@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
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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Jenna Ann :
Not my baby girl 🥰
2026-11-08 03:00:19
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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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Kitten :
Let’s not say missed like it was an accident
2026-11-07 00:18:34
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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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Nicole143 :
I never put those connections together...
2026-11-06 19:58:14
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Friscopediatrician :
So important to get this for your newborns
2026-11-06 19:35:00
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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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Shauna Masters :
I said yes for both of my girls
2026-11-06 23:48:30
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larry sherwood :
thank you for informed medical information
2026-11-07 14:45:20
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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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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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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 :
What the fuck are we doing. Genuinely.
2026-11-07 01:17:11
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