February 2011 Moms
Will you be doing cord blood banking?
I havent done much research on it, and was wondering if there's many of you who are doing this. If you are, what was your #1 reason for doing it?
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Re: Will you be doing cord blood banking?
Nope. I decided that because we're a common ethic group with common bloodtypes, a blood bank/donor bank would likely have a match. I didn't think it was worth the money because of that. I would have spent the money if our types were more uncommon or if we had a family history if childhood illness, etc.
We're doing delayed cord cutting. I want the baby to get all their own cordblood right after delivery.
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No. It's so expensive!
A friend of mine mentioned that you can donate your cord blood, and then if you do need cord blood at some point for a child, the bank will give you back your own cord blood if they still have it available. It seems like a good (free) alternative to paying to bank it.
hmmm.... i'm interested in hearing more about the mix race theory. my baby will be half white, half mexican. does that mean we could possibly have a more difficult time finding a match?
i went back and forth with paying for cord blood banking. in the end i decided i'd rather put that money in a college fund.
Something like this.
I haven't done much research on it, but I'm relieved to read via you ladies that it's less of an issue in caucasian babies with common blood types.
Ditto- this is the first I heard that and it is a concern since DH is Vietnamese and I'm White. My plan was to simply donate it.
Same here!
nope, but we are donating it.