Pros
- Donation definitely has the potential of the cordblood being useful & helping other people
- Donating is very cheap (almost free)
Cons
- You won't have access to your cordblood, if your family ever needs it
- 50% of donated cord blood is tossed :-( ; check out this link for more info. Cord Blood banks do a similar analysis and might discard the cordblood (you will not be charged if the cord blood does not meet basic transplant/banking standards). Could the chances of storing the cord blood be higher with private banks?
- Genetic tests are conducted on the donated cordblood. Laws in certain states (eg: WA) require that genetic and health conditions of the cordblood are made part of the public record, associated with the mother's name. So, anyone could search public records with the mother's name and get access to that kind of :(
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