Cord Blood Storage

When your delivery date is near you should make a decision that whether the cord and the cord blood that will be removed, you want to donate or you want to store it for your future. Some people do not even know what cord blood is. And thus, here’s some information about cord blood storage.

The umbilical cord connects the mother and the baby and carries nutrition as well as oxygen from the mother to the baby. And the waste products are returned back to the mother. This is how amazingly the cord works. And this works till the labor as well as delivery. During the delivery time the circulation will be stopped on its own. And when the delivery is done this umbilical cord is to be clamped specifically. The blood that is present in the umbilical cord is very unique. It also has stem cells. And these stem cells help in treating many health problems some of them include leukemia, aplastic anemia and so on. Since some of the ailments require removal of faulty cells from the body and then introducing these fresh stem cells. The first use where the cord blood transplant was a success was done in the year 1988. And then soon, these things started spreading in other countries.

However, there is still lot of research required in the field of cord blood transplant and umbilical cord. Right now cord blood is mostly used in cancer and other immune system related diseases. However, it is recommended that people like mother or baby who carry any kind of genetic disorders should refrain from storing as well as donating the cord blood.

However, there are still solutions being found when the umbilical cord of the person carries any kind of flaw. The stem cells should be retrieved in that case to but some solution should be found out.

Some people find out and think that the umbilical cord blood should be donated and thus they find out some public blood bank and plan to donate the blood as soon as delivery is done. Here, the person won’t be charged anything. But when you feel that when you have some problems in future or if your child has some problems then you may propose storing the umbilical cord. This will help you in saving your child’s life in future if he has some deadly diseases where there will be need to use the stem cells from the cord blood. But when you are storing this with a private blood bank then the charges are going to be too much. And thus this is not everyone’s cup of tea.

Remember, if you do not take any deciding then in that case this will be thrown away as a medical waste. And if that’s the case then this blood is not useful to anyone. And thus it is going waste. Take the decision and do well to someone or for yourself. Why should such a priceless thing go away as a waste?