Re: Cord Blood
I told the doctor beforehand during one of my check ups. She made a note in my file in case another doctor in the group delivered me. How it works is I called Cyrobanks during my last trimester. They want you to call before the third trimester but I begged them to accept me and they did. They sent me a registration form in the mail and I sent it back. They told me to call me when I went into labor and the name of the hospital, which I did. The company was in Florida and I am in the Midwest, but it still worked. A DHL guy delivered a special box to the hospital which contained the cord blood donation kit and I reminded the doc again during delivery and she said that she saw it in my file ( but I am anal like that). She used the cord blood kit to collect the kit and the box was sent back by the hospital. No fee was charged by the doctor. I guess the hospital informs DHL and they recollect the box.
In the second case the hospital provided the form and kit but in any case I had to pre register at the hospital.