Thank you very much for this excellent essay and for opening such a necessary debate regarding medical procedures during a newborn's first 48 hours of life.
I would like to particularly highlight the importance of the mother receiving complete, understandable, and evidence-based information regarding any intervention that could pose risks to her or her baby. Providing information is not the same as imposing it; no mother should feel coerced, pressured, or deprived of her ability to make free decisions—fully aware of the benefits, risks, and alternatives associated with each procedure.
However, true prevention begins long before birth. Maternal health care during pregnancy—through a nutritious and balanced diet, a healthy environment, and the avoidance of tobacco, alcohol, and other toxic exposures that could potentially harm neurological development—is fundamental to providing a child with the best possible conditions for cognitive and immunological development.
After birth, breastfeeding—whenever possible and desired—serves as another essential pillar. Proper nutrition, high-quality breast milk, and, above all, skin-to-skin contact, emotional bonding, and the love a mother conveys to her baby all contribute to the child’s well-being and development. A child’s health begins during pregnancy, is strengthened through maternal care, and is further built upon through love, nourishment, and respect from the very first day of life.
We must reject unnecessary interventions and unjustified exposure to potentially harmful substances—such as the hepatitis B vaccine—and instead embrace prevention, transparent information, informed consent, and the loving care of both mother and baby. Protecting childhood should always be our priority.
Even the head of the FDA has stated that there is no solid evidence to support the administration of the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
We need to reclaim a form of medicine that supports, informs, and protects—one that respects natural physiology and family autonomy, and intervenes only when truly necessary.
The first hour, mom's and newborns. Gotta say as an aged man, with no kids, who has an intense distrust of the medical system and an even more intense hatred of the vaccine BS.......this is mind-blowing. Thanks. I will now press into the hands of all prospective younger folk having babies.
My grandparents and a lot of my great aunts and uncles were born in their home. My Dad was actually born on the kitchen table in his home. They all lived long lives and some were still working on their farms and ranches well into their seventies.
For the sake of future generations of Americans, on mass huge numbers of people need to recognise that the perverse Eugenics operations that are US Hospitals need to be competely boycotted when it come to child.
There needs be a wholesome charity created that enlists mid wives and doctors of good character in an organisation that offer a safe place to give birth for the benefit of the next generation.
The US Hospital and heath care system is a murderous honey pot for criminals and Eugenicists. All Anglo-Saxon countries have hospital systems that are brutish thugs compared to anywhere else in the world, but the USA is the next step towards torture centres that for the most part do more harm than good.
Your suggestion mirrors why Jennifer Margulis (co-author of the "Vaccine Friendly Plan" with Paul Thomas MD-pediatrics) had her 2nd thru 4th child at home. The first-child birth in a hospital was a nitemare for her, due to the scheduled harassments of newborns and their mothers. The harassments became hostile after her right to refuse was confronted.
Dr. Thomas was banned from the practice of pediatrics in a northwest US state for his informed views on the newborn vaccines. He no longer has a clinic or youtube channel.
Unbekoming, thanks for this very important essay. It is very necessary for all expectant and other parents to know the dangers that await those who go to a hospital to birth their children. In 1979, I wrote a 300 page manuscript urging women to get healthy, which would lead to a shorter and easier labor.. Then, they could arrange to have their children at home. I went through the hospital experience three times with 26 hour labors, because I knew nothing about nutrition. I changed my diet and started to eat natural unprocessed food for three years, before my fourth child was born at 42...and I never expected, such an easy birth. I wrote about it in my manuscript How to Raise an Organic Baby...based on 22 years of a Mother's Experience in raising 4 Children. A NYC publisher wanted to publish it, but the AMA would not approve, because I did not have a doctorate. I doubt it was the only reason, because I put down pediatricians with their poor nutrition information, vaccines, tranquilizers, etc. Your information on what else parents face with the toxic injections given to babies on their first day of life...should make parents want to avoid going to hospitals. Parents should know... More American infants die on their first day of life in hospitals than babies born in Third World Countries. Our Creator made humans with five layers of skin to protect the bloodstream from being contaminated.
A newborn’s skin is meant for receiving affection, not for exposure to toxins—such as those found in the hepatitis B vaccine. Skin-to-skin contact from the very first moments of life is more than just a gesture of affection; it is a biological necessity with well-documented benefits for thermoregulation, glucose stability, the newborn’s overall adaptation, and the establishment of breastfeeding. It also fosters bonding and hormonal regulation between mother and child.
Separating a baby from their mother for administrative reasons—or under the pretext that the mother needs to rest—can deprive both of them of irreplaceable moments. Maternal rest should be supported through assistance and companionship, not necessarily by separating the mother from her child.
Naturally, when a medical indication requires neonatal observation or treatment, the baby’s safety must take precedence. However, routine separation should not become an automatic practice.
A mother deserves to be informed, heard, and respected. Childbirth should not mark the beginning of a medical approach that makes decisions for the family, but rather one that supports the family. We must restore respect for human physiology, the mother-infant bond, and the profound importance of the first days of life.
Hepatitis B vaccines carry significant risks with few benefits:
The CDC states that “almost all children and older adults” infected with the acute hepatitis B virus recover completely without “permanent liver damage.” So, what led the CDC’s advisors to recommend that every infant receive this vaccine on the day of their birth—especially given the limited clinical trial data and the lack of safety monitoring? Furthermore, according to a records search published on Substack by attorney Aaron Siri—who initiated the request—the CDC possesses no evidence that hepatitis B has ever been transmitted within a school setting. Furthermore, according to a records search published on Substack by attorney Aaron Siri—who initiated the request—the CDC has no evidence that hepatitis B has ever been transmitted in a school setting. According to information from the Recombivax HB package insert, 434 doses of the vaccine were administered during clinical trials to 147 healthy infants and children up to 10 years of age, who were monitored for five days following each dose. During those five days, 10% of the infants experienced systemic reactions, including irritability, fever (an oral equivalent of ≥101°F), diarrhea, fatigue/weakness, decreased appetite, and rhinitis.
maybe I missed it but was a discussion of vitamin K drops two drops at birth and then I think one drop a week for a while I think they use this quite widely in Europe instead of the vitamin K injection
It is true that in several European countries, oral vitamin K is used as an alternative to an intramuscular injection at birth. While the oral route can be an option in certain circumstances—requiring repeated doses and good adherence—it may offer less protection against some forms of late-onset hemorrhage, particularly if there are issues with intestinal absorption.
In fact, the ESPGHAN (European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition) outlines two oral regimens:
2 mg at birth, 2 mg between days 4 and 6, and another 2 mg between weeks 4 and 6.
2 mg at birth, followed by 1 mg weekly for three months.
Therefore, while oral drops are a recognized alternative, they should not be administered in an ad-hoc or improvised manner; it is essential to use an appropriate formulation and follow the established pediatric protocol.
It is crucial that parents receive comprehensive information, are aware of the available alternatives, and are able to participate in the decision-making process through a truly informed consent.
References
ESPGHAN: Recommendations on vitamin K in newborns.
Well, even though I unfortunately had my 4th baby in a hospital, even after a 44-hr labour, the ONLY things they got to do to him was weigh/measure him later on, put a little hat on him later on, check his pulse later on - and he got a hearing test on Day 2. NOTHING ELSE. He was held by me and breastfed straight after birth. He was hungry! I did the physical examination at home myself (they really wanted a Dr to do that. I refused). Of course he was fine! No vaccines. No Vit K. No heel prick test. No specific wiping off of the vernix. It came off as it came off. Bath didn't happen until he was about a week old. No early cord clamping (all my kids had their cords cut AGES later, like 30-90 minutes after delivery!). And yet again, we used an EldonCard to check the blood type - using his cord blood! I even took him out of the crib and brought him into the hospital bed with me and he co-slept - and the staff found that odd! What rocks do they hide under?!
I had already written all the things I DID NOT want happening beforehand, but of course they gave me the Vit K spiel anyway, among others. Hospitals don't care what YOU want. They just roll out their money-earning Protocols.
It helps if you're a straight shooter and say exactly what you do or do not want when you're in hospital. It won't matter what you write down. They like to get around your preferences. However, it's not a bad option to write your preferences down beforehand because then at least they know your stance. But you just have to stick to your guns. Tell them no means no, preferably nicely, and don't give in to ANY of their madness.
Had my other 3 kids at home. Best idea! Would've been terrible in hospital!
Thank you very much for this excellent essay and for opening such a necessary debate regarding medical procedures during a newborn's first 48 hours of life.
I would like to particularly highlight the importance of the mother receiving complete, understandable, and evidence-based information regarding any intervention that could pose risks to her or her baby. Providing information is not the same as imposing it; no mother should feel coerced, pressured, or deprived of her ability to make free decisions—fully aware of the benefits, risks, and alternatives associated with each procedure.
However, true prevention begins long before birth. Maternal health care during pregnancy—through a nutritious and balanced diet, a healthy environment, and the avoidance of tobacco, alcohol, and other toxic exposures that could potentially harm neurological development—is fundamental to providing a child with the best possible conditions for cognitive and immunological development.
After birth, breastfeeding—whenever possible and desired—serves as another essential pillar. Proper nutrition, high-quality breast milk, and, above all, skin-to-skin contact, emotional bonding, and the love a mother conveys to her baby all contribute to the child’s well-being and development. A child’s health begins during pregnancy, is strengthened through maternal care, and is further built upon through love, nourishment, and respect from the very first day of life.
We must reject unnecessary interventions and unjustified exposure to potentially harmful substances—such as the hepatitis B vaccine—and instead embrace prevention, transparent information, informed consent, and the loving care of both mother and baby. Protecting childhood should always be our priority.
Even the head of the FDA has stated that there is no solid evidence to support the administration of the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/gnw-fda-chief-no-solid-evidence-supporting-hepatitis-b-vaccine-at-birth/
We need to reclaim a form of medicine that supports, informs, and protects—one that respects natural physiology and family autonomy, and intervenes only when truly necessary.
The first hour, mom's and newborns. Gotta say as an aged man, with no kids, who has an intense distrust of the medical system and an even more intense hatred of the vaccine BS.......this is mind-blowing. Thanks. I will now press into the hands of all prospective younger folk having babies.
My grandparents and a lot of my great aunts and uncles were born in their home. My Dad was actually born on the kitchen table in his home. They all lived long lives and some were still working on their farms and ranches well into their seventies.
The all natural way seems to be the best way.
It is for all of the animals ???
Brutal, moral of the story, have your baby at home if you can. Learn to say no otherwise
For the sake of future generations of Americans, on mass huge numbers of people need to recognise that the perverse Eugenics operations that are US Hospitals need to be competely boycotted when it come to child.
There needs be a wholesome charity created that enlists mid wives and doctors of good character in an organisation that offer a safe place to give birth for the benefit of the next generation.
The US Hospital and heath care system is a murderous honey pot for criminals and Eugenicists. All Anglo-Saxon countries have hospital systems that are brutish thugs compared to anywhere else in the world, but the USA is the next step towards torture centres that for the most part do more harm than good.
Your suggestion mirrors why Jennifer Margulis (co-author of the "Vaccine Friendly Plan" with Paul Thomas MD-pediatrics) had her 2nd thru 4th child at home. The first-child birth in a hospital was a nitemare for her, due to the scheduled harassments of newborns and their mothers. The harassments became hostile after her right to refuse was confronted.
Dr. Thomas was banned from the practice of pediatrics in a northwest US state for his informed views on the newborn vaccines. He no longer has a clinic or youtube channel.
What a horror show the modern stone age medical mafia is.
Unbekoming, thanks for this very important essay. It is very necessary for all expectant and other parents to know the dangers that await those who go to a hospital to birth their children. In 1979, I wrote a 300 page manuscript urging women to get healthy, which would lead to a shorter and easier labor.. Then, they could arrange to have their children at home. I went through the hospital experience three times with 26 hour labors, because I knew nothing about nutrition. I changed my diet and started to eat natural unprocessed food for three years, before my fourth child was born at 42...and I never expected, such an easy birth. I wrote about it in my manuscript How to Raise an Organic Baby...based on 22 years of a Mother's Experience in raising 4 Children. A NYC publisher wanted to publish it, but the AMA would not approve, because I did not have a doctorate. I doubt it was the only reason, because I put down pediatricians with their poor nutrition information, vaccines, tranquilizers, etc. Your information on what else parents face with the toxic injections given to babies on their first day of life...should make parents want to avoid going to hospitals. Parents should know... More American infants die on their first day of life in hospitals than babies born in Third World Countries. Our Creator made humans with five layers of skin to protect the bloodstream from being contaminated.
A newborn’s skin is meant for receiving affection, not for exposure to toxins—such as those found in the hepatitis B vaccine. Skin-to-skin contact from the very first moments of life is more than just a gesture of affection; it is a biological necessity with well-documented benefits for thermoregulation, glucose stability, the newborn’s overall adaptation, and the establishment of breastfeeding. It also fosters bonding and hormonal regulation between mother and child.
Separating a baby from their mother for administrative reasons—or under the pretext that the mother needs to rest—can deprive both of them of irreplaceable moments. Maternal rest should be supported through assistance and companionship, not necessarily by separating the mother from her child.
Naturally, when a medical indication requires neonatal observation or treatment, the baby’s safety must take precedence. However, routine separation should not become an automatic practice.
A mother deserves to be informed, heard, and respected. Childbirth should not mark the beginning of a medical approach that makes decisions for the family, but rather one that supports the family. We must restore respect for human physiology, the mother-infant bond, and the profound importance of the first days of life.
Hepatitis B vaccines carry significant risks with few benefits:
The CDC states that “almost all children and older adults” infected with the acute hepatitis B virus recover completely without “permanent liver damage.” So, what led the CDC’s advisors to recommend that every infant receive this vaccine on the day of their birth—especially given the limited clinical trial data and the lack of safety monitoring? Furthermore, according to a records search published on Substack by attorney Aaron Siri—who initiated the request—the CDC possesses no evidence that hepatitis B has ever been transmitted within a school setting. Furthermore, according to a records search published on Substack by attorney Aaron Siri—who initiated the request—the CDC has no evidence that hepatitis B has ever been transmitted in a school setting. According to information from the Recombivax HB package insert, 434 doses of the vaccine were administered during clinical trials to 147 healthy infants and children up to 10 years of age, who were monitored for five days following each dose. During those five days, 10% of the infants experienced systemic reactions, including irritability, fever (an oral equivalent of ≥101°F), diarrhea, fatigue/weakness, decreased appetite, and rhinitis.
Among a much larger group of 1,252 healthy adults, the reactions were highly varied and, at times, serious. These included issues at the injection site, fever, upper respiratory tract infections, flu, body aches, insomnia, and hypotension. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/hep-b-vaccines-high-risk-little-benefit-cdc-recommends-every-newborn/ (2025)
Many thanks, more summation of the horrors inflicted as medical care. I was born at home thankfully.
Tell it to a sixty year old: The medical establishment will abuse you from the day you are born if it gets its ugly mitts on you.
https://baldmichael.substack.com/p/the-medical-establishment-some-thoughts?utm_source=publication-search
maybe I missed it but was a discussion of vitamin K drops two drops at birth and then I think one drop a week for a while I think they use this quite widely in Europe instead of the vitamin K injection
It is true that in several European countries, oral vitamin K is used as an alternative to an intramuscular injection at birth. While the oral route can be an option in certain circumstances—requiring repeated doses and good adherence—it may offer less protection against some forms of late-onset hemorrhage, particularly if there are issues with intestinal absorption.
In fact, the ESPGHAN (European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition) outlines two oral regimens:
2 mg at birth, 2 mg between days 4 and 6, and another 2 mg between weeks 4 and 6.
2 mg at birth, followed by 1 mg weekly for three months.
Therefore, while oral drops are a recognized alternative, they should not be administered in an ad-hoc or improvised manner; it is essential to use an appropriate formulation and follow the established pediatric protocol.
It is crucial that parents receive comprehensive information, are aware of the available alternatives, and are able to participate in the decision-making process through a truly informed consent.
References
ESPGHAN: Recommendations on vitamin K in newborns.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27050049/
Excellent! Sharing now!
You know when someone utters the old aphorism...
"I wish I'd never been born..."
I'm sure it was never intended to apply to parturition...
Well, even though I unfortunately had my 4th baby in a hospital, even after a 44-hr labour, the ONLY things they got to do to him was weigh/measure him later on, put a little hat on him later on, check his pulse later on - and he got a hearing test on Day 2. NOTHING ELSE. He was held by me and breastfed straight after birth. He was hungry! I did the physical examination at home myself (they really wanted a Dr to do that. I refused). Of course he was fine! No vaccines. No Vit K. No heel prick test. No specific wiping off of the vernix. It came off as it came off. Bath didn't happen until he was about a week old. No early cord clamping (all my kids had their cords cut AGES later, like 30-90 minutes after delivery!). And yet again, we used an EldonCard to check the blood type - using his cord blood! I even took him out of the crib and brought him into the hospital bed with me and he co-slept - and the staff found that odd! What rocks do they hide under?!
I had already written all the things I DID NOT want happening beforehand, but of course they gave me the Vit K spiel anyway, among others. Hospitals don't care what YOU want. They just roll out their money-earning Protocols.
It helps if you're a straight shooter and say exactly what you do or do not want when you're in hospital. It won't matter what you write down. They like to get around your preferences. However, it's not a bad option to write your preferences down beforehand because then at least they know your stance. But you just have to stick to your guns. Tell them no means no, preferably nicely, and don't give in to ANY of their madness.
Had my other 3 kids at home. Best idea! Would've been terrible in hospital!
I thoroughly regret letting medical staff circumcise my two sons. I did it because that's what the husband had.
It was a big mistake letting anyone cut on my babies for no good reason.
The oldest son had a bleeding problem during the procedure - doctor's had a hard time stopping the bleeding.
That abuse and trauma is still somewhere in their memories today.
In the Old Testament of The Bible GOD told Noah to circumcise males on the EIGHT day after birth. NOT the same day.
God, I hate this! 😢
I have a friend who had one of her babies at home. It was a water birth in her bathtub. I so envied her for that and wished I had done the same.
She spoke about it as a positive experience with little pain, of course with midwives and husband present.