Stem cell storage - your baby's ultimate health insurance?

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  1. khushipoise

    khushipoise Senior IL'ite

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    what to do with babys cord blood ?

    hi all,

    im in my 27th week - during the registration process for delivery the hospital has asked me to fill a form -
    about the decision about the babys cord blood- options-
    - to donate it to public blood bank
    - to store it for personal use in private blood bank
    if we dont give any choices they just discard it after delivery,
    any experiences?
    what did u all opt for?

    also did u all get a Co op card before your due date form your doctor?
    a co op card is i think a small summary of all your records and tests during pregnancy.
    pls advise - any experiences you have.
    thanks a ton
    khushi.
     
  2. hydgrr

    hydgrr Bronze IL'ite

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    Re: what to do with babys cord blood ?

    i have opted to donate it to the public cord blood bank. But its totally upto you.
    -Priya
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  3. npri

    npri Bronze IL'ite

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    Re: what to do with babys cord blood ?

    If you wish to store it , then the blood could be used for parents and siblings.

    Since there are ways that diseases could be cured out of the cord blood, they have started to store the cord blood for their family use.

    If you wish you could also donate it so that it could help people from any organ failure or even during transplantation.

    Just my thought... I am planning to store it :)
     
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    dubbi Bronze IL'ite

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    Re: LIFECELL - Cord Blood/ Stem Cells

    Hi

    I wanted to share this which appeared in The Week

    Blood of discord

    Deepa
     
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    swagato New IL'ite

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    Save your childs future by using cord blood banking facility...!!!

    Its a good news for all pregnant mother. store your baby's cord blood for future use to treat all kind of blood cancer, retinal blindness and other diseases also. More than 90diseases are under clinical trials for stem cell therapy. For more details log into www.cellsofhope.in
    or feel free to write to me or call me.
    Thanking you.

    Swagato Mukherjee
     
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  6. monica01

    monica01 New IL'ite

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    seeking adive....confused

    hello members

    i am monica expecting our first baby in few months ... me and my husband is thinking of making an important decision of stem cell cord banking... can anyone tell me the details about it .. is it safe or not? .. for both of us ( me and my baby ) to bank it .... anyone with similar experience ...please share ...


    waiting for your advice

    thanks a lot
     
  7. Neets8

    Neets8 Junior IL'ite

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    Umbilical cord stem cell banking

    Have any of you mums banked your childs stem cells?

    If so which company is best and why did you chose that particular company?

    I found two companies, Cryo and Life Cell!
     
  8. lakshmilife

    lakshmilife Junior IL'ite

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    Re: Umbilical cord stem cell banking

    Hi,

    I know stem cell banking is still in an infant stage.But there are lots of possibility in future.You must have read about the possibilities of treatment with stem cells.Technically all banks offer similar kind of storing facility.It is necessary for you to ensure that the procedure of collection is done in appropriate manner speak to the doctor and ensure that the doctor is accostomed to collection and if not the technician is available from the company at right time.

    Its good if facility is close to you like cryo if in north india lifecell in south and if in west Reliance Life Sciences.Rate wise please bargain you will certainly get better deal,I had done my banking with Reliance but all offer the same kind of storage.

    In case you have any doubt let me know.

    Regards

    Lakshmi Nambiar
     
  9. Neets8

    Neets8 Junior IL'ite

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    Re: Umbilical cord stem cell banking

    Well i called up cryo and life cell today, and life cell did sound more professional!

    What I wanted to know is that I know life cell has an option of storing the cord blood, tissue stem cells of 50 million, but does this include the tissues them selves or just the stem cells.

    And also is this same option available for cryo, because they didn't give much information! Where as life cell gave options of:

    - just cord blood
    - cord blood and tissue
    - cord blood, 1 million tissue stem cells
    - cord blood, 50 million tissue stem cells
     
  10. lakshmilife

    lakshmilife Junior IL'ite

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    Hi,

    I have done it with Reliance they provide all the latest facility with tissue banking.If more details needed please visit www.relicord.com. See the FAQ section.
     

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