If there is one thing I regretted not doing, it would be to save the stem cells from my son’s umbilical cord blood. For those who are not aware, stem cells from umbilical cord blood are known to treat over 70 diseases, and have been used in over 12,000 transplants worldwide.
Taken from the Cryo-Cell website,
“Your baby’s cord blood is rich in stem cells, which are special cells normally found in our bone marrow. Stem cells are the master cells responsible for producing all of the mature cells in our blood and immune system. They form the white cells that fight infection, the red cells that carry oxygen, the platelets that promote clotting and the cells of our immune systems.
Stem cell treatments and transplants have already been used for such wide-ranging diseases and conditions as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia, sickle cell disease, severe anemia’s and severe combined immunodeficiency. ”
Honestly we were not against the idea of the cord blood banking when we attended the antenatal class, the only setback that time was the expensive fees. I thought I will have time to reconsider and later sign up, but then the precious one decided to pop out too soon..heh!
I am not sure whether there will be another child in the future, but if I decide to have the next one, I will make sure that time I will choose to bank the cord blood.
Check out this Cryo-Cell Customer Testimonial:
“My children are the most precious gifts that I will ever have and I want to do everything I can to make sure they are well. While I was pregnant with my first child, I would see articles and ads about cord blood and it bothered me that it was so expensive but what if I one day needed this blood. The reality of having only one chance or it really went in the garbage kept me wondering if I would regret not investing. What if he had cancer or his dad or I were sick, would that blood have been the cure? Through research, I came across Cryo-Cell International, Inc., a company with the most reasonable rates and the assurance of two holding facilities.
When I was pregnant with my second child, we wondered if one bank was enough? Finances were tighter and should we spend the money? Then we realized that his brothers blood might not match for the new baby. The next day, stories were breaking about how Cord blood had saved or changed the lives of children, one cancer, one cerebral palsy. Then we discovered that a friend was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. He didn’t bank his daughters blood and wished he had. Three years prior, I lost a friend to renal cancer when she was 29. We felt like it was our answer.
We are just beginning to see miracles that this blood can bring. We have two “life insurance policies”, that is how we look at it. If anyone in the family gets ill, there is a chance that the blood could save our lives. If we don’t use it, then it is there for our son’s children.”
Sincerely,
mother of Parker and Davis
Cryo-Cell International Client
Oh, for those who have enrolled by 19th April 2009 (this could be too late to mention), you will get a free Baby Bjorn. (Trust me this baby carrier is just great! I just bought one recently..)