*anyone considering Stem Cell storage - or ever heard of it?*

[lenaschildminding]

Hi, I'm expecting my third child, due in September. It's a strange, almost significant due date as it is close to my first son's birthday and anniversary. Sadly, I lost him to a terrible illness called Neuroblastoma, the day after his 5th birthday, 4 years ago this year. Due to this, I have been looking into Stem Cell storage, heaven forbid anything like this would ever happen again, we would then have an exact match for a stem cell (bone marrow) transplant.

Has anyone else considered, researched or even taken up this procedure? All it involves is extracting cord blood from the umbilical cord after delivery and shipping it off to a storage unit, where it is processed and stored for 25 years or until needed. It is totally harmless to mum and baby, it is pricey, but what price can you put on your childs life? It can be used in treatment for many cancers, blood disorders and research is being done into treatment for Parkinsons, Diabetes, Arthritis and other more common problems.

Any views please.....

sorry about the spelling mistakes!

BeckynSteve,

you are missing a few points, they were charging parents whos child's cord blood sample had failed testing. Meaning they were pocketing 1.5k while spending nothing.

have a look at the video, as soon as the MD is confronted, he had nothing to say ZIP

while reading more news, i found out that the lab, biovault was infact telling this company that the sample had failed testing. but they were still charging the parents.

now they have setup their own lab and i doubt they are even storing these cord blood samples LOL

I would never go for a company like this, who trash the whole market for such a sensitive thing.

but your choice at the end of the day