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Umbilical cord blood banking: Should I do it for my baby?
15 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Simone Anderson, Laura McGoldrick and Megan Papas.
Umbilical cord blood banking is appearing on social media feeds now pregnant influencers are promoting it - and it has rubbed some experts up the wrong way. Alanah Eriksen asks if the costly practice is worth doing?
The pregnant influencer looks down at the product, her husband cradling her burgeoning belly.
Clad in crisp white pants with immaculate makeup and slicked back hair, she holds a small white box. Inside it, a kit to collect precious blood from her unborn child s umbilical cord.
Kiwi mum s heartbreak after surrogate terminates her pregnancy: I went into shock
(Photo / NZ Herald) Sat, 8 May 2021, 9:14AM
When Jane and her husband John heard the news that their surrogate was pregnant last September, they were overjoyed. For Jane, who had a troubled first pregnancy carrying their daughter Jenny , it meant another chance at motherhood.
As the couple stocked up on nappies and formula, and pulled out Jenny s old baby clothes in anticipation, their only real worry were whether the infant would feel like theirs. But last November, while nine weeks pregnant with the couple s biological baby, their surrogate underwent a termination without their knowledge.
Kiwi mum s heartbreak after surrogate terminates her pregnancy: I went into shock
7 May, 2021 06:25 PM
9 minutes to read
A Kiwi couple were preparing to welcome their baby via surrogate when the woman who had agreed to carry for them told them she had miscarried. Photo / Getty Images
A Kiwi couple were preparing to welcome their baby via surrogate when the woman who had agreed to carry for them told them she had miscarried. Photo / Getty Images
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When Jane and her husband John heard the news that their surrogate was pregnant last September, they were overjoyed. For Jane, who had a troubled first pregnancy carrying their daughter Jenny , it meant another chance at motherhood.
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“The fact you’re adopting your own blood, it’s just a massive waste of resources that could have been better allocated to people that need it,” Craig Catley says of the surrogacy process in New Zealand. The pair made an arrangement to create, and co-parent the child with a lesbian couple. But after three attempts, they gave up. The women moved to Australia. About a year later, Cameron and David saw an online post about a girl’s death; she looked familiar to David, who was the sperm donor in what he thought were failed attempts at conception. The women admitted they had become pregnant, but wanted to keep the child for themselves.