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MrsSP · #3 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 04:46 PM

I bank with Viacord. I picked them because they seem to be frontrunner in research right now and even have some very hopeful news for juvenile diabetes. I banked my daughter Ari's and my other daughter Scarlett's and this one will be banked as well. Having gone through many diseases in my family with devastating results, I find it comforting and reassuring that science can do many things with my baby's stem cells, which hopefully they will never have to use. I pay an annual fee or you have the option to do multiple years of storage at a discount. Some hospitals have donation banks meaning they do not charge a fee to bank, but I think you are donating and the cells do not belong to you. For our family, it's just another type of insurance. I know there are certain childhood cancers that are greatly helped by stem cells and by using your own or your family's then there is no wait finding a possible match. It is costly, but to us, worth it.