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Every expectant parent today faces a tough and irreversible choice: Should you bank your newborn child's cord blood? If you are like most expectant parents, you are perhaps overwhelmed and confused by the choice. On one hand you receive tons of marketing from the cord blood companies touting the important benefits of blood banking. On the other hand, you've heard that there is limited medical value to storing your child's cord blood and the costs are very high.

What is the best decision? To discover you own answer, research these topics:

What is Cord Blood? What are stem cells?

Argument For: A "life insurance" policy for your newborn

Argument Against : The argument against

Researching Cord Blood Banks

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