- 07-21-2012, 12:50 PM #25
i think we have a few new users on here and on geoexpat... it seems that almost every "new mum-to-be" who has posted on here recently is interested in cord blood storage.... i don't think it's a coincidence. i wouldn't be surprised if it is one person trying to drum up business.
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Aquarian, you summarised what I wanted to say too. Some of it is touched on in this article:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/pri...ry?id=10568271
I think parents should really be doing their research before investing in this service, beyond listening to sales reps of cord blood companies and even their own doctors as some of the latter might be receiving a commission from the service providers.
If people still feel they have the funds to spend on something that has a small chance of being useful, that's fine but if parents spend on these kind of services and then say how expensive raising a child in Hong Kong is, it's a bit silly.
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While reading about updates, I recently came across this from the FDA website:
http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVac.../ucm236044.htm
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yeah, it can be expensive! the other day I came across south china morning post and saw that people are even willing to spend 100K on storing cord blood tissues
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