we decided to bank the baby's cord blood.

After a lot of going backand forth especially over teh price we decidedto bank teh bays cord blood. You just never know and we couldnt put a price tag in our babys life or the life of any other children we have. We decided to use Viacord and it was a very easy process. Just wanted to share. Any questions feel fee to ask me.

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DH are thinking of doing this.....what is the difference betweeen viacord and CBR?

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we used Viacord and were very happy with them. They made everything very easy!

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Is one cheaper than the other??

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How much does it cost?

I think I heard somewhere that its supposedly more affordable if you put the cord blood into a general bank that anyone can use and that you would have access to as well if you need it. Am I making that up?

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well it was 2050 but i got 200 off b/c my sister just did it so its a friends and family discount. If anyone wants to use me as a reference you can get money off and i get $50.00 .

So i piad 1850 which includes first year storage fee and then its 125 a year from then on. I am not sure the difference between cbr and viacord.

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we are thinking about this also but are still undecided

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my DH works for a stem cell research company (so he gets a discount) and we have decided when we have children that we will do the same thing.

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Thats great but there this turned me off to it. We have no history of the treatable, as of now, diseases in our families. For us it's not worth the cost.

"As with any transplant therapy, therapeutic success depends upon many factors beyond the stem cells themselves including patient condition, type of disease, recipient-donor relationship and matching, and other factors. Although the potential use of umbilical cord blood is expanding rapidly, the odds that a family member without a defined risk will need to use their child’s umbilical cord blood are low. There is no guarantee that the umbilical cord blood will be a match for a family member or will provide a cure. Autologous cord blood stem cells will not guarantee suitable treatment for all inherited genetic diseases."

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We decided to do it also and are using CBR. I paid the whole thing up front including storage for 18 years and wound up paying $3,300. I had a $250 gift card and then talked the guy down another $100 or so.

We also have embryoy's frozen from the IVF but decided even though we have this we still opted to do the blood banking even though we both have no history of any of those illnesses. We figure it's an insurance policy we hope we will never have to use.

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I was told by the lamaze instructor/RN that what the cord banking companies don't tell you is that more than likely you won't be able to use the banked blood on your other children should they need it. I don't know if it's true but she seemed to be knowledgeable.

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Posted by 04bride

well it was 2050 but i got 200 off b/c my sister just did it so its a friends and family discount. If anyone wants to use me as a reference you can get money off and i get $50.00 .

So i piad 1850 which includes first year storage fee and then its 125 a year from then on. I am not sure the difference between cbr and viacord.

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We are also going to do it. At first we were on the fence. But, my brother's best friend has a sister who had lukemia at 3 years old. They didn't have any family history of it, either. And, I'm sure that when they had her they didn't think they would ever need it also.

I just thought that you never know what can happen. And, for $125 a year, it's worth it. I jus think of all the times I waste $125 on nothing.

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I spoke with someone from CBR and the cost was $1950.00 for the initial process and then $125.00 a year. They have payment plans as well. They have a 48 month plan for something like 50.00 a month.