Cord Blood Banking

beccajean71 · April 2018

I know this can be a bit of a controversial topic, but I was wondering who was considering doing Umbilical Cord Blood Banking or donation.

Do any non-FTM have any recommendations for banks to use? What kind of cost is associated?

Were there any issues with the blood draw after labor that FTM should be aware of?

knottieamusements · April 2018

I’m also looking into it. I know if I do it, I will donate it rather than bank ot privately.

But, like you, I still need to research the process.

kiwi2628 · April 2018

I literally know 0% about this. More things to research!

KFrob · April 2018

I didn't do it with DD and wish that I did. I will definitely donate it. I plan on asking my doctor more about it.

tinattt23 · April 2018

We opted not to with DS. Private banking was too expensive. And we chose delayed cord clamping, which removes the option of donation.

purplegoldfish2 · April 2018

We will also choose to delay cord clamping this time. We weren’t eligible for cord blood banking last time because apparently it isn’t allowed with twins. If you’re having a planned C-section, you can donate the placenta(s) too. We were able to do that last time. If I end up with another breech baby and need another section, I’m planning to donate the placenta again. Unfortunately, vaginal births don’t qualify because the placenta gets contaminated on the way out.

hellopartyof5 · April 2018

I wanted to donate last time, but my hospital doesn't participate. I decided not to bank privately and thought this article was really informative.

https://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/should-you-bank-your-babys-cord-blood

sammierose464 · April 2018

Can someone share the benefits of donating your cord blood or placenta? I can of course go research myself if no one is able to share.

SawyerRichardson · April 2018

We did delayed clamping with DD and will do it with this baby as well. I looked into donating and the hospital I'll be delivering at doesn't do donation, only private banking.

purplegoldfish2 · April 2018

sammierose464 said:

Can someone share the benefits of donating your cord blood or placenta? I can of course go research myself if no one is able to share.

Cord blood I’m not as clear on because we didn’t do it, but it has to do with stem cells that can be used in medical treatments. I’ve read that often times they can’t use a persons own cells so besides the price of private banking, it may not be useful anyway (of course, that could be from people trying to get it donated, I haven’t looked into it since we couldn’t do it.

Placenta donations are used to help patients healing from medical procedures, like surgeries, or burn victims. I’m not sure exactly how it helps, but I know it promotes healing - possibly because of stem cells, but I’m not sure about that.

mariek312 · April 2018

We liked the idea of it in theory, but chose the benefits of delayed cord clamping for both previous pregnancies.

tinattt23 · April 2018

@sammierose464 As far as I’m aware, there are no direct benefits of donating for yourself. Just a good deed that could possibly save someone else’s life. If you wanted access to your own cord blood for later use, you’d have to pay for private banking.

sammierose464 · April 2018

Thanks! I'm all for donating if it can help someone. Especially if I don't need it anymore!

cjx95 · April 2018

What at the benefits of delayed clamping?? I'm definitely going to have to look into my options this is really interesting

purplegoldfish2 · April 2018

mamabearcj said:

What at the benefits of delayed clamping?? I'm definitely going to have to look into my options this is really interesting

Something like 1/4 to 1/3 of baby’s blood is in the cord/placenta at birth. Delaying clamping allows time for the blood to leave the placenta and go into baby. Ideally you’d wait until the cord stops pulsing and goes white. Sometimes that can take a while, but delaying even a minute or two has benefits over cutting immediately. We didn’t delay clamping by much with our twins since it was a c-section, but the dr did “milk” the cord before she cut it to at least get the blood from the cord to the babies.

ashin121 · April 2018

Ditto to everything said. We did the delayed cord clamping because the benefit is directly to our son vs cord donation is to others.

cjx95 · April 2018

Oh wow! Thank you

HoosOnFirst · April 2018

Cord blood banking was prohibitively expensive. We instead donated it to the national cord registry so it could help others - and possible ourselves if we ever needed the registry.

beccajean71 · April 2018

My hospital doesn't allow delayed clamping, which would be my first choice, apparently it's against protocol.

We are also looking at a birthing center which keeps baby attached for 1 to 2 hours after birth, which I would prefer but we have a lot of things to weigh in that decision.

But if we go the hospital route, I'd like to at least donate it, because I know how valuable those cells are and they can save lives.

I feel like everything I've seen for private banking is $70 per month and up, and that doesn't feel worth it, I would rather donate.

tabbiekat13 · April 2018

We used Viacord with my son. It was very simple and easy. However, I think we are going to forgo it this time around. I have heard more and more how advances are being made in using stem cells from fallen baby teeth now even so I feel like paying one annual storage fee is enough for our family.

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