| When your child is born, she is born with one of | | | | birthing room. The mother has to carry the kit with |
| nature’s most underutilized gifts – her | | | | her to the hospital when her labor pains start. If it is |
| umbilical cord blood. This is one of the most publicized | | | | an elective cesarean, there should be no problems, |
| exercises in today’s medical world. Young | | | | but if it is an emergency C-section, the decision lies |
| parents, mothers in particular are slowly becoming | | | | solely on the doctor whether the blood is fit for |
| aware of the benefits of the blood found in the | | | | collection or not, based on the nature of the |
| umbilical cord joining her with the baby. This umbilical | | | | complication. |
| cord blood is rich in life saving stem cells. These stem | | | | The entire process should be completed within 15 |
| cells are the building blocks of your baby that can be | | | | minutes of the placenta being delivered. If the cord |
| a better savior of your child in times of need than | | | | blood collection is lesser or more than the required |
| the very cells that created her! | | | | amount, the choice lies entirely with the mother |
| Cord Blood Registry | | | | whether she wants to donate the unit for scientific |
| If incurable diseases run in your family, or if you are | | | | research. If there is an urgent need, umbilical cord |
| from an ethnic minority in the country you are | | | | blood unit may be preserved for stem cells |
| residing, preservation is the best thing you can do for | | | | multiplication. After the collection, the unit is couriered |
| your new born and her siblings. This procedure must | | | | to the bank where the mother is registered. Here, |
| be done well in advance. After consultation with your | | | | the blood is tested again and preserved in highly |
| doctor, get in touch with the bank in your city or the | | | | specialized refrigerators for future use. The identity |
| one closest to your place of delivery. Ideally, you | | | | of the mother and the baby is kept confidential all |
| must apply for this procedure during your second | | | | the time. |
| trimester when your pregnancy is well confirmed. | | | | This procedure is gaining in popularity in all developed |
| You have to undergo a series of medical tests to | | | | nations in the world mainly because of the increase in |
| ensure that you do not have any abnormal genes or | | | | the number of one-child families. There may soon be |
| other blood related problems to be eligible for | | | | a time when a person will be looking out in vain for a |
| preservation. Once the results are out, the applicant | | | | matching donor. And this is when the decision of cord |
| is informed. If there is some anomaly, the applicant, | | | | blood collection made by the parents today, will be a |
| the mother to be is advised to consult the doctor | | | | blessing. |
| about the consequences. If the results are fine, the | | | | Cord blood collection can be a boon for children born |
| next step begins. | | | | in single child families or small families. The stem cells |
| Stem Cells Collection | | | | collected from the umbilical cord blood can be a |
| The mother has to inform her doctor well in advance | | | | savior for their siblings too. Get more information by |
| about her decision in order to avoid confusion in the | | | | clicking on pregnancy period. |