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This makes our blood clot properly. On rare occasions, a newborn doesn’t have enough and may bleed dangerously (known as ‘vitamin K deficiency bleeding’). Most newborns now are given vitamin K by injection when they are first born, but you can give it orally in two doses when she’s a few days old. Some studies in the 1990s raised worries about a link between injected vitamin K and childhood cancer, but the current scientific consensus is that there is no evidence to support these worries and that injected vitamin K is safe. Ideally this is something you should think about before the birth–talk to your midwife.