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[quote=Anonymous]We were going back and forth on it before we had a first, but then we heard a pediatrician break ranks and say, "If you can afford it, it's not optional" and talk at length about the breakthroughs the medical community is expecting to make in the use of stem cells in the next decade, or so. We did it for our DD and we're doing it for our DS when he arrives. I think of it as a family insurance policy. It's actually more likely that a sibling or parent will benefit from the cord blood than the baby it's collected for, so having two cord blood collections banked for us helps me sleep better at night. It's true that there are limited uses for cord blood right now, but there are extensive studies going on involving cord blood use for treatment of all kids of diseases and conditions and many of them seem extremely promising, so I don't think of cord blood collection as a scam or junk science. Cord TISSUE collection, on the other hand, is much newer and more uncertain, so we haven't opted for that. I think it comes down how affordable it is for your family. If it's going to be a huge hardship and interfere with your ability to, for instance, buy your baby books and toys or pay for quality child care, don't do it. If this is something that fits into your budget, though, I don't see any drawbacks and huge potential advantages down the road.[/quote]
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