SAving your new borns cord

Stone · 02-19-2005, 07:47 AM

Lately I have read alot about this new cord banking here's a link

http://www.corcell.com/expectant/expectant.html

But it's darn expensive.

Has anyone else looked in to this or done it?

Star · 02-19-2005, 08:20 AM

I did look into it for Erika. They didn't offer that when I had my kids. But it is way too expensive so I didn't do it. It would be a good thing to do if you can afford it. A baby is such a huge expence to begin with, adding the cord expense wasn't even a consideration for us. Way too expensive.

I wonder how many people actually store the cord?

Stone · 02-19-2005, 08:27 AM

Since I am in the insurance industry I am a HUGE advicote of " Better safe than sorry" but if it was so bennificial to the next generation I wonder why the price isn't regulated.

The choices are to put it in a private bank or a public bank, if the cord is in a public bank others can use it and have acess to it, that to me defeats the purpose of saving the thing...

i don't think I will do it either but I would really like to it's 2k plus a yearly storage and maint fee.

Star · 02-19-2005, 08:42 AM

If I were to have done that, I wouldn't of chosen the public one either. Why should I pay to store my baby's cord just so somebody else can use it? makes no sense. I think it was a little more money then that here.

The way i see it is that we all survived without our cords being saved so the chances of really needing it in the future are pretty slim.

Merika · 02-19-2005, 11:29 AM

I sent the link to my son and wife.....thanks SH. I agree with Star that's it probably not worth the expense.

Stone · 02-19-2005, 11:37 AM

The problem is that you never know... Noah had to have a blood transfusion it was scarry lucky for me the news spread like wildfire and everyone I had ever meet was in the hospital giving blood.

If I wasn't in so much distress that would have been a funny day, there we're TONS AND TONS of strippers, Bouncers, My club customers, mixed with my faimly, neighbors, and people from my parents church.. I guess at the time nobody judged eachother.

But there would have been no price to having a back up system like the cord.

darkangelism · 02-19-2005, 11:39 AM

you dont need to save cords, the main "advantage" wont be realized for years with stem cell research and stem cells can be harvested off the body anyway.

Merika · 02-19-2005, 12:37 PM

I agree DA....I'm not sure the advantages of 'stem cells' have really been determined....other than in the testing stages.