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• You can do nothing. Don’t make a choice either way, and the cord blood and stem cells will be thrown away. 
  
  
• Autologous donation (privately banking your child's own cord blood) is a service offered by family or private cord blood banks which will collect, process and store your baby's umbilical cord blood for a one time collection and processing fee and a yearly storage fee.  Our partner, Community Blood Services, offers private banking at a discount through The Brady Kohn Foundation. Click here to find out more or call CBS at 866.SAVCORD and tell them that you would like information about private banking.

Allogenic donation (publicly donating your baby’s cord blood) as explained throughout this site. To pre-register, click here .

• To preserve the stem cells for your baby (privately bank – pre-register here)
  
  
• To donate them to the community (publicly donate – pre-register here)
  
  
• You will need to complete the Pre - Registrations Form, Health Questionnaire and the Consent Form.
  
  
• You can also call CBS at 1-866-SAVCORD for paperwork and information.

It is best if you pre-register between 18 and 34 weeks. CBS prefers that you contact them at least four weeks prior to your due date, which gives you time to review the materials and ask questions.  At this time, we do not have on site staff to handle day of decisions for cord blood donation. If you want to donate, you MUST pre-register.

Each unit is labeled with its own unique bar code. The National Bone Marrow Banking system assigns each unit a unique identifier number so the unit can be traced for possible recipients all over the world. By completing the pre-registration, questionnaire, and consent form, your baby’s unit bar code will be tagged with all of the pertinent information that a transplant physician may need to determine a match.

The doctors/nurses at both Christiana hospitals in Delaware have been trained to collect your cord blood. However, we suggest that after you register into the program, you should discuss this with your physician.

The first priority is the care and well being of the mother and the baby. This procedure is very safe because the blood is collected after the cord has been separated from you and your baby.  The health of the mother and the infant takes precedence over the collection process. Collection of umbilical cord blood shall not interfere and shall have no impact on obstetric practice or patient care.

Neither you nor your baby will feel anything since this procedure is only done after the cord has been detached.

The parents, upon signing a release form, can receive the test results if they request them.  Call 866.SAVCORD and request the information.

If the cells are donated, they may still be available in our public bank. If the cells are no longer in our bank, we will help your family track down the closest matching unit.

A trained courier will provide shipment of the cord blood unit to CBS.

Yes, Community Blood Services is licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health, New York Health department and they are accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks. They are registered with the FDA and a participating bank in the NMDP.