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Vitamin K
Please read the disclaimer. Two Things There are two parts to this, but they fit together. First, babies are born Vitamin K deficient. Second, Vitamin K is essential for blood to clot. Lets look at each separately, then put them together to see why it is recommended that all babies are given Vitamin K after […]
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Erythromycin aka Eye Goop
Please read the disclaimer. Many, many first pictures of newborns show them with a clear, Vaseline looking kind of ointment in their eyes. This “eye goop” is an antibiotic called Erythromycin. It protects the baby from different kinds of eye infections and from blindness in case the mother has Chlamydia and/or Gonorrhea and doesn’t know. […]
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Group B Strep
Please read the disclaimer. Group B Strep (or GBS) is a bacteria that lives in our large intestines. We all have it. It is part of our normal gut flora. Sometimes, this bacteria travels from the anus to the vagina. When it does, there are no symptoms. No odor. It may come and go, and […]