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Anyone going to BabyBrunch this Sunday at Finale?
Attention Moms to be!
Are you or someone you know expecting?
ViaCord is excited to announce that we are teaming up with some of Bostons, hippest baby products, services, & stores. The best part, your invited! Please join us at Finale in Brookline this Sunday, September 26th at 11am to get the 411 on everything you need to know to best prepare for baby.
Click the link below to Register, get more details, and see a list of who you can expect to meet.
https://babybrunch.eventbrite.com
If you have any questions please call or email myself directly.
Most importantly, Congratulations!
We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Stephanie
Stephanie Chauvin
Clinical Consultant
ViaCord | Cord Blood Banking + Research
PerkinElmer Life & Analytical Sciences
245 First Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
Direct: (617) 914-3486
Toll Free: (866) 835-0968 x3486
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Re: Anyone going to BabyBrunch this Sunday at Finale?
Private cord blood banking is a waste of money. Autologous blood is almost never useful. Unless you have an older child with a known genetic problem that could be treated by a cord blood transplant, DONATE your cord blood so that there will be units available for everyone who needs it and save your money for things your baby will actually need. Or just spend it on dessert.
Donation rather than private banking is recommended by the AMA, the AAP, and the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Few physicians support private banking:
<https://www.dana-farber.org/abo/news/press/2009/survey-few-physicians-support-private-banking-of-umbilical-cord-blood.html>
"In addition, few [transplant doctors] would recommend banking of cord blood in families without a member known to have, or be at risk for, a disease that can be treated by transplantation."
Find out more here:
<https://www.iom.edu/Reports/2005/Cord-Blood-Establishing-a-National-Hematopoietic-Stem-Cell-Bank-Program.aspx>