Congratulations on your pregnancy. Soon you are going to be a parent, and like all parents you’ll soon find out that raising a child is full of difficult decisions. From what neighborhoods to live in, to school districts, family doctors, and even curfews; parental life is a labyrinth of decision making.
Cord blood banking is one of the most important decisions you can make as a parent, but it doesn’t have to be a difficult one. In fact cord banking shouldn’t be a difficult decision at all. But making the decision to bank your child’s cord blood or tissue could one day save their life. Once you realize all the benefits of cord tissue banking, you’ll agree there is no better decision a parent can make.
So what is cord blood and why is it important? Put simply, cord blood is the building block of life. As you already know, during your pregnancy your baby relies on you for everything from nutrients to antibodies. The same blood that supports the mother also sustains the child through the umbilical cord. Umbilical cord blood, commonly referred to as cord blood or cord tissue, contains stem cells. Stem cells are unique forms of cells that are able to adapt and grow different types of cells in the body. They are only found in a few places in the body and stems cells exist in limited quantities. But one of the richest sources for stem cells is umbilical cord blood.
Recently doctors and scientists have discovered a number of ways stem cells extracted from cord blood can be used to treat a variety of chronic diseases, from cancer to juvenile diabetes and more. The magic of stem cells is that they are unspecialized cells that exist primarily to grow other cells. The presence of stem cells gives the body regenerative powers after treatments like chemotherapy and radiation. In other words, stem cells derived from cord blood save lives every single day.
But obtaining stem cells for treatment is difficult. There are limitations and laws regulating how and when stem cells can be obtained. The only to ensure your child has access to the stem cells he needs after birth is to depend on cord tissue banking to store and protect your child’s cord tissue and blood.
In a perfect world cord blood banking cost would not matter. After all, what parent wouldn’t give anything to protect their child. But in a reality of mortgages, student loan payments, and life insurance payments there’s no such thing as unlimited funds. Cord banking is a relatively new opportunity and because of this many parents falsely believe cord banking is too expensive to consider. Nothing could be further from the truth.
In fact, cord blood banking cost is minimal when compared with similar medical storage activities and procedures. A good cord tissue bank should cost as little as $1,600 with most packages ranging between $2,000 and $3,000. That’s all. Considering all the costs associated with having a baby, as well as the potential for cord blood banking to save your child’s life this makes making the decision to bank your child’s cord blood and tissue a no brainer.
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