Umbilical Cord Blood Banking

Learn why it can be a good idea to donate your baby's umbilical cord blood to a public cord blood bank.

Review the issue of whether or not you should bank your baby's umbilical cord blood in a private bank, such as Viacord or Cord Blood Registry.

Review the recommendations of American Academy of Pediatrics in their policy statement on the potential use of umbilical cord stem cells.

Review why many professional organizations advise against private cord blood banking and instead encourage donating cord blood to a public cord blood banks.

Answers to questions commonly asked about umbilical cord blood donation.

Information to help you choose a private bank to store your baby's umbilical cord stem cells. Includes how to evaluate the bank's price and questions to ask them.

Learn more about umbilical cord blood banking to see if it is right for you and your baby.

Details about cord blood banking, pros and cons and information to help you decide if storing or donating your baby's cord blood is right for you.

A listing of cord blood banks to which you could donate your baby's umbilical cord stem cells so that they could be used by an unrelated child in need of a stem cell transplant.

Review the pros and cons of banking your baby's umbilical cord stem cells, with details on ethical and privacy issues, the costs of banking and a summary of the features and pricing of companies that store umbilical cord blood.

Review the eligility requirements of this umbilical cord stem cell bank at the Children's Hospital of Oakland, where you can store your baby's stem cells for free if you have, or are at risk of having, a child with a transplantable condition.

Provides information about cord blood, donation, patients and transplants. The New York Blood Center's National Cord Blood Program is the world's oldest and largest public cord blood bank and is a non-profit cord blood bank for the general public.