Father Questions Newborn Vitamin K Shot and Discusses Oral Drops

I'm risking death of my child- ... for what? "Oh, well, he could get brain bleeding."

... for what? "Oh, well, he could get brain bleeding."

Well, what's the, what's the chances of that happening?

"Well, I, I, I can't tell you." He came out at 30 weeks old, and it was like the first thing- I wanna- "First thing, we, we wanna do vitamin K." And I'm like, "You know, I don't wanna do the vitamin K." "Well, what's your reasoning why you don't wanna do the vitamin K?" It's not just a vitamin K.

There's a list of ingredients, and there's a black box warning that death could be a side effect of this injection.

So I, I have to make an educated decision if I'm gonna do this.

I, I'm risking death of my child- ... for what? "Oh, well, he could get brain bleeding."

... for what? "Oh, well, he could get brain bleeding."

Well, what's the, what's the chances of that happening?

"Well, I, I, I can't tell you." Well, I can't make a educated decision as a father of my children if you can't tell...

I weigh, I have to weigh risk versus reward.

What is the risk versus the reward of, of, of this injection?

I know the risk is death because that's listed on the label.

And he came back to me the next day, and he said, "I did the research.

The risk is one in 10,000." I said- ... "Well, I'm not gonna risk death for a one in 10,000 chance of, of a random occurrence of a, of a brain bleeding.

It doesn't make sense to me." He's like, "Okay.

Well, you could do the drops if you want.

You could do the drops." I'm like, "Well, why, why wouldn't we do that?

Why would we even take the ri-"