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Mom-to-be Seeking Advice on Cord Blood Storage
We have our older daughter's cord blood stored through Cord Blood Registry (CBR) and it is .... Seeking Advice from Mamas on Whether to Bank Cord Blood. ...
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- Hi J., I'm expecting in May as well, and the cost of banking cord blood was too high for us right now, but I just read about another option. You can donate the cord ...
- We were deterred by the financial costs. With our first child, we donated the cord blood, figuring that if it was used for research our child would benefit in that hi...
- Which company are you going through? We have our older daughter's cord blood stored through Cord Blood Registry (CBR) and it is definitely NOT $600/year to store. It...
Baby Blood Cord Banks
Sep 5, 2009 ... For more info please contact a local blood banklike LifeSource or Heartland Blood Centers for info on how to donate cord blood ...
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- C., I would encourage banking it. I never woudl have thought that my daughter woudl be dignosed with leukemia at the age of 28 months old. This was 12 years ago. Cord...
- Donate the Cord Blood. If more people donated, we wouldn't need to store our own. It's free and you feel good about it. Also, you don't even know it's going on when...
- Keep in mind, some Drs get "kickbacks" so they'll push just about anything... that's my thought. It is extremely expensive. My Dr basically said it's very very expen...
Banking Cord Blood
My husband and I are undecided as to whether or not we should bank our baby's cord blood. Does anyone have any opinions on the subject...good or bad? ...
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- A friend of ours lost their first,a 9 month old son on Dec 7,2006 from a genetic disease they didn't know either parent carried. Had they known at the time, cord blood...
- I am very glad we decided to store our babies blood. It is a tough decicion but with the technlogy we are seeing in 2007, imagine what scientists will know in 2020! An...
- Just a request... If you decide not to store the cord blood for yourselves, PLEASE DONATE IT!!! This procedure is totally free of cost (although your own doctor mi...
Can Blood Pressure Medications Cause Fainting/collapse
She fainted once at the bank. And before fainting she said she felt very tired. ... Yes blood pressure meds can cause the blood pressure to dip to low ...
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- I was on a medication that also worked for Blood Pressure. I did notice it made me more apt for 'dizzy spells' (if I rose too quickly.) However, there could be mor...
- Yes it can, and I believe it says so in the patient leaflet. I was on it for migraines, but my blood pressure is perfect and it lowered mine too much, so I quit takin...
- I know you got a lot of answers and I didn't read them all, but I just read something that said the fainting and exhaustion is caused by the diuretic she probably take...
Cord Blood Banking for Stem Cells - Anyone Done It?
I didn't bank the cord blood from my son's pregnancy but I donated it to the blood bank. If you choose not to bqnk it, donating it might be a option to ...
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- Hi N., I did it with my son and my brother did it with his daughter (we made sure we picked different places). I would do it. Can't hurt and it doesn't cost much. ...
- Hi N., I think it is a great idea. My husband & I did it with our youngest son.When we had our firstborn I wasn't aware of it yet. There will be an annual cost (storag...
- My daughter will be 14 this year and I don't believe this was even an option back then because I know my answer then would have been the same as my answer now... DO IT...
Thoughts About Cord Blood Banking
We ended up choosing the Bergen County NJ Elie Katz cord blood bank which is only available to residents within 50 miles of there, unless you go through a ...
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- Hi L., As a single mom of a 2 yr old boy. I too had a hard time deciding to bank my sons cord blood due to the cost. What I did was imagine the thousands of dolla...
- Greetings, I had twins (2 baby girls) in October and my husband and I banked their cord blood. Well ... sorta. My girls were full term, the midwives did the collect...
- I have always wanted to do Cord banking, but just couldn't afford it. (and have always felt guilty afterward--what if something happens??) But I was just recently a...
Donating Milk
Oct 7, 2009 ... To get started, they sent me a blood test kit that I just brought to my dr office to have the nurse draw my blood. The milk bank pays all shipping costs too ...
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- A.: search on line for the human milk bank association of america... there are a number of hospitals ( none in chicago - sorry) that have banks and would be happy...
- You'll want to look for a Mothers Milk Bank. When I donated milk almost 9 years ago, the closest one was in Denver. They were very very nice and as far as I remember...
- I donated to The Indiana Mother's Milk Bank (speak with either Donna Miracle or Dane). The phone number is ###-###-#### and the website is www.immilkbank.org. You ne...
Stem Cell Banking
Many blood banks are doing this now. It's a simple process to pick up the kit and bring it with you to the hospital. The hospital called the blood bank and ...
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- Hi. I have 5 girls and with my last one (Aug 2007) I decided to bank her stem cells, mainly because breast cancer and skin cancer run in my husband's family. My OB/G...
- Hi D., Congratulations and best wishes for a quick and painless delivery! We donated my daughter's cord blood. Many blood banks are doing this now. It's a s...
- Hi- We used LifeBank USA to bank our daughters cord. We were very happy with them. The customer service was wonderful and the pick up was so easy. My husband just c...
Cord Blood Banking
First of all, I would check with the hospital and my ob-gyn to see if they can accommodate my desire to bank cord blood. Then weigh the cost of long-term ...
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- We considered banking our baby's cord blood, but ultimately decided to donate it so another baby could benefit from it NOW. Chances are extremely high that my baby wo...
- I just want to say that the cost is no where near what it is going to cost you to pay for a year of school. Also, yes, you need to clear it with your doc but as far a...
- First of all, I would check with the hospital and my ob-gyn to see if they can accommodate my desire to bank cord blood. Then weigh the cost of long-term storage of t...
Toddler (21/2) W/reoccuring Bloody Nose
I woke up around 4am and saw a large blood spot..." ... I remember one day about 6 years back we were standing in the bank and out of nowhere his nose just ...
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- Don't worry. My son, also 2, always gets bloody noses here and there. It's completely normal for small children to get them. They're just more sensitive to dry heat/ai...
- It could be caused by alot of different things. I guess your doctor is waiting to see if it is the heat causing it. If it is your heat, a humidifier would stop it. ...
- Hi K., I have a nephew who has very bad bloody noses. His parents were told to put vaselene on the inside of his nose too, to keep it from getting too dry. My nephew...
