What Do You Think!

I just saw a video on YouTube on Suze Orman stating that she would approve someone to pay to store their babies core blood. A woman by the name of Theresa called in Suze’s show called “Can I Afford It?”. The woman told Orman how much money she made, had in life savings, got the Suze Orman story with a buy approval. Now this approval was given because her and her husband are able to afford it. To see if you can afford this as well you should request info on it. Suze also said “I am a believer in Stem Cell Research”. But what’s happening now is that a lot of people believe Orman believes everyone should do this, but that’s not the case. She only told this woman to buy it because she can afford it. I personally think before anyone rushes out to purchase Cryo-Cell service should do their own research. And most importantly ask a ton of questions. I would want to make 100 percent sure I know what was going to happen to my child’s core blood, as any concern parent would. So do that research, don’t jump into it blind.

Fighting Diseases!

I came across a site tonight that offers a lot information related to the collection of cord blood and other useful information. Cord blood is collected from the umbilical during the birth of a baby. People at times will opt to bank the cord blood for future use if the child ever becomes ill related to a major disease, like heart disease. Now it’s not cheap to bank this cord blood, but if it treats diseases you may end up with it’s well worth it in the end.

I really don’t know much about the banking of cord blood, and you may not either, but this site has a lot of resources to help you understand it more. If more people understand cord blood and how it can save your child’s life I’m sure more people would bank it. One thing that I do know for a fact is that you can’t decide the day your given birth, they need to know well in advance. If you wait you will not be able to get it done. So if your thinking of doing cord blood banking make sure you research as much as you can, and as always, talk to your doctor.

Saving Money!

As most of you know, just a few short years ago my little one was born. One of the biggest things my wife and I had talked about was, should she be breast feed or should we use baby formula? The choice for my wife and I was an easy one, breast feeding was the best way to go. Not only is breast feeding the best for the baby, the savings are huge. We now how much baby formula cost, it’s not cheap at all. For me I could never really figure out why the brand name formulas cost so much more. The U.S government, FDA regulates what goes into baby formula. So basically what I’m saying here is, there’s no difference between brand name formula and store brand formula, it’s the same stuff. And if you don’t believe me check out the website Parent’s Choice Infant Formula. On their site they have a savings calculator that you can use to see how much you can save by purchasing store name brand formula. Plus the site also has other very useful information for parents. So whatever way you choose to go, breast feeding or baby formula talk with your doctor, and talk with each other. This is a very important choice your making for your baby.

Nebraska Safe-Haven Law!

The state of Nebraska passed a safe-haven law in July of this year. And they have already taken in 36 kids that have been dropped off by their parents. With this new law parents just simply show up at any hospital and drop their kids off. I totally agree with law, children should always be kept safe. But what I disagree about this law is that they just changed a loophole in it. The law stated that any child could be dropped off at any area hospital. The problem as the state sees it is that the children being dropped off at times where teenagers. So now the new law states that the child age is limited to infants no more than 30 days old. I feel every child should have a safe place to go. Hopefully Nebraska officials will have a plan for the older kids to find a safe place to go. Because if they don’t these kids will end up on the streets.