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Cord Blood Banking

LoveLikeNoOtherLoveLikeNoOther member
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Has anybody elected to do this or thinking about it?  I checked in with ViaCord....assumed it would be expensive, but still received sticker shock when I saw the total! 

 Anybody have any opinions on this?  Or recommendations on other companies?

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Re: Cord Blood Banking

  • Payne2B2008Payne2B2008 member
    We had thought about it. But could not justify the cost, we did ask that our cord blood be put in a public bank. DH mom as MS & Cord Blood has been shown to help with them but there is a very slim chance that it is passed from Male to male but when we have a girl we might do it then because there will be better results out & MS hits more females then it dose males. Also there is still a lot of mixed reviews about if banking it could really help.  

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  • Muellenberg012409Muellenberg012409
    My husband and I really thought about doing it as well..  but decided against it.  He says its basically a scam.  It's a good business... Trying to make parents feel somewhat guilty if they don't do it..   :-(     The amount of diseases that it cures are very small and the chances of them getting them are so slim.  We decided not to do it, and decided that a better alternative would be to donate the cord so they can do stem cell research on it, but the hospital that i gave birth at didn't do it..  So maybe check into that..  Just an idea! 
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