Are you going to store your baby cord blood?

Question

Hubby and i are seriously considering it but I wanna know the % of time people actually ever need it? Obviously no one knows the future, but would you store your baby cord blood if you had the money or would you save the money for college instead?

Answer 1

We're still deciding..it's just so incredibly expensive!

Answer 2

If we had the money, we would definitely do it, but it is quite expensive.

Answer 3

My daughter is already 4, but when I was pregnant we wanted to do that. It's just so darn expensive! Where we live, it's 75 bucks just to get it done, the money it takes for the clinic(they don't do it at hospital here), plus the 200 dollar storage fee.

Answer 4

There are so many great benefits, so I would really like to, but it's just too expensive for me. I'm going to donate it and have it stored publicly that way another family in need can use it.

If you are really considering private banking, you should check into Viacord, I hear they are really good. They will send you all kinds of information about pricing, diseases cord blood can cure/help, different statistics, etc. Good luck(:

Oh, and I'm not sure if this is correct or not, but I have heard that your baby's cord blood will most likely not be able to be used on the baby itself, but instead a compatible family member or sibling who needs it.. because usually an individual will need stem cells from somebody other than themselves.