linuxChique
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Cord Blood Banking
Posted: 09-20-04 11:29am
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Anybody doing cord blood banking?
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tweety12986
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Posted: 09-20-04 11:33am
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I am thinking about it, I am trying to
look into the costs and stuff, cuz you
have to pay to basically store the cord
blood at the bank and a couple of other
fees, I meant to ask my doc about that
last time... Dang... I guess I will ask
him next appt
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newlife
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Posted: 09-20-04 12:19pm
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I am thinking about it too. I am just
afriad that I may get it banked somewhere
and the place may up and close down or my
baby's cord blood will get switched. And
there are places that say they have been
in business for like 15 years. But that
is kind of odd b/c cord blood banking
hasn't been availbe to the public for that
long to my knowledge. How about you erin?
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MiracleIn2004
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Posted: 09-20-04 12:23pm
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I want to, but its a little bit too
expensive for me. So I am probably not
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linuxChique
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Posted: 09-20-04 13:24pm
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Well I have no _idea_ how much it costs,
so I haven't thought too seriously about
it. Destiny, the places who have been in
business longer may also do other stuff
like blood and sperm banking. Jat. I
dunno. The chances of anyone contracting
or developing something where the stem
cells would be necessary for survival are
slim.
Any body know about the prices?
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EricsLiLStar
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Posted: 09-20-04 13:52pm
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I was thinking about it, I got all the
info on a few places... Theres a up front
fee of around $2000 then you have to pay
around $120 a month to have it stored. I
think I may at least donate the cord blood
tho, since the banking just isn't in our
budget no matter what we do. At least if
we donate it, owen's cord blood will save
lives and not go to waste.
If it's not in your budget to bank it,
look into at least donating it, it's
free!
~*manda*~
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bellax0x
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Posted: 09-20-04 16:08pm
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Its verry expensive, because I remember
laura was going to do it with troy, but
decided not to because of the price
<3
gaby
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linuxChique
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Posted: 09-21-04 13:40pm
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| ericslilstar
wrote: | | i was thinking about it, I
got all the info on a few places...
Theres a up front fee of around $2000 then
you have to pay around $120 a month to
have it stored. |
whoa that is ridiculous! Yeah I think
i'll be donating.
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kitty_55
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Posted: 09-21-04 14:03pm
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What is cord blood banking?? I hae never
heard of it b4... 
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BbyBlu0602
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Posted: 09-21-04 14:17pm
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This may sound really bad and i'm sorry if
it offends anyone, but honestly I think
cord blood banking is just a way for those
companies to take advantage of and make
money off of a concerned mother. Think
about it, if they were really concerned
with using it to save lives...They
wouldn't charge you anything for it.
That's stupid in the first place, your
body produced that blood, why are they
gonna charge you for your own blood?
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linuxChique
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Posted: 09-21-04 14:49pm
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| kitty_55
wrote: | | what is cord blood banking??
I hae never heard of it b4...
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the blood from your umbilical cord has
stem cells in it that can be used in
genetic therapy if you develop some types
of diseases. Stem cells are cells that
don't have a type yet (like they aren't
bone cells or nerve cells or red blood
cells or any of the types we normally know
about) so you can make them become
whatever type you want.
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