haemorrhagic disease of the newborn

So, uh, yeah, those are some, some other things that can cause this bleeding disorder that they're gonna blame on the parents.

So we also have different kinds of this bleeding disorder, and it's called vitamin K, uh, what is it? VKDB.

I can't remember what the D stands for.

Um, and so we have primary or psychological, which means, uh, the newborn simply starts life with very little vitamin K, and this happens, like, immediately after they're born, this bleeding disorder.

Um, it occurs in a healthy infant and no warning, and usually is accompanied by intracranial hemorrhage, which means a blame- brain bleed.

bleed.So yeah, it's...

Well, and to just to kind of recap that, VKDB, what she's speaking of, is the vitamin K deficiency bleeding, um-

Deficiency.

It's entirely different to a vaccine.

And someone that is, um, uh, looking up and doing their re- research online, um, they might come across the acronym VKDB.

Can you just describe what that is?

So that's vitamin K deficiency bleeding, which is just an- a- another name for hemorrhagic disease of the newborn.

... and we'll put it into the Speak Pipe and we'll talk about it.

Yeah.

Um, but the last objection that I had, or it's not even a, a- an objection, it's, it's, um, a, um, a value [laughs] and that is that, you know, avoid C-section, avoid forceps, um, and people, babies that have circumcision have a higher risk of, um, VKDB.

Yes.

Precisely.

If an infant misses that prophylaxis, they risk developing late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, or VKDB, typically between weeks 2 and 12 of life.

And the clinical presentation is devastating, often manifesting as spontaneous, severe intracranial hemorrhage, right? It

is.

Relatively little is transferred through the placenta, and breast milk contains very low levels.

So this just creates, like, a period of vulnerability to vitamin K deficiency bleeding, or it's now, we just say it as VKDB.

So while VKDB is uncommon, it can occur without any obvious injury or warning.

So The newborn vitamin K injection is highly effective at preventing this condition.

So I let my clients know that, and, and I...

And maybe an emergency C-section is needed for fetal distress.

So traumatic births like that increase the risk of VKDB, vitamin K deficiency bleeding.

I don't like that name, but increased risks of bleeding.

So it would seem to me if there's a traumatic birth, maybe that is a situation where you might want to give vitamin K.