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Cord Blood Donation
Have you every considered Cord Blood Donation this perfectly safe and harmless procedure can be done at the birth of your baby and used to treat people suffering for leukaemia, lymphoma and some tumours.
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Cord Blood is high in stem cells and we have all become aware lately of the ongoing research regarding the importance of stem cells in helping to cure a number of diseases including Autoimmune Diseases, Cerebral Palsy, Critical Limb Ischemia, Degenerative Joint Disease, Diabetes Type 2, Heart Failure, Multiple Sclerosis, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spinal Injury.
Please consider discussing the donation of your cord blood with your obstetrician and/or midwife, it is such a small thing for you to do but could save thousands of lives possibly even your own in the future.
To donate cord blood you will need to be at least 36 weeks into your pregnancy and not have a multiple pregnancy (e.g. twins).
You will need to check if the hospital or birth centre you have chosen to deliver your baby participates in the program.
If you wish to consider being a cord blood donor you will need to make this decision well in advance of your expected date for delivery.