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I’m 26 weeks pregnant and trying to figure out my leave. I live in NJ and work at PwC, any fishes know the policy for NJ and PwC? The leave center has not been much help and I want to plan NOW not like 60 days before. I was told NJ gets two weeks before due date and PwC gives you two weeks as well.
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I didn’t save it for either of my kids. Seemed like a high cost for a low likelihood event in my family health history, plus there’s a heavy reliance on the facility storing it year over year, which hasn’t always met expectations (see Arizona lawsuit).
I value Emily Oster’s data-based insights if you want to check out her insta/website/book, which hits on blood cord banking.
I don’t think the well being subsidy can be used for it. We did it and it was pretty seamless during birth, the nurses took care of everything, you get everything you need to ship it back and we got the certificate shortly after sending. Been paying annual subscription since. Did not have to use it so I don’t really have any other experience. In terms of cheaper options I know there are places where you can donate half of it for research or to help other families and your half gets stored for free.
We did with Americord. Pretty seamless process as people have mentioned. It is expensive so we got a payment plan. I treat it as an insurance, although many people have argued that the amount of cord blood is very small won’t be useful in some cases. We still did it since that’s our risk appetite.
We didn’t do it because my OB said it was marketing nonsense unless you have a family history of a disorder that can be treated with cord blood like sickle cell.