LJ keeps eating my comments. . .
Dec. 29th, 2006 08:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bronwynrhI wonder if it will eat my post, too.
This is awkward. We've signed up for cord blood banking with Viacord. We felt very strongly about doing it, and are glad we have. Howsomever, it is an expensive undertaking - one for which we could use all the help we can get. Viacord, knowing this, has a cord blood banking registry, whereby new baby well-wishers can make contributions.
I think that's pretty cool, since friends and family can give the gift of Life, rather than the gift of Stuff.
So what's awkward? The way the registry works is awkward. See, I have to send "invitations" to people to get them to the registry. . . something I don't feel comfortable doing, except with perhaps our immediate family. Still, I want everyone to know about it, in case anyone else feels equally strongly about our choice, and because I've learned that many people want to give, but they want to know what we need or want them to give.
In that spirit, I wanted to let folks know about the registry and, if you're remotely interested, I'll put you on my Viacord registry e-mail list. You'll get the invitation, and you can do with it what you will :)
Is that tacky? I hope not.
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This is awkward. We've signed up for cord blood banking with Viacord. We felt very strongly about doing it, and are glad we have. Howsomever, it is an expensive undertaking - one for which we could use all the help we can get. Viacord, knowing this, has a cord blood banking registry, whereby new baby well-wishers can make contributions.
I think that's pretty cool, since friends and family can give the gift of Life, rather than the gift of Stuff.
So what's awkward? The way the registry works is awkward. See, I have to send "invitations" to people to get them to the registry. . . something I don't feel comfortable doing, except with perhaps our immediate family. Still, I want everyone to know about it, in case anyone else feels equally strongly about our choice, and because I've learned that many people want to give, but they want to know what we need or want them to give.
In that spirit, I wanted to let folks know about the registry and, if you're remotely interested, I'll put you on my Viacord registry e-mail list. You'll get the invitation, and you can do with it what you will :)
Is that tacky? I hope not.
Anyhoo, comments are screened. Leave your e-mail addy if you're curious.
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Date: December 29th, 2006 10:14 pm (UTC)You can't please everyone.
We wanted to do the cord blood thing with Kadison but were unable to because of the cost. It was going to be more than 5 thousand dollars, which we could never afford.
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Date: December 29th, 2006 11:51 pm (UTC)It's costly and it's risky (as in, it may be money thrown away and never used, like most insurance policies!), but we wanted to do it.
I hope we don't regret it :-/
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Date: December 29th, 2006 11:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: December 31st, 2006 04:47 pm (UTC)If you ask Viacord, they preserve hematopoietic stem cells from umbilical cords as insurance against future bouts with leukemia and other blood diseases and cancers and, possibly in the future, things like alzheimers.
If you ask a skeptic, they'll tell you that Viacord and other private cord blood banking facilities are quacks who prey on parents' fears.
I know that if SamPatrick has some blood disease, his own stem cells likely would not help him. They could, however, help another family member.
Anyway, Jeff and I wanted to do it, so we are :)