The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all newborns in the United States receive a vitamin K injection for all of the following reasons except:

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Vitamin K injections are recommended to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding, which can occur because newborns have a natural deficiency of vitamin K (they don't have the bacteria that produce it in their intestines yet), and because human milk contains low levels of vitamin K. The statement that vitamin K is lost as a result of bleeding during birth is not a reason for the recommendation, as the primary concern is the prevention of bleeding due to vitamin K deficiency, not the replacement of vitamin K lost during birth.

The American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends That All Newborns in the United