Infants, Vitamin K Deficiency

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<li>At birth, babies have very little vitamin K stored in their bodies because only small amounts pass to them through the placenta from their mothers.</li>

<li>The good bacteria that produce vitamin K are not yet present in the newborn’s intestines.</li>

<li>Breast milk contains low amounts of vitamin K, so exclusively breastfed babies don’t get enough vitamin K from the breast milk, alone.</li>

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