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Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:27 am to CHiPs25
quote:You're going to be a great dad.
I wonder if we can put stem cells in my bong and smoke it. Could be a new kind of high.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:28 am to z on c
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Cord blood banking is the process of collecting and storing your baby’s umbilical cord stem cells for potential medical use.
Now this seems like a lucrative business model that I could get into.
Cord blood storage tank:
That'll be $1500
Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:28 am to CHiPs25
We ate ours that afternoon when it was fresh.
This post was edited on 11/18/14 at 10:29 am
Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:28 am to CHiPs25
We passed on it.
If we need stem cells, I'll get them from Ted Williams' frozen head.
If we need stem cells, I'll get them from Ted Williams' frozen head.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:28 am to CHiPs25
Decided it wasn't worth it; the scenarios where it might be helpful just seemed too unlikely to be worth the money. It's basically useless for the kid, since the conditions would be present in the cord blood as well, so you're just banking it for a possible future sibling that might have a condition. Since we had no family histories of any of the diseases that might be treated, it just didn't seem worth it.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:31 am to Winkface
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You're going to be a great dad.
My mentor.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:31 am to terd ferguson
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Cord blood storage tank:
quote:
That'll be $1500
put neon lights around that thing and save airfare to Vegas
Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:32 am to CHiPs25
I plan on using my firstborn's cord blood for the baby's first halloween costume.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:32 am to CHiPs25
Look into delayed cord clamping instead.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:33 am to CHiPs25
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but i'm not sure if the $1,500 is worth it or not.
Not sure if you realize this but you've answered your own question....
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but i haven't heard one success story about someone that kept the cord blood and actually used it to save their kid's life.
There you go.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:35 am to z on c
We donated it....from what we read, if your child ever had to have some sort of procedure that required this, the cells from donated cord blood would be the same no matter who it came from.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:37 am to Kingwood Tiger
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We donated it
I'm assuming it doesn't cost anything to donate it? They pass the cost onto the family that would be receiving it?
Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:44 am to studentsect
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It's basically useless for the kid, since the conditions would be present in the cord blood as well, so you're just banking it for a possible future sibling that might have a condition.
Yep, even if you keep it for a sibling, stem cells can be extracted from blood at any time. Stem cell donation is common and has replaced bone marrow donation in many cases.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 10:47 am to CHiPs25
We did it after #2 was born. Mrs. dog felt the same way about it.
Of course this was 12 years ago and I do not remember spending 1500 bucks for it.
We have never used it and hopefully wont have to.
Of course this was 12 years ago and I do not remember spending 1500 bucks for it.
We have never used it and hopefully wont have to.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 11:09 am to CHiPs25
Talked about it, and didnt see that it was worth the money.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 11:51 am to CHiPs25
I did it. One day it maysave a family members life.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 11:54 am to Salmon
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We researched it and decided against it. Didn't seem worth it.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 11:55 am to CHiPs25
Maybe talk to the hospital about delayed cord clamping. There is research out there about this and it helping the baby. We did it and i don't believe we were charged anything extra.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 12:03 pm to LSU_CRAIGERS
in my sect we smear the cord blood of our first born on our faces as an initiation into fatherhood
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