Have you ever thought that the blood from your placenta (popularly known as cord blood), where your baby developed for 40 weeks can actually be useful for your baby and her siblings? For years, doctors have ignored the placenta and the umbilical cord after delivery.
Little did they realize the immense potential these organs have! However, today things are different.
The media and the medical fraternity have started propagating the blessing our little babies bring with them.
Protect Your Children Here are some of the diseases that can be tackled effectively with the help of your baby's cord blood.
Sometimes while the placenta is not yet delivered and sometimes after it is delivered.
It, in no way harms your baby.
Neither does it hurt the mother.
The parents have to register themselves in a cord blood bank months before the delivery is expected.
Several medical tests are undertaken before a go-ahead is given for the cord blood collection.
Yes, it can seem expensive initially.
Look at is as an insurance.
You are actually ensuring treatment your child and her siblings from over seventy diseases! The stem cells collected from the umbilical cord blood can be preserved for at least 20 years.
If at a later stage, you realize that your children are safe from the likes of the above-mentioned diseases, you can choose to donate or sell the cord blood unit to a needy family.
Alternatively, even for scientific research.
You might be wondering why we need umbilical cord blood cells.
Why can't we use bone marrow? The reason is bone marrow, though can supply adequate stem cells, is in most cases hard to find.
Yes, this stands true for especially if you are among the ethnic minority in your region.
Donors with matching blood or genetic set up can be tough.
Besides the stem cells available in the umbilical cord blood are of better quality and quantity.
Moreover, your child will not have to wait for a donor in case an unfortunate disease is diagnosed.
Little did they realize the immense potential these organs have! However, today things are different.
The media and the medical fraternity have started propagating the blessing our little babies bring with them.
Protect Your Children Here are some of the diseases that can be tackled effectively with the help of your baby's cord blood.
- Acute Leukemia
- Chronic Leukemia
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Stem Cell Disorders
- Myeloproliferative Disorders
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders
- Phagocyte Disorders
- Liposomal Storage Diseases
- Histiocytic Disorders
- Inherited Erythrocyte Abnormalities
- Congenital (Inherited) Immune System Disorders
- Other Inherited Disorders
- Inherited Platelet Abnormalities
- Plasma Cell Disorders
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Brain Tumors
- Ewing Sarcoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Small-Cell Lung Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
Sometimes while the placenta is not yet delivered and sometimes after it is delivered.
It, in no way harms your baby.
Neither does it hurt the mother.
The parents have to register themselves in a cord blood bank months before the delivery is expected.
Several medical tests are undertaken before a go-ahead is given for the cord blood collection.
Yes, it can seem expensive initially.
Look at is as an insurance.
You are actually ensuring treatment your child and her siblings from over seventy diseases! The stem cells collected from the umbilical cord blood can be preserved for at least 20 years.
If at a later stage, you realize that your children are safe from the likes of the above-mentioned diseases, you can choose to donate or sell the cord blood unit to a needy family.
Alternatively, even for scientific research.
You might be wondering why we need umbilical cord blood cells.
Why can't we use bone marrow? The reason is bone marrow, though can supply adequate stem cells, is in most cases hard to find.
Yes, this stands true for especially if you are among the ethnic minority in your region.
Donors with matching blood or genetic set up can be tough.
Besides the stem cells available in the umbilical cord blood are of better quality and quantity.
Moreover, your child will not have to wait for a donor in case an unfortunate disease is diagnosed.
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