Being pregnant means being bombarded with ads touting cord blood as too precious to waste, for a significant upfront cost and annual fee, like a 'biological insurance policy.'
The odds of using privately banked cord blood are minuscule for families without a specific rare disorder history, making American Academy of Pediatrics recommend against private banking for most.
ViaCord and Cord Blood Registry offer free services for families with specific treatable conditions, but broad success in the business model beyond rare disease cases is unlikely.
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