I thought the hospitals did this automaticly, as far as donations wise. thanks for the link... ill read up on it.
I asked my DR about it and he said that not many people around here do it cause it's so expensive.....he said it doesn't cost anything to donate it but the need for donated blood isnt' that high anymore......he said it was up to us but he doesn't have many that do it.
I was thinking I'll do it, seems like one of those what-if scenarios. Like leukemia--it works for that already!
So who draws the blood? Is it your doc? I'm using a midwife and I heard it's a tricky thing to draw cord blood and it takes some expertise. Do the hospitals have someone on staff just for that?
So it seems like CBR and ViaCord are the big banks--anyone else choose a different bank or have a specific reason for choosing one over the other?
i did it with my son and ill do it again with this one too
it didnt cost me anything to bank my sons blood so we'll see how much this costs this time
We banked our daughters when she was born 3 years ago.
It cost $2000, but it's worth it even if the odds are that we will never use it.
With my first, the hospital asked if they could have the cord blood because they said my blood type is more rare than others, which I wasn't aware. Because of that reason, with our second, we decided bank the cord blood. Not sure yet if we will with this baby too. I believe there is a discounted fee for additional bankings, but I haven't checked into it yet. I'll add it to my long list of things to do before May.
I'm not banking it for myself, but some hospitals let you donate it... so if mine does, I will.
We are going to do it,we basically trust our dr 's opinion who says it's propably worth it,you never know...I really don't think they can treat so many diseases right now but still..I'm in Europe,and the cost will be like 1650euros,do you know how much it'll be for you?When are you due?
nylena,34w1d
I am actually considering it. I didn't with the others and it seem like such an awesome thing. What about you?
Sheri 32 wks