Cord Blood Is Worth Banking

Since 1997 FamilyCord has been offering affordable and quality cord blood storage to families who felt that their children may at some point develop certain types of genetic disorders, cancers, and leukemia’s. This desire to protect their children and to let them grow into happy, healthy adults is the same desire that FamilyCord has. Because of this desire, FamilyCord offers quality and affordable umbilical cord blood banking to be utilized at anytime in the future. In addition to being able to help the child that supplied the cord blood, their unique stem cells can help a sibling or a parent as well. Cord blood banking is the safest, non invasive procedure used to collect stem cells, and can be made available much faster than if the traditional manner of extracting bone marrow from a donor is used. And when it’s a life a death situation, every moment counts.

Umbilical cord blood banking is an easy way to ensure protection for your children and yourself for many years to come. At FamilyCord you have the option of storing your families cord blood from one year to indefinitely. When you first enroll to have your newborn’s cord blood banked you have the option of public donation. After 10 years of storage if you feel that you’d like to open the opportunity for another family that needs a stem cell transplant your stem cells will be made available. Today, there are over 70 separate disorders that stem cells are used to treat. This door is wide open when it comes to future uses of stem cells.

Many parents fear that their collection of cord blood may be painful to their child in some way. Because cord blood is extracted after birth and from the already detached umbilical cord and placenta the baby has no way of knowing or feeling the collection. When you decide to use FamilyCord for your umbilical cord blood banking you will be sent a collection kit that is considered to be one of the best is the industry. Your collection kit is easy to use, and your physician, nurse or midwife will collect it and put it in the patented storage container. Within 48 hours of collection your stem cells will be processed and you will be notified. Collection is quick, painless and easy to do, and shipped directly from your hospital to FamilyCord via their designated courier, AirNet.

Other than financial obligations there really isn’t an excuse to avoid umbilical cord blood banking. You’ll find that the cost of storing the cord blood is very affordable at FamilyCord, and if you can’t make a one-time payment for storage there are also payment plans that you can take advantage of. If you would like to learn more about the services that FamilyCord offers, visit their website FamilyCord.com. You’ll find it is full of useful information about stem cells, their storage and stem cell applications. Or call a cord blood educator at 800-490-CORD for details.