Has anyone researched dontaing cord blood?

[aegis2005]

I'm not sure I want to bank it - for cost reasons as well as considering the likelihood of "needing" it - but at the same time if could help someone I'd hate to just have it discarded. Has anyone researched registries that accept donations?

[alzi]

I have a coworker that was telling me how great it was. But I've also been told that its not worth it. We probably won't for cost purposes.

[wkatie]

We donated with last pregnancy. It worked great and it was free to us. By donating, the blood was likely/hopefully used by someone and we are then able to use the bank in the event we would ever need it. We will do it again this time. I will look up the agency we used and post a link. It's my impression that donation is usually free, it's the private storage that is expensive.

[niki]

We tried to donate (I did not see the value in banking, either), but husband has Grave's Disease and that ruled us out.

[MamaMaui24]

We did not bank and weren't able to donate either (baby was born on Sunday AM no FedEx shipping).

Here is a list of participating donor banking hospitals, but even if your hospital isn't listed, donor banking can still be an option. They can collect and ship just like they would for a private bank but send to a donor bank. I contacted two in my state and received a box, shipping labels, cooler.

marrow.org/Get_Involved/Donate_Cord_Blood/How_to_Donate/Participating_Hospitals.aspx

[aegis2005]

Nov 14, 2012 21:03:40 GMT -5 wkatie said:

We donated with last pregnancy. It worked great and it was free to us. By donating, the blood was likely/hopefully used by someone and we are then able to use the bank in the event we would ever need it. We will do it again this time. I will look up the agency we used and post a link. It's my impression that donation is usually free, it's the private storage that is expensive.

The woman who is teaching my childbirth class mentioned there are banks that accept the donations for free, but she wouldn't give up any names. I'm guessing because she doesn't want to be perceived as making recommendations on behalf of the hospital.

[aegis2005]

Nov 14, 2012 21:14:15 GMT -5 MamaMaui24 said:

We did not bank and weren't able to donate either (baby was born on Sunday AM no FedEx shipping).

Here is a list of participating donor banking hospitals, but even if your hospital isn't listed, donor banking can still be an option. They can collect and ship just like they would for a private bank but send to a donor bank. I contacted two in my state and received a box, shipping labels, cooler.

marrow.org/Get_Involved/Donate_Cord_Blood/How_to_Donate/Participating_Hospitals.aspx

Thanks! I'll check this site out.

[janedoe]

We pay $250/year but that is for the cord blood and the actual cord too. We chose CBR too