I've already signed up for donation of cord blood - the optional paperwork was sent with the other hospital paperwork I had to complete when I booked for my delivery. I'm a big advocate of organ donation, so this kind of fits into my philosophy. However, the more I hear about delayed cord clamping, the more I question my decision. It's a hard balance because if my child needed cord blood to help them down the road, I'd be so thankful that someone donated to a cord blood bank. I know there was an article discussed on bellybelly some time ago about delayed cord clamping - does anyone know where that was posted?

PS - I have read both sides on whether it would be beneficial for your child to have their cord blood banked - the general feeling I was left with was that if the child whose cord blood was banked is the child who is sick, their cord blood would probably not be helpful - but, if you had a 2nd child and could use the cord blood of healthy child 1 to help sick child 2 or vis-a-versa (cord blood of healthy child 2 to help sick child 1), then this could be useful. I do think that if cord blood donation became as popular as blood donation, there could be a great benefit to society in general (but that's only my fairly uneducated opinion).