Quote:
Originally posted by Ex_post_Festo
Anybody do it? If so, any advice or recs.?
I've found one independent website, and others for the private banks themselves. Our Doc is screamingly neutral about it. My read is that the practice is a little ahead of the technology; that they don't yet know alot of what to do with it once they have it banked. The science of it sounds oddly like freezing yourself before death so they can thaw you out if they find a cure for what's killing you; the payoff is very speculative. The sales pitch is an instant put-off as well ('insurance policy', 'isn't your child's life worth it?').
Two grand better spent in a college account? Or on a faster plane?
Thanks.
|
I think that if you have a family history of the type of conditions that could be potentially cured by banking, then it might be advisable. However, given the expense (initial costs plus annual storage fees), the strong possibility that the amount of blood retrieved would not be enough to help, the fact that they can't say how long the stuff is good frozen (though I have heard newly frozen will last longer due to better storage techniques), and the fact that we have no family history of anything that might be curable*, we decided pretty quickly it was a waste of money for us.
-TL
*Cord blood can't cure asthma, allergies, or "crazy" so our babies are destined to be itchy, wheezy, and nuts, with or without banking.
