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Umbilical cord blood banking: Should I do it for my baby?
15 May, 2021 05:00 PM
17 minutes to read
Simone Anderson, Laura McGoldrick and Megan Papas.
Umbilical cord blood banking is appearing on social media feeds now pregnant influencers are promoting it - and it has rubbed some experts up the wrong way. Alanah Eriksen asks if the costly practice is worth doing?
The pregnant influencer looks down at the product, her husband cradling her burgeoning belly.
Clad in crisp white pants with immaculate makeup and slicked back hair, she holds a small white box. Inside it, a kit to collect precious blood from her unborn child s umbilical cord.