Cord blood banking is a pretty remarkable medical breakthrough. But before you get too excited, remember to ask your doctor ...

I first heard the phrase "cord blood banking" from season 17 winner Catherine Giudici Lowe, who chose to privately bank her babies' cord blood. Her social media post about the process piqued my ...

When you give birth, the baby is delivered first. The umbilical cord then comes out after your baby. In rare cases, the umbilical cord prolapses, which means it falls out from its normal position.

Scientists from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and ...

A newborn’s belly button may bleed while the cord is falling off or shortly after it does. The umbilical cord supplies a fetus with nutrients from the mother. Once the baby is born, it no longer ...

But, cord blood banking turned out to be expensive — and it wasn't covered by my health insurance. I paid exactly $2,724 upfront to harvest my daughter's cord blood stem cells at birth, and every year ...