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Anyone planning on not giving their newborn the vitamin k shot or the eye drops?
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5110781 tn?1378361950
And the eye drops are used to treat bbys that the mothers have ghoneria(sp?) Or clamydia so the bbys eyes dont get infected...they give to all bbys anyways even wen not needed....
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5110781 tn?1378361950
Vitamin k shot is supposably used to clot blood jus in case(1 out of 100,000) have a vitamin k deficiency nd to much blood go to their head...(instead of shot u jus eat alot of vitamin k enrixhed foods at end of preg.)
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5110781 tn?1378361950
Yes ....you sign a form saying you dont
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4456535 tn?1355894638
Ehat r those for?
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You have the option to say you don't want them??
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