As their due date creeps closer, many pregnant women pack a go bag for the hospital: toothbrush, iPod, cute bringing-baby-home outfit. But in recent months, savvy mothers-to-be have started tucking in one more important item: a kit to collect and donate the blood in their babies' umbilical cord.
Umbilical Cords Save Lives, But Nearly All Of Them Get Thrown Away
The Huffington Post News Editors, Huffington Post
Mon, 07/19/2010 - 9:57am
Sections: living
Topics: child birth mothers pregnancy umbilical cord
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