Umbilical Cord Blood Bank

Has anyone stored their baby's umbilical cord in a cord blood bank? How much does it cost?

I was just wondering about cord blood banking. I would appreciate any opinions on it. What it is. Whose done it and how much it costs. I think it sounds great to do.

Public Comments

1. We have my son's cord blood stored at ViaCord. I think it was about 2,000 for the initial fee (collection and testing etc). I think we now pay $10 a month for storage. I was up in the air about whether or not we should do it. I then realized I would rather be safe than sorry. My friend's cousin passed away last year, he was only 10. The doctor's said if his cord blood was saved he would have lived....that scared me enough to do it!
2. i've never done it but im pregnant with my first child and i plan on doing it, its kinda expensive but its worth it because with your babies saved cord blood cells u could help cure a disease in the family, some families even go out and have another baby when their other child is sick to get the babies cord blood to save the other child's life. i would highly recommend it. for more info check this site www.cordbloodbanking.com Good Luck!!!
3. About 2500, and then you pay the storage fees a year............ worth it.
4. When I was pregnant, I was debating between the public storage and private storage. With the public storage its free, and you can acess it if you ever need it and no one used it up. At the same time I work at cancer institution and I see that now a double cord transplant is becomming quite popular, which means the public storage will be used twice more, therefore chances of your accessing your own cord blood are less. That is why if you can afford it, private bank it. if you cant, or this is your second child and no history of any diseases in the family, public store it.