cordblood banking

Cord blood donation can save a life

Donating does not cost anything and you can save someone who may be suffering from a disease or condition. If you are pregnant and are considering cord blood donating, there may be a few questions that you may have about how it works. Cord blood is something that may not have been offered before it is offered today to parents who are pregnant and making plans for delivery. When considering cord blood donation, consider what cord blood can do and what it will make possible for the future.

The umbilical cord is vital to provide vitamins and nutrients to the unborn baby while the mother is pregnant. It offers oxygen, antibodies and more to the baby in order to give him or her everything they need for a great start in life. When the baby is born the umbilical cord and placenta is usually discarded because it is no longer needed. But it has been proven that the placenta and the umbilical cord contain cells and other vital tissues that can possibly save someones life.

If you are not interested in banking the cord blood after delivery you may want to consider donating the cord blood and help save lives. This is a decision that you will want to take the time to consider. Once you have reached your decision to donate the cord blood you need to know how to arrange it. Talk to your doctor to make them aware of your decision. You also need to check and make sure that your hospital is set up to take cord blood donations. If so, you will need to contact the hospital to find out what public cord blood bank they use so you can contact them and alert them of your decision. There are some questions that you will need to answer and then you will be asked to sign a form.

When it is time for you to deliver, you need to tell the delivery team that will be taking care of you and your baby. When your baby is born the umbilical cord will be clamped off and the blood coming from the umbilical cord into a sterile bag. The blood will then be tested for diseases and conditions that may otherwise prove to be contaminated or unable to use. Usually within two days the cord blood will have reached the cord blood bank.

You have several options when considering cord blood. You can donate it like discussed here or you can bank the cord blood in a private or a public bank.

List of Public Banks for cord blood donation :
(updated January 2009 )

U.S. Public Cord Blood Banks in the NMDP Network
This is a list of NMDP public cord blood banks that are collecting donated cord blood. However, the list may change.
Please visit www.marrow.org/cord or call 1 (800) MARROW-2 (1-800-627-7692) for a complete list of states and collection hospitals. If there isnt a public bank in your area, call 1 (800) 627-7692 for other
donating opportunities.

CALIFORNIA
Childrens Hospital of Orange County Cord Blood Bank
455 South Main Street
Orange, CA 92868
1 (714) 516-4335
www.choc.org/services

StemCyte International
Cord Blood Center
1589 W. Industrial
Park Street
Covina, CA 91722
1 (866) STEMCYTE
stemcyte.com

COLORADO
University of Colorado
Cord Blood Bank ClinImmune Labs
BioScience Park Center
12635 E. Montview Blvd.
Suite 300
Aurora, CO 80045
1 (303) 724-1306
www.coloradocord.org

FLORIDA
CORD:USE
1800 Pembrook Drive
Suite 300
Orlando, FL 32810
1 (407) 667-4844
www.corduse.com
Cryobanks International, Inc.
270 Northlake Blvd.
Suite 1000
Altamonte Springs, FL
32701
1 (800) 869-8608
www.cryo-intl.com/enroll/

Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, Inc.
Cord Blood Program
800 Yamato Road, Suite 101
Boca Raton, FL 33431
1 (800) 9MARROW
www.giftofife.org
LifeCord
4039 Newberry Road
Gainesville, FL 32607
1 (888) 795-2707
1 (352) 224-1600
www.lifesouth.org/
lifecord.html

ILLINOIS
ITxM Clinical Services Cord Blood Services
1205 Milwaukee Avenue
Glenview, IL 60025
1 (877) 448-2673
www.givcord.org

NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM
3001 Broadway St. N.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55413-1753
www.marrow.org/cord
1 (800) MARROW-2 (1-800-627-7692)
Entrusted to operate the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program.
2008 National Marrow Donor Program

MICHIGAN
J.P. McCarthy Cord Stem Cell Bank
4100 John R., HW04HO
4th Floor HWCRC
Detroit, MI 48201
1 (800) KARMANOS
www.karmanos.org/
cordblood

MISSOURI
St. Louis
Cord Blood Bank
3662 Park Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
1 (888) 453-2673
www.slcbb.org

NEW JERSEY
New Jersey Cord Blood Bank
1 Pearl Court, Unit C
Allendale, NJ 07401
403 Haddon Avenue
Camden, NJ 08103
1 (866) SAVCORD
www.communitybloodservices.org

NORTH CAROLINA
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank
Duke University
Medical Center
Box 3350
Durham, NC 27710
1 (919) 668-1116
www.cancer.duke.edu/ccbb

TEXAS
M.D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank
1515 Holcombe Boulevard
Unit 423
Houston, TX 77030
1 (866) 869-5111
www2.mdanderson.org/
app/cbb
Texas Cord Blood Bank
6211 IH 10 West
San Antonio, TX 78201
1 (800) 292-5534
1 (210) 731-5555
www.bloodntissue.org/
texascordbloodbank.asp

WASHINGTON
Puget Sound Blood Center
Northwest Tissue Center
921 Terry Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
1 (206) 292-1896
www.psbc.org/cordblo

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