The greatest benefits of banking one's baby's cord blood is that if that child ever becomes sick and needs a complete match they can extract it straight from the cord and won't have to search for a donor. This also applies to some family members of the baby whose cord is banked.

Absolutely yes, especially if you set aside a budget for it. The rates of storing a cord blood in private banks vary. For this, you'll need to browse different banks online then compare its prices & payment plans.

Yes, and so can your urine and blood. Not only that but when your baby is born the staff do not need your permission to drug test your baby (by any means, urine or blood). If you use any drugs while pregnant it will show up in your baby's system. Why are you doing drugs when your pregnant? I am 6 months pregnant and I gave up drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, and smoking pot when I found out. Please, don't be selfish, this is 9 months of your life. Give it up and get help if necessary. Do some research about what a mothers drug use does her developing baby.

The CBR cord blood registry is the world's largest, most experienced cord blood bank. CBR offers families in the US storage for stem cells contained in cord tissue, which may help repair the body in different ways.

"The umbilical cord needs to be clamped after a minimum of two minutes to prevent anemia. Then, after the cord has been detached from the newborn baby, a syringe is used to obtain the placenta out of the cord at childbirth."

Umbilical cord blood is special because it contains a lot of cells called hematopoietic stem cells. A stem cell is an unspecialized master cell that can develop into several different kinds of specialized cells.

Umm... this is actually a question?

Yes.

Cord blood can be used to treat a variety of diseases (for a complete list, visit http://www.mazecordblood.com/cordblood-transplant.htm). Currently, cord blood is typically used to treat blood diseases where a bone marrow transplant would be used. It is transfused into the patient through a vein.

The initial costs is usally $1000 - $1800. After you pay the initial costs to upkeep the blood the average costs is about $75 dollars a year. These are average prices so depending on a variety of factors the price could you cheaper or more expensive.

Cord blood stem cells are stored inside a nitrogen-filled freezer. These stem cells are used to cure fatal diseases like cancers, brain tumors, cerebral palsy, diabetes, Parkinsons, etc.

"There are private cord blood bank facilities, and there are also public cord blood facilities. Private ones are for the private use of whoever uses the facility. Public ones are available to the public. Each state has their own facilities, and to find out if one is abailable in your area, call 1-800-627-7692."

The benefit of having a umbilical cord in a cord blood bank is that they can be used for future use. The cord can be used for transplants which helps to treat diseases of the blood and immune systems.

Not very long.

Want to know why? Because it gets absorbed by the baby. Everything the mother consumes, the baby consumes.

You are putting your unborn baby at risk of developing physical or mental disabilities or even stillbirth or miscarriage.

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Yes. Ask your doctor with the procedures.

A cord blood is rich in stem cells and it can cure fatal diseases such as cancers, diabetes, Parkinson's etc. For more successful life stories about cord blood, you can visit the blog attached. All other relevant information you might be interested to know are also there.

Yes. Any form of cancers could be cured by cord blood.

The stem cells from a newborn baby's umbilical cord blood are considered to be tissue stem cells because they can develop into any of the various kind of blood cells.