Why parents store their baby’s cord blood a second time

Earlier this year, we asked more than 2,000 of our customers one simple question:

‘if you had another child, would you choose to store again?’

Now, the overwhelmingly positive response we received suggests that the vast majority of parents want to help protect their entire family’s long-term health, by preserving stem cells for each of their children.

Why store cord blood again?

Storing stem cells for each of your children can help maximise their treatment possibilities. This is because a baby’s own stem cells are their perfect genetic match, and can therefore be used in therapy without the risk of rejection that comes with other kinds of transplant. Of course, one child’s sample has a good chance of being suitable for their siblings to use; there is a 25% chance of it being a perfect match and a 50% of being good enough for a transplant. With the remaining 25% chance being no genetic match at all.

Moreover, in the case of genetic conditions, a child’s own cord blood stem cells would not be possible to use without gene editing, as they would carry the same faulty gene causing the conditions. In this case, it may be beneficial for the parents to have stored for each of their children, as a sibling may be a suitable transplant match and at the same time not have inherited the genetic condition. To find out more, just visit https://cells4life.com/cord-blood-pricing/