I was pretty much told what suga said. I also called a couple of companies who store it and collect in our area and I found that they weren't very forthcoming with information, which I think they should be as a private service provider and the $$$$ that they are asking for. The most concerning question I asked was what the % of stored cord blood is actually used and they went into the old we can't tell you that, it's confidential! I replied with "I am not asking for your clients names, just a percentage of how often it's actually used/needed". I can only presume that it's practically 0% or they would be advertising it as a very useful thing to do if the figures were good. I was also annoyed at the cost they are charging and with no REAL back up as to why anyone should pay that kind of money other than in the future it may be needed. Donation is not an option where I live but you'd think the companies that do collect in this area would charge a 'small' fee for collection and get funding for research or on sell it to the companies who do the research and then the parents who donate will still have their babies cord blood stored kwim