Cord Blood Banking
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Anyone Bank Their Cord Blood
Asked by S.L. from Chicago
on April 4, 2008
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Hi I'm 7m pregnant with my second child and I did not bank or donate my cord blood with my first child, however I'm thinking of doing it this time around. Has anyone d...
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- Hi S., I am 36 weeks pregnant with my 2nd one also, I am not banking but donating my cord blood, however it took me 5 weeks to figure out where I could donate since t...
- I banked both my kid's cord blood with CBR. Once you bank it, it costs you about 100/year to store. I realize there is a very small chance that we'll need it, but if ...
- Ditto to what Karen said. We are also going to donate it instead of bank it for ourselves. The info is sparse and not quite certain with banking. We'd rather make i...
Cord Blood
Asked by L.P. from New York
on October 22, 2008
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With my first son, we banked his cord blood privately (CBR). We have another on the way. My husband is undecided if he wants to bank for the second as well. It is c...
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- hi L., of course its a personal decision, but IF you can afford it, i dont see why you wouldnt do it. just my opinion, of course....probably and hopefully you will nev...
- I did not bank either of my daughter's cord blood. I feel that if you have cancer or other diseases in the family then it is to your advantage. Otherwise, I feel it'...
- I am surprised at the people who don't see the value of this including the medical community. I have known so many children who have died at young ages from cancer and...
Cord Blood
Asked by K.M. from Kansas City
on November 18, 2009
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Any info/advice on saving the cord blood after deliver would be helpful! Have you done it? Would you recommend it? Thanks!
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- Hi. I have a son who is almost 5 month, my first child. I was all for saving the cord blood and i did. If you don't pay to save it than donate it. If not than all ...
- I donated the blood from my second child and then with my third, my OB just came out and told me that's it's pretty useless. There's no need for it, she said. As far a...
- As a survivor of Leukemia and a bone marrow (stem cell) transplant I would highly suggest you donate to the national cord blood registry. The chances of your child act...
Cord Blood
Asked by N.S. from Houston
on March 27, 2008
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i like to know about cord blood ,its cure neurological problem in children or not
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- Cord Blood is saved to preserve stem cells. These cells can be reproduced and have been found VERY helpful in curing diseases in children like luekemia. Because the ...
- Are you pregnant and deciding whether or not to store? Wasn't too sure in your question. If you are, here goes. Cord blood storage has been going on for a few years...
- I don't think it helps neurological issues (I have four children with autism, I would have been saving their chords if I thought it might help!)
Banking of Cord Blood (Worthwhile to Also Bank Cord Tissue?)
Asked by S.R. from San Francisco
on October 4, 2010
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I'm wondering -- for those of you who banked with CBR (or elsewhere), did you bank both cord blood and cord tissue, or just the former? Thank you.
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- Knowing what we know now, we would not think twice and bank the cord blood. No one knows what science will bring us in 10 years. My son was born with a very rare gen...
- we only did cord blood, i dont remember anything about tissue so i cant say. i guess it wasnt really being done yet. but i would have to agree with the other mom who s...
- What's the benefit of cord tissue? I've never even heard of doing that. I only did the cord blood.
Cord Blood
Asked by D.B. from New York
on September 30, 2006
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Is anyone really purchasing the Cord Blood for stem cells? I feel like I am a bad parent if I do not do this? Does anyone have it or not have it?
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- When I was pregnant, I asked my Dr. about it. He told me that he would not recommend it unless there was a history of a disease or medical problems in my family. He ...
- It can be very expensive. However if you feel the need to do something there are places that take donated stem cells for the same reason and you don't have to pay for...
- I have had two children and the oldest with brain cancer we have donated the cord blood to banks but if would have helped my oldest son I would have kept it. So I am a...
Cord Blood
Asked by K.L. from Washington DC
on December 9, 2010
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Has any one done any research , or had any experience with cord blood banking? We are trying to decide if we should do it. This is our second baby, and we hope for a ...
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- Please, please, please do NOT bank the cord blood. That blood and all of the rich stem cells belong to your baby. You should delay clamping and cutting the cord until ...
- When we looked into it, it was quite expensive. Seems like a great idea, but the health infrastructure hasn't caught up with it yet. Good luck!
- We donated our son's cord blood for research. We couldn't afford to bank it but didn't want to "waste" it either. I can't remember the name of the company but they sen...
Cord Blood
Asked by B.L. from Missoula
on July 12, 2010
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Has anyone stored their child's cord blood, but not their second child's? I have to make a quick decision weather or not to get it . I'm due in 2 weeks and my husband ...
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- Please do not add to your debt. Banking cord blood has a great market compaign imploring that it will save your child's life. Perhaps but the volume that is harveste...
- We stored my Daughters cord blood because we had the money at the time and I have 3 kids and only stored 1. The chances you need it are slim, but if you do a sibling w...
- I stored all three of my kids' blood. I felt like if I did it for one, I have to do it for all three. Now with all the scientific advances happening before our eyes,...
Seeking Advice from Mamas on Whether to Bank Cord Blood.
Asked by C.G. from Austin
on May 20, 2009
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I am debating on whether to bank my baby's cord blood. I am curious on how many other mamas decided for or against it. Thanks for any input you can provide:)
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- We chose not to. The cost to do it, plus the annual on-going cost to maintain it, was not economically logical for us. It made more sense to funnel that money toward...
- When we had our first child we decided against saving it due to the cost. If you can afford it why not?
- I banked our daughters cord blood. I do not agree with the health risk to the child in previous posts. We decided to use Lifebank. In your search to decide to bank ...
Cord Blood Question
Asked by J.B. from Philadelphia
on November 16, 2010
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for those of you who have banked cord blood after delivery, did you bank at 2 separate banks just in case there was a problem with one?
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- We donated to the National Cord Blood Registry as well. Cord blood should be like regular blood that you get from a free bank and is available to all. If all parents...
- Actually we donated to the National Cord Blood Registry with our 2nd child. That's the big one where you don't pay for storage. Our feelings were that we stored the fi...
- I looked into banking cord blood, but I couldn't afford it at the time for one let alone two. And my second child... The cord snapped off the placenta (it was gros...
