Private Choices About Cord Blood Storage For Private Use
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Should I keep my baby's cord blood for personal use?
There are so many choices given to new expecting parents that one more may not seem like a lot. However there is a new choice that can be made. Some parents may view the choice as a life and death decision or not a choice at all. Parents now have the option in some states at some hospitals and birthing facilities to keep the cord blood from their child's birth for private storage.
Singapore has become a haven for stem cell research. There is plenty of Singapore stem cells information that is both for and against the private storage and use of cord blood. Some controversy includes the idea that a parent is mostly paranoid to believe a child of theirs could potentially contract a disease there is no family history of, which will be aided in treatment by stem cell rich cord blood. Parents can also become unnecessarily worried and misinformed due to advertisements for private cord blood banking facilities.
However there are diseases, such as lymphoma, leukemia, and certain immune deficiency diseases, that occur consistently through family members in is evidenced in their family histories. Research and studies have shown that these and other diseases are now known to be treatable with cord blood harvested at birth.
In many cases a physician has matched donors and recipients through the National Marrow Donor Program or Cord Blood Registry. There have been cases whereby a recipient might be able to receive their own (or a close relatives) cord blood in a transplant.
The truth of the matter is for the majority of us the likelihood your infant has the familial medical history that warrants the storage and eventual use of stem cells harvested from cord blood is slim. Cost can exceed over one thousand five hundred dollars for the initial retrieval and private storage process and up to one hundred dollars a year for maintenance. There are possible fees for the cord blood collection kits and courier services that can exceed five hundred dollars in most cases.
Realizing the facts about Singapore stem cells transplants may help parents decide whether the entire idea of private banking is a good one to consider. The parent needs to consider all of the information and weigh whether the decision is being made from a position of paranoia or from a position of realistic concern. Most transplants are performed on young adults or infants. It simply takes less units of cord blood to successfully treat a smaller person. Adults need far more stem cells for a successful transplant.
Largely the reason an individual would be recommended to utilize private banking would be due to the fact certain medical maladies are prevalent in the family's medical history. It is at times also recommended if there is a close relative who is in need of and will most likely benefit from the match or close match of cord blood that a pregnant family member can provide.