Cord Blood Banking Clicky Poll (Updated)

dani_girl08 · June 2010

I'm wondering what everyone else decided on this...[Poll]

modom3278 · June 2010

I've been wondering this too! I am very tempted to do it, but it is very pricey, so I am not sure what we will do.

ladybugg82 · June 2010

We thought long and hard about doing it and really wanted to, but ultimately we couldn't afford it since we were in the process of buying a house.

AprilJT · June 2010

I didn't do it because its just to expensive. I was looking into donating it though.

dexspsandqs · June 2010

I poured over the research and our medical histories and decided to instead donate.

So, option C.

trevess · June 2010

ladybugg82:

We thought long and hard about doing it and really wanted to, but ultimately we couldn't afford it

THIS exactly. We also were torn because of the benefits of delayed cord clamping- so we opted to delay instead since we couldn't afford to bank.

Ashleysred · June 2010

You should check with where you are delivering also. Some hospitals don't allow donations after a certain point in pregnancy because of the process involved. Also, I was surprised to find out that delayed cord clamping was common practice where I delivered. I didn't have to include it in my birth plan.

Eleise96 · June 2010

We didn't bank the cord blood, mainly because of the high cost. We looked in to donating, but our hospital wouldn't take it because we are not a minority group. Apparently they have enough caucasian cord blood right now!

MissMex · June 2010

Ashleysred:
You should check with where you are delivering also. Some hospitals don't allow donations after a certain point in pregnancy because of the process involved. Also, I was surprised to find out that delayed cord clamping was common practice where I delivered. I didn't have to include it in my birth plan.

This. Same for us.

dani_girl08 · June 2010

trevess:

We also were torn because of the benefits of delayed cord clamping- so we opted to delay instead since we couldn't afford to bank.

This is what we are leaning toward as well.

eamaines · June 2010

OTHER!!!

We donated ours as in my research I found it very unlikely that we would need her actual cord blood for her. Plus, it is too_damn pricey, IMPO.

BlondeBeachBride08 · June 2010

Can we add an option for donating cord blood to a public bank? That's what we're doing.

We didn't see private banking to be a justifiable expense but still wanted the blood saved in case it could be useful to a family somewhere down the road. Also, if we were to need it in the future, we would get the closest match and if our blood is still available, we'd get it.

It's free so it's a win-win for us.

sillybiochemist · June 2010

We're doing the public cord banking in part because of my background in science. I work with some of the same types of preservation methods that they use for cord blood & stem cells and know that sometimes if conditions aren't perfect the cells won't survive after 8-10 years when they are thawed again. My hope was that either a person would be able to use the cord blood & cells or that it could be donated to scientific research. If it gets used, I'll be thrilled. Plus for as many "good" stories you hear, there are plenty of stories where the kid's own stem cells can't be used for treatment because they may contain the same genetic mutation that the child has which caused the disease.

The money was a big issue don't get me wrong, but the science swayed me more. I'm also on the bone marrow donation list (obviously suspended b/c of the pregnancy) and they routinely take stem cells from people for transplants in the city that I live in. So that made me dig a bit harder to find a way to donate to the public bank.

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