How To Donate Cord Blood
Storing Cord Blood in a blood bank has become popular for a host of reasons, especially in couples with high-risk pregnancies. If their child may have medical issues, having the cord blood in storage is a good idea for future use.
However, some mothers are looking to be more altruistic. If they have a low-risk pregnancy, with fully healthy infants, they may not need to store the cord blood in a bank. Or they may simply not want to pay for it. But they don't want to see the valuable cord blood go to waste and may want to help other babies whose parents can't afford to store the cord blood themselves.
Cyrobanks is a cord blood bank that is collecting blood nationally, accepting donations of cord blood. Donating is simple enough. The forms need to be completed by the end of the 34th week of pregnancy, and that the cord blood goes to the national registry (not to research) and is managed by the National Marrow Donor Program.
This can be a good option if you do not want your cord blood used in research.
If you are ok with having the blood used in research, the New England Cord Blood Bank is collecting cord blood for research studies.
So contact either one of those agencies to find out how to donate cord blood.
Linda - http://how.best-free-information.com - The "How" Blog
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February 18th, 2009 - 08:40
Many concerned parents have already missed the boat for storing their child’s cord blood. Not to worry! Milke teeth, the first set of teeth a child has that eventually fall out and are given to the tooth fairy, are an abundant source for stem cells and both easy and less expensive to store than cord blood. To read more about this option, read this story: Don’t give those teeth to the tooth fairy! They could save your life!
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/local-oral-surgeon-harvests-stem-cells-for-patients/