Can I bank cord blood if I have a home birth?

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And your home birth midwife, doula, or partner can assist you in collection.

The only difference would be that - if you're not giving birth in a hospital - we'd verify that you have access to tools for blood collection and labels.

Blood collection tools are for collecting a sample of the mother's blood as we screen it for disease.

Labels are for ensuring everything that is collected is identified in multiple different ways, according to FDA and AABB regulations.

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If you’re pregnant, you can freeze your umbilical cord and placenta stem cells to use for future disease treatment.

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