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Pooka
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NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
A friend of mine donated her cord blood to the national cord blood bank. She said that she is able to get the cord blood back if she needs it and it is still available. And, if it is not available she will get the cord blood from the closest match. I was trying to read about it online, but I don't see anything about being able to obtain the blood if needed. Has anyone researched this?
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Pina929
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
My Doc spoke to me and Ant about it...we actually are going to do it...its somthing like $1200...i am not sure i am the best explainer...but say ur child or even you maybe needed bone marrow they can take the cells from the cord and reproduce. Something like that. But we are doing it!!
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| Posted 6/18/08 5:32 PM |
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Pooka
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
Posted by Pina929
My Doc spoke to me and Ant about it...we actually are going to do it...its somthing like $1200...i am not sure i am the best explainer...but say ur child or even you maybe needed bone marrow they can take the cells from the cord and reproduce. Something like that. But we are doing it!!
Well, I know about the cord blood programs that you pay for, but my friend told me that the International Cord Blood Donation is a donation. She didn't have to pay for anything.
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| Posted 6/18/08 5:38 PM |
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astroqueen74
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
I'm interested in learning about this as well.
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Pina929
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
So that means you donate your cord to this bank...but you don’t necessarily get your own cord back if you have a problem and need it??? I am confused and would prefer my own cord back 
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sasha96
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
I looked into this a bit, but my hospital, Winthrop, doesn't allow you to donate. Check with your hospital.
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Jacksmommy
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
http://www.nationalcordbloodprogram.org/
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| Posted 6/18/08 5:42 PM |
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Faithx2
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
Many hospitals do not do donations unfortunately 
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| Posted 6/18/08 5:46 PM |
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Pina929
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
Well that website was helpful!
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Pina929
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
So they dont do donations just private collections???
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| Posted 6/18/08 5:49 PM |
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Pooka
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
Posted by ejm1219
http://www.nationalcordbloodprogram.org/
This is the site I was looking at and I didn't see anything about being able to obtain your own cord blood back if needed. Am I missing it?
ETA: Found it!!:
What if a family donates cord blood and the baby or some other family member needs a transplant at some time in the future?
When cord blood is donated to the NCBP, it will be made available to any patient who might need it. Availability for the infant or another family member, therefore, cannot be guaranteed. To date, about 2,000 cord blood units donated to the NCBP have been sent for transplants: 1-5% of the 25,000 units donated so far have been transplanted within 5 years of donation; 20% of units donated 10 years ago have been used. A few units (less than 1%) have been used for research purposes or to validate and monitor the quality of our operations. Note: With federal funding and increased inventory of donated cord blood units nationwide, these percentages may decrease over time because so many more units will be available. Or, if new uses for cord blood are found, the percent used may increase.
If the cord blood has not yet been used for a patient or for research purposes, the child who donated the cord blood, or another family member, can have it.
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Pooka
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
Posted by BlessedMommy
Many hospitals do not do donations unfortunately
My friend delivered at LIJ NEw Hyde Park. I am delivering at St. Charles. It is definately something to ask when we go for our tour next month.
ETA: here are a list of participating hospitals as per the website:
THE BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER
NORTH SHORE-LONG ISLAND JEWISH HEALTH SYSTEMS
INOVA-FAIRFAX HOSPITAL
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND
LONG ISLAND JEWISH (LIJ) MEDICAL CENTER
Montifiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Weiler Hospital
Mount Sinai Medical Center
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Faithx2
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
Posted by Bubbs
Posted by BlessedMommy
Many hospitals do not do donations unfortunately
My friend delivered at LIJ NEw Hyde Park. I am delivering at St. Charles. It is definately something to ask when we go for our tour next month.
ETA: here are a list of participating hospitals as per the website:
THE BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER
NORTH SHORE-LONG ISLAND JEWISH HEALTH SYSTEMS
INOVA-FAIRFAX HOSPITAL
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND
LONG ISLAND JEWISH (LIJ) MEDICAL CENTER
Montifiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Weiler Hospital
Mount Sinai Medical Center
More LI hospitals should participate. Unfortunately that's not many
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Goldi0218
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
My OB said that they (participating hospitals) should automatically ask you if you wish to donate to a national cord blood bank. LIJ does - or at least that's the procedure as told to us.
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betty
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Re: NYS/International Cord Blood Donation
I looked into it too but the hospital I'm going to doesn't do it. My Dr said public storage is very expensive so many hospitals don't do it.
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