So you are still wondering is cord blood banking is an option for you – You are just one of the thousands of couples who face this decision daily. Baby cord blood banking is a good option if you have the money to pay for the initial cost. As most of the couples waiting for a baby, you must be making a lot of expenses on your baby’s new room, furniture, clothes, etc.. Can you afford to pay 2000$ as an initial fee ?
Well baby cord blood banking – Why should go for it?
- Baby Cord blood banking is related to the retrieval of stem cells from the umbilical cord of the baby at the time of birth. The doctor clamps and cuts the umbilical cord to extract the cord blood using a syringe. It is then sent to a cord blood bank for storage and the storage has an initial fee which is quite high and a monthly fee maybe of 10-25$.
- Cord blood cell contains stem cells, these cells can transform into other types of cells in the body and create new growth and development. This transformation of cells provides physicians with a way to treat leukemia and some inherited disorders.
-Stem cells collected is most of the time accepted by the body if ever there is the need to use it. You wont have to wait for a donor and you know your body wont reject it.
But hopefully you wont have to use it.
