2006-09-01 03:58:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
now you have options one of witch being saving the cord blood which is nice because it could save your childs life or someone elses life in you immediate family. It has been found to even cure childhood Leukemia, help w/ sickle cell anemia and many other diseases. go to Cord blood registery.com
Its expensive but worth it.
2006-09-01 04:02:15 · answer #1 · answered by Becca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can harvest the cord blood that will contain a lot of stem cells. I don't think that it is automatically done after every birth. After my daughter's birth the doctor asked do we need any cord blood? They said yes, and I guess they took it. After that it is probably just medical waste. As a parent you can choose to bank the cord blood yourself, but that's expensive and has yearly fees...but it's available for your family if some disease that can benefit from it is diagnosed.
2006-09-01 11:08:30 · answer #2 · answered by JordanB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cord is clamped then cut. The UC along with the placenta are placed in a biohazard bag and are picked up by medical waste, and supposedly brought to the dump. I don't know how much I believe that last part b/c of where I worked we always separated the UC/placenta from other medical waste...makes you wonder where they are really being sent.
2006-09-01 11:15:27 · answer #3 · answered by ctws79 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is usually severed at birth and then tied shut at the baby's end to keep it from leaking. Within the next week or two it dries up and is removed, leaving a belly button.
2006-09-01 11:00:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many things...but one interesting thing they do with it is trade it with medical firms that wrap it in a dacron fiber and make bio-grafts used to replace arteries. I say they trade it because hospitals can not sell body parts so they will trade the cords for coupons for things like coffee makers etc.
2006-09-01 11:03:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it gets thrown out. that's why they are trying to pass the law for stem cell research. all they need is the small amount of blood the cord contains. just think: yesterdays garbage, today somebodys life.
2006-09-01 11:08:41 · answer #6 · answered by susieq 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tom Cruise uses it to propel his space ship.
2006-09-01 11:01:35 · answer #7 · answered by Karrien Sim Peters 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They keep them for the stem cells and freeze them.
2006-09-01 11:00:54 · answer #8 · answered by keishahayes2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't do anything with it. They throw it away. Are you looking for your code by any chance - Dr.Doom
2006-09-01 11:04:41 · answer #9 · answered by Dr. Doom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it dries up and goes away after a week
2006-09-01 11:15:01 · answer #10 · answered by jacksmum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋