Cord Blood Banking

mrskimmieD

Did anyone get their child's cord blood banked?  If so, who did you use and if you don't mind sharing, how much did it cost you?  Do any of the places offer a discount for people having twins?

TIA!

mwilson44

I don't really know, but for some reason it seems like I've heard you cannot do twins.  I might be totally whacked out though.  Sorry...this probably isn't much help.

JBSugar

I just posted about this the other day.  I'm not sure about banking but I know you can't donate.  They don't allow donation because sometimes there is not enough volume and secondly it makes tracking more difficult beause their system is not set up to have 2 babies listed under 1 mother....or something like that.  HTH

togagirl

WE did but only because my mom worked for a banking company and we got a huge discount. I do know that reps for those companies work on commission so if you try to make a deal for twins they will probably knock some of the price off.

meldoo2002

I didn't look into it, but my doctor said you can't donate at our hospital when you're having twins.  She didn't say why.  She did say you could still pay to bank it, but it runs close to $10,000 per baby.  Like I said that's what the doctor said I never checked into it.