have little reason for this intervention, contrasting it with specific iatrogenic scenarios where it is medically necessary for older patients.

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When a nurse approached me after giving birth—syringe in hand—I was told my newborn needed a vitamin K injection to prevent brain damage or even death. I refused. In this video, I explain exactly why I made that decision as a mother, medically trained doctor, and researcher. We’ll break down the fear-based messaging surrounding vitamin K at birth, the actual data on bleeding risks, what the studies really show (and what they don’t), and why routine injections for all newborns may not be the safe, unquestionable practice parents are led to believe. You’ll learn: • How common vitamin K deficiency bleeding actually is • Why major health organisations present the numbers the way they do • The difference between early, classical, and late VKDB • What the key studies really reveal • Why maternal health and birth practices matter more than you’re told • What every parent should understand before agreeing to this intervention If you are pregnant, researching birth options, or reconsidering what’s truly “routine” in modern maternity care, this video will give you the clarity and confidence you need. ▶️ Watch now and discover the facts behind the vitamin K narrative. Full show notes and references 👉 https://drsambailey.com/resources/videos/vaccines/doctor-why-i-refused-my-babys-vitamin-k-shot/ Leave me a tip! 👉 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/drsambailey Monero 4ADKsKsEx6c8Y8g1dSVd7vUR27JnbER5R2jUTkUuKFddSKVsmnxR9AFedzHhMH4P4vePK3SbVZgMzWik423Nno7fBuH3oo3 The Final Pandemic: https://drsambailey.com/the-final-pandemic/ Virus Mania Paperback: https://drsambailey.com/shop-2/ Terrain Therapy: https://drsambailey.com/terrain-therapy/ Telegram: https://t.me/drsambaileyofficial Substack: https://drsambailey.substack.com

Top Comments (10)

@markGoldfinch1989 2025-12-02

Knowledge is power. Just like ....the injectables...it's all about the money, not the baby.

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@PJ-pj8lr 2025-12-02

The system is STILL using the term "safe & effective, incredible .

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@bringyourdaughtertotheslau5297 2025-12-02

They are not doctors, they are fear mongers.

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@ro2778 2025-12-02

I'm an anaesthetist and we refused the Vit K for both children. The paeds were laying it on thick about brain haemorrhage but simple logic reassured us, that babies have been born and thrived for millennia without supplemental Vit K. I see women getting the same speech regularly, most don't think about it and just accept. I wish more people knew how pointless and potentially harmful this drug is.

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@joannaneale9816 2025-12-02

‘born deficient in vitamin k’. How ridiculous!

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@jeffsaraiva7099 2025-12-02

This protocol calling for EVERY infant to be administered anything is just nuts!!

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@vcbrittney4072 2025-12-02

Geez, makes you wonder how has humanity survived for thousands upon thousands of years before the 60’s and this miraculous ‘life saving injection. How many of the ‘brain bleeds’ were the result of laying the mother flat and traumatically yanking her baby out of her by the head with forceps 🤔. So many questions

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@guapodesperado2822 2025-12-03

A big pharma cash-grab? Wow, color me shocked.

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@peebow1000 2025-12-03

We do live in an idiocracy. The sad thing here is, not even that infant supplements are made routine, but that doctors, nurses and all medical staff argue on behalf of this nonsense. Supposed 10s of 1000s of years of human existance and suddenly we need all these infant injections to save their health. How stark obvious can the situation be??

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@Utubachanel 2025-12-03

And somehow mankind managed to populate this earth without it...

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