Banking babies cord

[Tatyana Fanshteyn]

did anyone bank their babies cord and who did you do it with? I think I want to do it but my husband is not sure so if anyone can please tell me the benifits of it.

[SuperMom]

A lot of people do it with this bank:
http://www.cordbloodbank.com/pricing_an ... plans.html

PROS:

The major advantage of saving cord blood is that it is readily available at the time of saving the life of someone. The stem cells are already stored at the cord blood bank, hence, can be readily available in case the need arises for transplant.

There is no pain or other harm involved in cord blood collection to either the mother or baby. It is a very simple process carried out immediately after delivery.

Cord blood cells have the potential to help in the treatment of more than 50 diseases including leukemia, critical sickle cell anemia, aplastic anemia, and others.

Stem cell cord blood has higher probability of becoming the perfect match for family members and relatives and has no risk of rejection by the recipient’s body.

CONS:

There are no exact estimates to confirm that an average child without any risk factor will utilize her own saved cord blood.

The commercial cord-blood bank demands about $1,500 for cord blood registry, not mentioning the $100 maintenance fee every year.

Besides this, you may have to shell out a few hundred dollars to obtain the cord blood collection kit, for courier charges, and for initial steps of cord blood banking.

Most of the stem cell transplants are done only on kids or adolescents. Moreover, cord blood stem cells are not sufficient for an adult transplant. A large-sized person needs a larger amount of blood forming stem cells for a successful transplant.

There is no concrete evidence that states that stem cells of a relative provide a greater success rate than those drawn from a stranger. Both the donors have equal success rate because the cord blood stem cells are immature, therefore, it doesn’t matter if there is no perfect match for getting an unbeaten bone marrow transplant.

Doctors have little experience in cord blood stem cell transplantation.

Some medical experts are of the view that an ill child receiving her own cord blood stem cells may become prone to get the same disease again. However, there is no medical evidence proving it true.

[alinac]

Unless you have a family history of disease I would donate the stem cells to some one who really needs them.
http://www.marrow.org/HELP/Donate_Cord_ ... index.html

[Tatyana Fanshteyn]

Thanks for the info . It was very informative. I just thought since this is our last child it may be a good idea to bank at least one so that G-d forbid a need arises we will not have to think about finding one. I dont know its a major decision to make will contact a back and see what they tell me.