When it comes to your child and its future, then every parent wants the best.

As far as cord blood banking is concerned, every person has two considerations to put together. It is the choice of the parents to decide whether they want to donate their cord blood to a public cord blood bank or to a private cord blood bank.

Both the cord blood banks have their own pros and cons. If one cord blood bank enables the parents to donate their child’s cord blood for the service for the society, the other serves the purpose of preserving the cord blood for their own personal requirement in future. Thus the decision of selection remains completely personal and is to be taken considering all the points.

If you are a riche rich and can afford the facilities of the private cord blood bank, then your preference will be the private blood bank as it provides security to your child and family. Once you have donated the cord blood to the private blood bank, you can retrieve the same cord blood for the use in future.

Storing of the cord blood in the private blood bank is basically for the use of the donor and his/her family. It has nothing to do with the interest of the society. It means storing the cord blood privately.

If ever any of the family member need a transplant, then the cord blood of their own child can be utilised. But there is a disadvantage related to the private blood banking. If the cord blood of the newly born baby is infected due to any reason, then it is of no use for the child and the family. And thus there is no need of storing it.

Another option in relation to the cord blood banking is that of the public cord blood banking. Though the public cord blood bank violates all the ownership rights related to the donor parent, it provides the best compatible cord blood for the future use as the collected blood undergoes strict quality standard tests which ensure the future usability and stability of the cord blood for the transplant and other research work.

Here the cord blood is provided for the transplant to the other patients in need. There is no collection and annual storage fee, as charged in the private cord blood banking systems, for giving the blood to a public cord blood bank.

Thus the choice of cord blood banking lies completely in the hands of the parent. After considering all the factors related to both the cord blood banks and receiving good information and advice about the both, they can decide which cord blood banking system suits them and their child the best.

For assistance, there are various foundations and societies formed which provides the best possible knowledge for making the selection process easier for the parents. This also helps in reducing the chances of confusion and any kind of misunderstanding from prevailing in the minds of the people.

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