cord blood banking

What is cord-blood banking?

Cord blood banking refers to the collection and storage of the umbilical cord blood of your child. This blood, from the placenta and umbilical cord, is rich in hematopoietic stem cells. Stem cells from this cord blood play an important role in the treatment of certain serious blood and immune system related genetic diseases such as cancers that are treated with bone marrow transplants.

When parents are considering banking their cord blood, they often ask if there is a charge to retrieve the cord blood. There should be no cost to retrieve the cord blood. What a cord blood bank might charge you for is shipping of the sample. Since the sample needs to be shipped frozen, you will need to rent a portable nitrogen tank to ship the sample. This money is not for removing the sample from storage, it is a rental fee for the tank. You should always check with your cord blood bank to make sure they will not charge you a handling fee for removing the cord blood from storage.

Parents who are deciding whether to bank their baby’s cord blood have so many sources of information, but often don’t know what to believe. While cord blood bank sites can be valuable sources of information, they are first and foremost developed to sell the company’s services so might be considered biased. There is an unbiased source of information that can help parents to determine if cord blood banking is right for them.

When completing an application for cord blood banking, many parents wonder why we ask about international travel. We ask this because it is required as part of our licensing.

If there is some type of international health scare, the FDA may ask us if any of the parents who have banked their baby's cord blood had traveled to a specific country. Since we collect that information, we can easily access it and isolate the cord blood if it is required.

We don't expect this to happen, but we need to have the capabilities to keep all of our stored cord blood safe if it is necessary.

M.A.Z.E. Cord Blood Laboratories has helped many gay and lesbian parents bank their infant's cord blood. These couples have unique conception situations, and their cord blood needs are unique too.

M.A.Z.E's same-sex cord blood coordinator, Camela, works with same-sex parents to ensure that their needs are met and that registering with M.A.Z.E. Cord Blood Laboratories is as easy and pain free as possible.

Contact M.A.Z.E. Cord Blood Laboratories at (914) 683-0000 or visit us on the Web at www.mazecordblood.com to learn more about banking your baby's cord blood.

Cord blood banking offers expectant parents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to protect their children in case of a variety of diseases. More and more uses for cord blood are being discovered every day, making cord blood banking a valuable investment for your family.

M.A.Z.E. Cord Blood Laboratories gives parents access to state-of-the-art cord blood banking. You can get the same technology as other cord blood banks, at a fraction of the cost.

Hello and welcome to our new cord blood blog. Here is where you can find the latest information on our services, the latest advances in cord blood banking, and general information about the industry. M.A.Z.E. Cord Blood Laboratories sets the industry standard for cord blood banking. Whether you are using donor sperm, using a surrogate, or adopting a newborn, M.A.Z.E. can help you bank your baby's cord blood.