Cord Blood Banking

liongish119

Are a lot of you doing this?  I've been reading the websites, and it seems like a great idea, but I'm still not sure.

twcromer

We've decided not too because of the expense that's the only reason though...

carrie204

Maybe.. I got some handouts from the fleet and family support center and military gets a pretty big discount.  So I'm going to look into it.  I don't know too much about it and need to educate myself more before I make a decision.

Leadiabetic_R_Star7

twcromer:

We've decided not too because of the expense that's the only reason though...

yep, same here.

*Caress*

Leadiabetic_R_Star7:

twcromer:

We've decided not too because of the expense that's the only reason though...

yep, same here.

Same here..... =/

JennR

I thought about this with our first until I found out that you can't do it AND allow the cord to stop pulsing before cutting.

lkaylee721

We are going to donate it...or at least that's the plan...knowing this place our hospital doesn't participate or something like that...

TennisWife815

We decided not to because of the expense and because part of me feels sometimes nature just needs to take its course.?

Sharra711

We plan to donate it, because we can't afford to keep it, and if it helps someone else, cool!

Idhreniel

If it wasn't so expensive, I would have considered it.

stephelias

We are definitely planning to, but then again we don't have to worry about the cost because it's free for military. I think we still would've done it if we had to pay.

Kitten80

I don't know if we can afford it, but if we don't bank it for us, I think we will donate it.  My SIL told me that with her last she actually got a call thanking her - our nephew's cord matched a 33 year old male who was dying of leukemia.  At least it will go to something good if we can't afford to save it "just in case".

RachB

I would love to bank it but we just can't afford the expense. Maybe we'll look into donating.

twcromer

We want to donate since we can't afford it but how do you do that all the information we find is about banking it

 

BadaBing327

twcromer:

We've decided not too because of the expense that's the only reason though...

Ditto.

dgurl26

twcromer:

We've decided not too because of the expense that's the only reason though...

same here

BlondePrincess

No - too expensive

alli&pat

we will also be donating.  we won't bank mainly because of the cost but also because i've done some reading on the effectiveness over time. 

liongish119

twcromer:

We want to donate since we can't afford it but how do you do that all the information we find is about banking it

 

Thank you all for your input! 

To address this comment, from what I can tell they are the same companies- you just choose to donate through them instead of bank.

twcromer

Thanks I'll look into it some more

water-fairy

We've decided not to.

shungerbuhler

We decided to do it.  Although the cost is high, we decided that if you we ever needed it later we would just hate ourselves for not doing it when we had the chance.  We are using Via Cord and it really isn't that expensive.  They seemed to be the best choice as they also have a research part that studies possible uses and treatable diseases with cord stem cells.

 

 

Chrysallys

We aren't. You can't use it on the child it comes from and we are only having this one.

Also we have decided to delay cord cutting so that rules out donation.

cranberry27

Here is the best website I found during my research for donation:

www.givcord.org

They have a hospital lookup and lots of info about donating.

I decided not to do it because of cost and the usefulness of having your own cord blood. ?The American Academy of Pediatrics advises against it and recommends donating, because you can rarely use your own blood. ?A donor is often preferable. ?And cord blood isn't always usable anyway....I read that 70% of donated blood is rejected because it doesn't meet the criteria. ?Would they do that if you're paying for it, or would they just take your money and bank unusable blood??

rebus82

If it wasn't so damn expensive we would. The concept is fantastic, but until they can make it affordable for the average family, or it starts being included in medical insurance, it's simply not feasible.?

kyrastapp

We arent doing it because I dont think its ok for the banking company to be able to do research on something that I am paying for!  I also think that nature can take its course!