Cord Blood Baby -- Info Guide to Cord Blood Banking

Banking Your Baby's Cord Blood

Your baby's umbilical cord contains stem cells. Cord blood stem cells can treat a number of diseases such as leukemia or sickle cell anemia. Storing cord blood in a registered facility can help your child or their sibling or family relative in the future should a medical need arise.

Once you donate cord blood, it gets stored in a national cord blood "bank" or registry. Anyone who needs the cord blood can request to use it for medical purposes. If your family should need it before another patient needs it, you have first access to your baby's cord blood.

It can be confusing wading through online information on cord blood. This website can help you become more informed before contacting cord blood banking service providers.