Friday, April 17, 2009

Saving Your Child's Cord Blood

You all know my kids over there. Ryan is thirteen, Kasi will be twelve next month, and Brandi Rose is seven. When I was pregnant with Ryan, saving his cord blood wasn't an option for us. The technology was new, and so expensive. Even seven years ago when Brandi was born, it was still beyond out budget. I wish I had known about Cryo-Cell
and how affordable it could be to protect my child's future. They are using cord blood to treat so many diseases these days, and there is no telling what other diseases it could help in the future.

A Cryo-Cell International Client wrote the following:

"My children are the most precious gifts that I will ever have and I want to do everything I can to make sure they are well. While I was pregnant with my first child, I would see articles and ads about cord blood and it bothered me that it was so expensive but what if I one day needed this blood. The reality of having only one chance or it really went in the garbage kept me wondering if I would regret not investing. What if he had cancer or his dad or I were sick, would that blood have been the cure? Through research, I came across Cryo-Cell International, Inc., a company with the most reasonable rates and the assurance of two holding facilities.

When I was pregnant with my second child, we wondered if one bank was enough? Finances were tighter and should we spend the money? Then we realized that his brothers blood might not match for the new baby. The next day, stories were breaking about how Cord blood had saved or changed the lives of children, one cancer, one cerebral palsy. Then we discovered that a friend was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. He didn't bank his daughters blood and wished he had. Three years prior, I lost a friend to renal cancer when she was 29. We felt like it was our answer.

We are just beginning to see miracles that this blood can bring. We have two "life insurance policies", that is how we look at it. If anyone in the family gets ill, there is a chance that the blood could save our lives. If we don't use it, then it is there for our son's children."

Sincerely,
mother of Parker and Davis

I think that looking at this investment as a life insurance policy is awesome. I had no idea that the blood could be saved for so many years, that your child's children could one day benefit from it. Unfortunately, I do not have plans to have another child, and I didn't bank my children's cord blood. It is something I regret a little more every time I read about the wonderful things they can do with it. I hope someday my children are able to do this for their children.

If you are want to save your child's cord blood, now is the time to enroll. If you do so before April 19, you will receive a free Baby Bjorn. Just remember, this is an investment in your child's future health. It's worth the cost.


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1 comment:

Jennifer said...

Love those kids!!
love their mamma!!
love their daddy!!

LOVE this pic of them!!

xoxoxo