It's worth to save my baby's cord blood if there is not a blood ill history in family?

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The thing is that I don't have much money and I don't know if use it for that, I'll do it if is really important, but I don't know.

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We asked this question of our son's hemoncologist (a blood and cancer doctor). Had Joey survived, he would've eventually needed a bone marrow transplant, which is why we asked about it. The hemonc told us that it was a waste of money. If you think about it, those cord blood cells have the same genes as the rest of your childs cells, so if something goes wrong in your child, it will go wrong in those cells as well. As a hemonc, he would never use a child's own cord blood for treatment. He would always want to use it from a healthy donor. If you save it, it might be effective some day for use in some other person, but if you're saving it for your own child, you might as well save your money.

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I think it is pretty expensive to do it. In the long run it may save your child's life or if there is an accident may provide stem cells. I don't know how much it is but I would definitely look in to it.

Babay cord blood is used for any genetic "diseases" that ma come up later in life with someone else. Some types are diabetes, epilepsy, parkinson's disease or sicle cell. I wish somebody would have been able to save one of my families cord blood.

Cord blood has many uses for others besides your own child. I'm assuming that the baby has not yet been delivered. Ask your OB/Gyn about cord blood donation.

Now a days it is WISE and PRUDENT that you save the blood in the blood bank.
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Parenthood.com

The thing is, even if you don't have a family history of illness or terminal disease, you can't really predict what might happen right? The list of what cord blood can currenly treat is long and the list is still growing.

Call up the private banks and ask them about payment plans. Most banks have payment plans that help you finance this - you can pay as little as $41 a month. Which is certainly easier than paying it all at once.
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www.cordblood.com

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