Cord blood banking?

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What is everyone doing - cord blood banking or not?

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We did both blood and tissue banking.

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You -can- delay cord clamping AND cord blood bank. They wait about 1 minute then clamp. They don’t wait until it fully stops pulsing, but they do still delay it, which is beneficial. We delayed, and donated our cord blood.

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It’s standard practise in my hospital to delay cord clamping now, so all the goodness goes to the baby. This takes place while having skin to skin and the cord is clamped after 3 mins

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There is private banking (really expensive) and public banking (free if I remember correctly).  We were going to do public banking but our hospital didn’t offer it so we didn’t.

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I don't think it's very common. You have to pay a subscription type payment to have it "held" in the bank & you'll only ever use it in rare circumstances. They make it sound very important to do, but our healthcare is so good, I really don't think you would need it even if you had it stored. It's sensitive to say, & I don't mean it to sound insensitive. It's just my opinion on it. I don't think anyone is foolish for banking their baby's cord blood.

Cord blood banking?

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