@tracy_tysonmd: Baby girls are twice as likely as boys to miss their vitamin K shot at birth. 💗 Hospitals require vitamin K before circumcision, so hesitant parents of sons say yes. Parents of daughters face no such checkpoint. But a girl's bleeding risk is the same, and missing the shot raises the risk of a serious bleed about 81 times. Our daughters deserve protection by default. Expecting? Ask your OB or pediatrician about vitamin K. 🩺 Sources: JAMA Network Open (2026), Truveta, CDC. Not medical advice. #askdrtracy #vitaminK #newbornhealth #VKDB #pregnancy

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pinkrosekisses
pinkrosekisses :
Did not alter my sons body in any way but got it because of the risk of a brain bleed!
2026-11-06 22:05:57
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books.for.breakfast
Jenna Ann :
Not my baby girl 🥰
2026-11-08 03:00:19
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toricw
toricw :
I’ve seen sets of boy/girl twins where the boy gets vitamin K in order to be circed and the girl does not
2026-11-07 09:48:32
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kimmy_2621
Kitten :
Let’s not say missed like it was an accident
2026-11-07 00:18:34
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lisa.the.rn
lisa.the.rn :
I worked ob x2 years. there were a set of boy/girl twins. boy got it and they refused for baby girl for this reason[Innocent]
2026-11-06 20:17:35
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Cassie♥️ :
I feel like these statistics never include parents who ask for the vitK drops or the preservative free option. Because majority of people who refuse the shot do the drops, It’s not a huge percent that just do nothing at all
2026-11-07 01:09:41
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nicole143kasemir
Nicole143 :
I never put those connections together...
2026-11-06 19:58:14
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friscopediatrician
Friscopediatrician :
So important to get this for your newborns
2026-11-06 19:35:00
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eaglemama07
eaglemama :
So at my hospital they didn’t do circumcisions and had me schedule it otherwise myself through his ped if we wanted it. But never once was that clarified that he needed vitamin k before it??? we just opted for yes and found out later?
2026-11-07 00:26:17
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nebraskanative
Shauna Masters :
I said yes for both of my girls
2026-11-06 23:48:30
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lsherwood0316
larry sherwood :
thank you for informed medical information
2026-11-07 14:45:20
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swaddlemoon
SwaddleMoon :
Something's wrong with this whole picture. I refused to mutilate my sons but I still got the vitamin k shot because I don't want to lose my babies to a brain bleed that's preventable. People have their priorities so screwed up...
2026-11-07 21:31:51
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katydid57
Heather Schlessman :
Parents who don’t want a potentially life saving shot, but do want a cosmetic procedure for their newborn. Make it make sense.
2026-11-06 20:22:07
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saturnsglassriings
Saturnsglass :
Why would anyone willingly circumcise their child? What a weird thing to do in Norway it’s like you did what?
2026-11-07 00:16:32
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danabana64
danabana64 :
What the fuck are we doing. Genuinely.
2026-11-07 01:17:11
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