Sorry for a very late post however I thought it was worthwhile commenting on our experience. We collected the stem cells when we had our daughter. We were able to allow the cord to stop pulsating naturally itself and then the cells were collected. This option suited all our requirements however it is worthwhile noting that you are unlikely to get as large a collection of stem cells. This ultimately means that there are less stem cells being donated to research (a portion of all stem cells collected are donated to research involving stem cells).
We live in SA however when I was speaking to the company they advised that it is actually illegal in NSW to collect the stem cells prior to cessation of the cord pulsating (not sure if this is true or not but thought worth a mention). Of course they would prefer that we collected prior to the cessation of the cord pulsating so they would receive a larger research pool.
Just don't be dissapointed if you don't get the opportunity after all.
I wasn't told it wasn't possible bubs was born after hours or on weekends. I didn't mind as I was happier to delay the cord clamping in the end.
Not sure which company you were thinking of using however it doesn't matter the day and time that the baby is born. There is a time limit on when they require the sample to be processed in the lab but it is the midwife (well in our case) that collects the sample after the cord stop pulsating. The company has a 24 hour service and the sample is picked up via a courier from the hospital and is transported via plane to the lab in Sydney. In the case of the company we used, it didn't matter when our daughter was born.
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