Cord Blood Collection – All the Necessary Information
                     Cord Blood Collection – All the Necessary 
Information
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During the pregnancy, the umbilical cord is connected to you and your baby, 
well before your baby is born. In fact, while the baby is developing in the 
womb, it gets its essential nutrients and oxygen from the umbilical cord blood. 
Earlier, once the babies were born, the cord-cutting was 
immediately done and the cord got treated as a medical 
waste. With the advent of cord blood stem cell therapy, 
however, the whole scenario has changed. Research has also 
indicated that, the cord with the cord blood consists of stem 
cells, used for treating various life-threatening diseases.
So, there are banks who collect and store this cord blood for 
your baby health and your family’s healthy future.   
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Read this engaging article to the process of cord blood collection:  
• Painless and Safe Collection: The banks can carry out the collection 
process of the cord blood, whether your baby is born vaginally or you might 
have had a C-section. Once the baby is delivered, the hospital staffs will cut 
and clamp the cord a few inches apart from the baby and use a sterile needle 
and bag to collect the cord blood. However, there are ex utero and in utero 
methods of cord blood collection. While, in the former, a syringe is injected in 
the umbilical cord to drain the blood cells, in the latter the medical fraternity 
waits for the placenta to delivered before collecting the blood. Since the cord 
does not have nerves, the whole process of cord blood collection takes place 
without causing any pain to you and your baby.
• Cord Blood Collection Kit is a must: You must remember, that a month or 
two before your delivery, the cord blood bank where you signed the 
agreement form, and filled up the questionnaire about your family health 
history, had provided you with a Cord Blood Collection Kit. This kit has all the 
important materials to complete the process of collection of the cord blood.
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• The Amount of Blood Collected: The 
amount of cord blood directly depends on 
the weight of your new born. It may be as 
much as 20% more if the weight exceeds 
3.2 kgs. In case of caesarean delivery, it is a 
bit more complicated, but the collection still 
takes place. Although The amount collected 
might be smaller. So, generally, a 150 ml 
bag is offered to collect up to 128 ml of cord 
blood and the rest is filled up with 
anticoagulant. The excess might get wasted. 
But, some cord blood banks walk that extra 
mile for you. They provide a 250 ml cord 
blood collection bag to the obstetricians 
which has the capacity of collecting almost 
72% blood. That means 215 ml as it 
contains 35 ml anticoagulant (215 – 128), 
which is almost 90 ml extra.
Save your baby’s cord blood to protect them against 80+ disorders.  Call Cordlife at Toll Free No.: 1800 121 6200 | Hotline: 
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To conclude: 
The entire collection process is carried out by 
some of the trained healthcare providers. They 
understand that the blood collected won’t last 
more than 5 minutes. So, they use the most 
effective ways while collecting the cord blood 
and ensure that bag or container is properly 
labelled before sending it to the lab for 
processing, testing and new-born 
cord blood banking.
Save your baby’s cord blood to protect them against 80+ disorders.  Call Cordlife at Toll Free No.: 1800 121 6200 | Hotline: 
+91 983016 6200 
Source: https://www.cordlifeindia.com/blog/cord-blood-collection-all-the-necessary-information/
Save your baby’s cord blood to protect them against 80+ disorders.  Call Cordlife at Toll Free No.: 1800 121 6200 | Hotline: 
+91 983016 6200