I looked into it it cost like 1700 bucks
all at once or if you do the payment plan
it ends up costing u like 4000 but I guess
if there is problem its worth it but we
just couldnt afford it.
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DylanJacob
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 559
Posted: 05-29-06 05:26am
It's meant to be really good - definitely
worthwhile if you can afford it.
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MamiClaudia
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 319 Location: Gastonia, NC.
Posted: 05-29-06 07:24am
I loooked into it to there is actually a
sweepstakes I entered at www.Americanbaby.Com
for a free cord blood banking but it is
way too much mony 1700 at first and then
250 a year.. I dont have that money but
def if you do I would do it because who
knows what they will do in the future with
stemcells
I'm going to try to save up for it because
i'ld feel so horrible if something
happened to my baby that could have been
cured if I had prioritized putting money
aside for cord blood banking.
Also while i've been reading about it and
all the storage plans say they are for
like 15, or 18 years. And i'm sure if my
kid fell ill it would be more likely later
in life than in the first 18 years. I
mean you never know, but why only save it
for 18 years? Does it have some sort of
life span? That seems a bit silly.
Can cancer be genentical? Like are
certain people more likely to get it
because of their gene pool, or is it
completely random. Because like no one
in my extended family has died or had any
kind of cancer.
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diamondsz
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 3232 Location: , Candyland-Canada
Thanks: 82
Thanked:120
Posted: 05-29-06 10:22am
Cancer is genetic but their is certain
things that you do in life that will make
you more prone (smoking for example) I
dont care for blood banking their are so
many gentic dieseases that have no cures
and I said if my children got them blood
banking wont help.
My son has to get tested for md(musuclar
dystrophy in a few years) they will just
do a muscle biopsy
most dieseases are gentic I wouldnt worry
too much and what alot of you guys dont
understand is that the stem cells are
actually your blood just enriched abit if
you were to take vitamins everday and eat
well/stay healthy they could probally help
ur son as well dna will always be the same
cant change that!
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diamondsz
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 3232 Location: , Candyland-Canada
I decided i'm going to donate it to a
public cord bank because then it can be
used for sure. If they have that
available here, because this is thompson
manitoba, the freaken problem of north
america.
The alberta cord blood bank is probably
the one closest to me which accepts
donations. Yay. I feel like a can
help someone. I hope they keep track of
who uses who's cord blood so I can get a
letter or something if someone's life was
saved or something.
Any girls who can't afford to save it for
their own baby should definitely look into
donating it!
Besides, I read this on wikipedia.
"according to research in the journal of
pediatric hematology/oncology (1997, 19:3,
183-187), the odds that a child will need
to use his or her own stem cells by age
twenty-one for current treatments are
about 1:2,700, and the odds that a family
member would need to use those cells are
about 1:1,400."
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linuxChique
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 May 2004 Posts: 4535
Posted: 05-30-06 08:42am
diamondsz
wrote:
why pay 1700 when you can
give blood for
free!!
its not for the blood. Its because cord
blood has lots of stem cells in it. Stem
cells are cells that can be made into any
type of cell. They are used to cure
genetic disorders and some cancers.
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MamiClaudia
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 319 Location: Gastonia, NC.
Posted: 05-30-06 11:15am
Wow I didnt even know you could donate! I
should deginately look into that thanks!
You know if it is free?
wow I didnt even know you
could donate! I should deginately look
into that thanks! You know if it is
free?
i read that sometimes ob/gyns charge a
$100-$250 collection fee. But that this
may be covered by insurance, and that in
many cases ob/gyns decide to donate their
time for this. In which case it is free!
