If you are expecting a child's birth soon you might have considered Banking cord blood - which is the saving of a child's umbilical cord blood to be used later in case of any serious disease.It is a common thinking matter in the US for people - Do they want to bank on their child's umbilical cord or not ? Well it depends on the couple and if ever they dont want to save their child's cord blood there is still the option of donating it to public banks.

Why is cord blood worth saving?

Well cord blood contains stem cells which can reproduce themselves and can transform into another type of cell which is its specificity. Long time ago the umbilical cord was thrown away as soon as it was cut. researchers have found out that cord cell blood has the possibility to treat a lot of diseases like leukemia, lymphoma, etc.


Why dont most of us bank on cord blood?

Well banking cord blood is quite costly, it may costs up to 2000$ and has a monthly fee which is about 10$. For most of the middle class couples it would not be a good financial investment as they wont know if it would be of use to their child at a later stage of life.

Does cord blood banking has any side effects?

It does not have any side effects to both the num and the new born child asit is the same usual post natal delivery procedure, clamping and cutting of umbilical cord.