{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"PoohsDen","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden","author_name":"Vinitha","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/author\/pooh_admin\/","title":"Cord Blood Banking - US and India &#8212; PoohsDen","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Bhs817DBSX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/cord-blood-banking-us-and-india\/\">Cord Blood Banking &#8211; US and India<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/cord-blood-banking-us-and-india\/embed\/#?secret=Bhs817DBSX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Cord Blood Banking &#8211; US and India&#8221; &#8212; PoohsDen\" data-secret=\"Bhs817DBSX\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"In the recent years, there has been a lot of talk about cord blood banking and it is nother one of those millions of decisions that new-parents-to-be need to make. I am not going to write for or against the process. It is a personal decision. There are pros and there are cons. I have banked Baby I&#8217;s cord blood and I sincerely hope that we will never have a reason to use it. But if there is such a situation I do not want to say, oh I wish we had done it. But the cost of cord blood banking in the US is exorbitant and it is approximately a collection fee of 2000$+a monthly fee of around 100$. This was a major deterrent for us. We found a wonderful option and I wanted to document it for anyone who might consider cord blood banking. We collected the cord blood in the US and banked it in India. The cost of cord blood banking in India is much much cheaper than in the US. The big issue is getting the cord blood shipped to India asap. The doctor delivering Baby I collected the cord blood and R shipped it [&hellip;]"}