How to DONATE (not bank) Baby's Cord blood

I have some information here for women who want to donate (not bank) your baby's cord blood. The differances between donating and banking are:
- the cord blood can be used for research and transplants instead of being stored indeffidently
- the stem cells found there can be used for research in liue of human embreos
- it costs you nothing!

A good point to remember, though, is if you choose to donate instead of banking, you may or may not have access to it in the future.

Your hosptial may or may not be a participant of donating but here are some differant banks that you should call:

For an up to date list of hospitals and banks visit www.marrow.org/cord
or call 1-800-MARROW-2

If you can't find a bank in your area or your hosptial doesn't participate call 1-800-627-7692

Here's a list of banks that are currently accepting donated cord blood:

In California:

Children's Hospital of Orange County Cord Blood Bank
(714)516-4335
www.choc.org

SemCyte International Cord Blood Center
1-866-STEMCYTE
www.stemcyte.com

In Florida:

The Cordus Coporation
(407)667-4842
www.cordus.com

Cryobanks International Inc.
1-800-869-8608
www.cry-intl.com

LifeCord
(352)224-1600
www.lifesouth.org/lifecord/lifecord.htm

In Illinois:

ITxM Cord Blood Services
1-877-448-2673
www.givcord.org

In Michigan

JP McCarthy Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank
(313)576-8721
www.karmanos.org

In Missouri

St. Louis Cord Blood Bank
1-888-453-2673
www.slcbb.org

In New Jersey:

The Elle Katz Umbilical Cord Blood Program
1-866-SAVCORD
www.comunitybloodservices.org

New Jersey Cod Blood Bank
(856) 752-9752
www.coriell.org/njcbb

In N. Carolina

Coarolinas Cord Blood Bank
(919)668-1116
cancer.duke.edu/ccbb

In Texas:

MD Anderson Cord Blood Bank
1-866-869-5111
www.mdanderson.org/app/cbb

Texas Cord Blood Bank
1-800-292-5534
www.bloodntissue.org/texascordbloodbank.asp

In Washington:

Puget Sound Blood Center
(206) 292-1896
www.psbc.org/cordblood

This is great advice. I plan on doing the same! Its a shame that doctors do not educate their patients on this. This could save a LOT of lives.

Thanks for the extra info!

Thank you so much, this seems like very useful information! I would love to bank my baby's cord blood for him, as I have many auto-immune diseases, but the cost is unreal. I know they say you can't put a price on a life, especially that of your child, but who the hell can afford it? I'm saving and hoping I'll be able to, but I'm definately going to check into donating it in hopes that it get put to good use! Again, thank you!