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Cord blood banking?
Posted on 3/24/14 at 7:51 pm
Posted on 3/24/14 at 7:51 pm
Did you do it for your kid? Have you had to use it? Would you do it again if you have another child?
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Posted on 3/24/14 at 7:51 pm to Happy_wife85
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Happy_wife85
Pics?
Posted on 3/24/14 at 7:53 pm to Happy_wife85
Scam. Waste of money. Lots of people do it - an extremely small amount of people ever use it. The companies selling the service purposefully market at the heart strings of new and young parents.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 7:55 pm to HurricaneDunc
quote:all of this might be true. I did it though.
Posted by Message HurricaneDunc Cord blood banking? Scam. Waste of money. Lots of people do it - an extremely small amount of people ever use it. The companies selling the service purposefully market at the heart strings of new and young parents.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 7:55 pm to Happy_wife85
Yea, my wife does for our kids. To me a waste of money but I guess ya never know. It's expensive
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:01 pm to Happy_wife85
Did do it. Haven't had to use it and pray that I never will. Think of it like an insurance policy. You pay more in car insurance in a year than you will for cord blood.
And if you don't use it, you can donate it to someone who really needs it.
It's dumb not to do it.
And if you don't use it, you can donate it to someone who really needs it.
It's dumb not to do it.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:02 pm to Happy_wife85
Can you sum up what this is exactly?
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:03 pm to RebelOP
We were told that it doesn't matter if it is your baby's stem cells or someone else's. We did donate ours though.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:04 pm to Happy_wife85
If you can afford it you absolutely should do it.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:04 pm to Happy_wife85
Did not do it for my first kid. She later suffered brain damage and any hope for her lies with stem cell research and cord blood would be nice to have bc most stem cell studies are using cord blood.
Did it for the second kid.
Did it for the second kid.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:20 pm to Happy_wife85
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Scam. Waste of money. Lots of people do it - an extremely small amount of people ever use it. The companies selling the service purposefully market at the heart strings of new and young parents.
I share this opinion
I am very surprised to hear how many people did do it in this thread
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:34 pm to Happy_wife85
having our first in May, we are doing it.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:35 pm to CorkSoaker
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I am very surprised to hear how many people did do it in this thread
Not me. Doctor offices push it because they receive a nice "fee" for signing people up.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:36 pm to Latarian
Having our first in june. wife asked me if I knew anything about it
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:39 pm to HurricaneDunc
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Doctor offices push it because they receive a nice "fee" for signing people up
man, that is kinda low-life if true....
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:39 pm to HurricaneDunc
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Not me. Doctor offices push it because they receive a nice "fee" for signing people up.
Makes sense.
My ob nor my pediatrician have ever mentioned a word to me about it. I read about it on the Internet beforehand but that was the only I had heard.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:39 pm to jojothetireguy
basically it's cord blood (as in ambilical cord) that is collected and stored when the baby is born. supposed to be useful for some future health problems the child may have, has something to do with stem cells. Our OB highly recommended. yeah the true benefit may not be known but id rather pay $1200 and have it just in case.
This post was edited on 3/24/14 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:41 pm to Latarian
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id rather pay $1200 and have it just in case.
curious...is that $1300 the end of it or is there somer "storage fees" associated with keeping it?
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:41 pm to Latarian
Did it. Three kids. Didn't think twice about it.
Hope I never have to use it
Hope I never have to use it
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:43 pm to Spankum
I believe the $1200 is for the service and initial collection. then I believe it's like $150 a year to store.
if you're expecting soon set it up ASAP as you will have to call right when your wife goes into labor so they can collect at birth.
if you're expecting soon set it up ASAP as you will have to call right when your wife goes into labor so they can collect at birth.
This post was edited on 3/24/14 at 8:44 pm
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