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Originally Posted by Bugz*n*Bean
I wish there were more places that people could donate Cord blood but there are very few in the USA. I did donate it with my 2nd child, but the program wasn't happening with my others.
the other thing many people don't understand is that the likelyhood of being able to use your child's own cord blood are quite low. The companies are making millions on a future maybe.
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You are right. The cord blood *is* very rarely used for the same child again or even a sibling. I know of many cases where a child was diagnosed with cancer and the parents concieved again, banking the cord blood of the new baby in hope it would be used to save the life of the sick child. This was controversial "way back when" but just seems like common sense to me. Most of the time donated cordblood is matched to an unrelated donor. It does cost money to bank it for yourself, but it is free to donate the cord blood for the use of others. There is now a national registry for cordblood just like for bone marrow. It was signed into law a couple of months ago. Donating is getting easier and easier.