Need Advice About Cord Blood Banking Posted: 12-07-05 20:11pm
Hi, I am currently pregnant with my first
child. And I am considering donating my
cord blood to a private bank. I have
heard about cord blood stem cells, which
could help treat diseases. And cord blood
banking.
Unfortunately my cousin is 4 years old and
she has leukemia. My doctor told me that
I should consider banking my baby’s cord
blood in hopes of curing sarah from
leukemia.
I need some advice. Has anyone banked
their cord blood? Are their any
recommendations on which bank to use?
Honestly, can the stem cells treat her
disease? Do you know of any personal
stories of a situation similar to this
that turned out positive? Any responses
would be greatly appreciated.
I want to help her out so much and if
i’m in the position that I can, I will.
Not only am I excited to have this baby,
i’m also excited to help cure sarah.
Thank you to everyone in advance for your
help.
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 12-08-05 06:50am
I did not do it with my son as my hospital
did not offer it and it would have been
too expensive for me to do it at the time.
Ti is a great idea if you have the
funds. I'm not sure which is the best to
use though. Good luck, I hope your
cousin will be ok too.
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Isabella11
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Dec 2005 Posts: 4
Posted: 12-15-05 18:10pm
Hi sylvia,
when I was pregnant with my 2nd son I knew
that I was going to bank my baby’s cord
blood because my first son has aml. It
was not difficult for me to decide whether
I was going to bank, but what company I
was going to use. After doing a lot of
online research I decided to bank with
cbr.
As a public service they have a program
called dtp, designated transplant program.
Cbr banked it for free! No charge!
Dtp is a program that covers the cost of
banking and storage in the case that there
is an immediate need. This is for a
family member diagnosed with a
life-threatening disease treated by stem
cells. This is regardless of your
financial situation, but if you meet a
certain medical criteria. Which I think
you do!
I think you should definitely look into
it. I recommend cbr, they were really
helpful, nice, and followed up with us.
Dtp is something that you should look
into, www.Cordblood.Com/dtp.
Good luck with everything!
Congratulations on your baby and it’s a
wonderful thing that you are willing to
help your cousin out! Nothing like
family! :d
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perfectdiamond19
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 115 Location: cedartown
Re: Need Advice About Cord Blood Banking Posted: 12-16-05 21:55pm
sylviams
wrote:
hi, I am currently pregnant
with my first child. And I am
considering donating my cord blood to a
private bank. I have heard about cord
blood stem cells, which could help treat
diseases. And cord blood banking.
Unfortunately my cousin is 4 years old and
she has leukemia. My doctor told me
that I should consider banking my baby’s
cord blood in hopes of curing sarah from
leukemia.
I need some advice. Has anyone banked
their cord blood? Are their any
recommendations on which bank to use?
Honestly, can the stem cells treat her
disease? Do you know of any personal
stories of a situation similar to this
that turned out positive? Any responses
would be greatly appreciated.
I have did reserch on this and I am
donating my sons cord blood, from what I
have learned you can not donate to a
private bank . Private banks are for
familys who want to pay for the blood to
be saved for them, you would have to
donate to a public bank I will include who
I am using. However if you are going to
donate to your family then you should talk
to your doctor and see if they can do it
and see if there would be a charge for it,
you family may have t pay for a private
band to hold the cord blood until she can
use it, and that is alot of money, I
wanted to save mine for my son just in
case, but we cant afford it, so I would
rather save the life of another child if
possible and pray that my son would never
need it. And if he does maybe god will
send him an angel.
I want to help her out so much and if
i’m in the position that I can, I will.
Not only am I excited to have this baby,
i’m also excited to help cure sarah.
Thank you to everyone in advance for your
help.
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perfectdiamond19
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 115 Location: cedartown
Posted: 12-16-05 21:55pm
I have did reserch on this and I am
donating my sons cord blood, from what I
have learned you can not donate to a
private bank . Private banks are for
familys who want to pay for the blood to
be saved for them, you would have to
donate to a public bank I will include who
I am using. However if you are going to
donate to your family then you should talk
to your doctor and see if they can do it
and see if there would be a charge for it,
you family may have t pay for a private
band to hold the cord blood until she can
use it, and that is alot of money, I
wanted to save mine for my son just in
case, but we cant afford it, so I would
rather save the life of another child if
possible and pray that my son would never
need it. And if he does maybe god will
send him an angel.
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karagiozi
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 7 Location: Vineland
Posted: 04-12-06 12:13pm
Hi everyone...I am looking into this too.
I found that a bank in pa, corcell, has a
program that takes cord blood, with no
charge, but it is only if a child has an
illness and is for sibling (brother/sister
use) only.
I used parentsguidecordblood.Com to look
at all of the companies out there, corcell
is closer to us (we live in south jersey)
and we liked their website.
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Katrinadoodle
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Nov 2007 Posts: 1231
Posted: 11-02-07 07:25am
I want to donate really bad, but it cost
$500 to donate. DONATE. Geeze. And my
insurance doesn't cover any of the cost.
So, the cord's going in the trash. What a
waste.
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