Comments on: Week 24: Cord Blood

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:16:59 +0000

This is such an amazing discovery. There is nothing better than knowing you can have something there to help if needed. Can I create a fund for this in my baby registry?

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Week 29: Placental Encapsulation — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:43:02 +0000

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By: Practical Mommy

Practical Mommy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:34:32 +0000

My thinking was in the event we needed a match, it would be difficult since our genetic “heritage” is pretty rare!

Here’s the pricing for CryoBanks!
http://www.cryo-intl.com/enroll/pricing/

By: Suzanne Tucker

Suzanne Tucker — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:12:17 +0000

thanks susan. so cool to hear how you went about it with the registry and all. that is what my friend Julia was saying… people really can register for this to cover the cost. and i really like how you called it the “just in case fund”. GREAT TIP.

i talked with my doctor today and she gave me the run down between public and private banks. she had a good point. if we ALL gave to public banks, when there was a need, the blood/cells would be there. like the idea of this being talked about more, and if not going private, let’s GO PUBLIC with it. that way god forbid it was needed, the match would be right there in the bank.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:41:58 +0000

My husband and I decided to bank both our daughter’s and son’s cord blood. Yes, it’s very expensive, but we thought it was important enough to make it worth it. Plus, since it’s a potentially life-saving measure, chances are that family members looking to give you a meaningful gift would be happy to pitch in.

What we did for our daughter 2 years ago, after paying the full cost of banking our son’s cord blood ourselves, was to add it to our online baby registry. We were using myregistry.com to register for our shower anyway, and they have a cash gift fund option where several people can donate money to one fund (we labeled ours “just in case fund” since we thought “cord blood fund” would be a turn-off!

Between my parents and my husbands three sisters, we ended up not paying a single cent for this very worthy cause. No matter how you swing it, I definitely think this is something to seriously consider!

By: Week 24: Cord Blood : mymommymanual.com | Cord Blood Banking

Week 24: Cord Blood : mymommymanual.com | Cord Blood Banking — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:46:47 +0000

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By: Practical Mommy

Practical Mommy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:52:59 +0000

Hmmm… we collected and have saved cord blood for both our kids. I chose Cryobanks International based on the recommendation of a friend who did all the research. I know that we pay $99/yr for storage but can’t recall what the collection fee was.

Our doctor was used to the procedure and mentioned that it was quite common. That was in 2001 and 2003.