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Cord Blood From: CNMPAT@aol.com Sun Aug 25 12:31:29 1996 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: dahmd@gate.net: ""Natural" estrogens/progestins" Previous message: CNMPAT@aol.com: "Diabetic Screening" >> We just collect the routine cord bloods for RH.>> RH? You do not mean Rhesus, do you? Sorry, could you please explain the meaning.> Yes, for RH typing of the baby. If +, mom gets Rho Gam. Also might be used for ABO incompatabilty. We collect on everyone. Some use it to screen for Sickle Cell too, I believe. >>> There is a private consumer approach and a public bank approach. What does this mean? You give away the placental blood to somebody, who sells the stem cells? And you have a public bank for stem cells? How is it organized. > What's happening elsewhere? Private collections are pretty pricey for > the consumers... We collect cord blood for autologous transfusion.>>> Yes, there are organizations collecting Stem Cells from cord bloods. There are private groups (you can have collected and stored your own babies stem cells, and for a fee, they are stored in the event you need them at some future date ($1500 minimum (up front) , plus a yearly storage fee...providers collect the specimen.... Also, there are public data banks to which you can donate your child's cord blood, and make the stem cells available to others. No cost to the family donating the stem cells. But, you can't subsequently be guaranteed that the stem cells would be available for your own child. Pat Sonnenstuhl, CNM,ARNP,RH South Sound Women's Center: 2 CNMs and 3 OB/GYNs Olympia, WA cnmpat@aol.com HTTP://home.aol.com/CNMPAT August 25, 1996 9:38 am Next message: dahmd@gate.net: ""Natural" estrogens/progestins" Previous message: CNMPAT@aol.com: "Diabetic Screening"

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