A parent has to make a lot of decisions before the baby is even born. I know George Young and I did a lot of research on everything - from the type of labor, to the more important things (like what is the absolute BEST infant nose snot sucker, best tasting edible nipple cream, etc), and of course: cord blood banking.
一個新手爸爸媽媽在小孩還沒有出生之前有很多要考慮的事。我知道我跟George兩個研究很多關於所有該研究的事。比如說： 選擇生產方式、最好用的鼻涕吸引器、最好吃的奶頭乳液、然後，當然，關於臍帶血保存。
Like many parents, we weren’t sure exactly was involved in cord blood banking. Or even what it meant to be honest. We were unsure if it was something we needed or wanted to do. How do they take the blood? Would it hurt our newborn? How much blood is needed? Would we still be allowed to have a couple minutes of delayed umbilical cord clamping? (That’s a whole other thing…) Do we have to decide right away if we want to keep the cord blood they save, or do are we supposed to donate it right away? What’s the point of a cord blood bank anyway?!
像很多爸媽，我們不是百分之百清楚“存臍帶血”到底是什麼意思：我們需要嗎？我們想要嗎？臍帶血怎麼取得？會不會痛？需要多少血？我們還會有機會延遲鉗夾臍帶嗎？（這個又是另外的要討論的事！）我們需要立即決定要不要自己保存或是願意將臍帶血捐出去嗎？啊到底我們幹嘛要做這件事呢？有用嗎？
After asking the relevant questions, and more importantly, after meeting some of the families who have benefitted from cord blood banking, our decision was made. Seeing how a simple decision made at the time of your child’s birth can change the lives of so many people...in some cases giving the gift of life, made registering our son’s cord blood an easy choice.
問完很多問題之後，更重要的是，在和真正親身體會到存臍帶血的重要性的家庭相遇之後，我們就決定了。看著他們的案例，只是因為一個當寶寶出生時就做的簡單決定，卻能改變一個家庭甚至好多個家庭的命運，就像是天上掉下來的禮物一樣，讓我們在決定該不該作存捐互利這件事時更果決且更肯定！
Now that we are parents, we realize that we would do ANYTHING for Egan. Hopefully, he will never ever have to use his cord blood for any treatment, but if he does, we can rest assured that we have it saved. And if someone else needs it, we’re able to help and/or provide hope. Not like Egan’s nose snot. THAT’s totally useless and we will not save it no matter how much he and his daddy seems to enjoy eating it.
現在我們真的升格為人父人母了，我們才驚覺，什麼叫做願意為自己的孩子犧牲一切。當然我們也希望將來Egan不會有機會去使用到他的臍帶血幹細胞。但萬一真的他碰到狀況需要了，至少我們很放心當初有替他作儲存。甚至如果有其他人需要，我們也可以藉此去幫助他們並至少給他們一點希望。這可不像Egan的鼻涕，它一點用處也沒有而且毫無疑問的我們並不會儲存它，即便不知道為什麼他和他爸都很愛吃鼻涕！
If you, like us, have questions about cord blood registry, don’t be afraid to ask them! Bionet was able to help us in answering everything we wanted to know… and if all that isn’t convincing enough, hear from the people who have been given a second chance at life…
如果你/妳們，像當初的我們一樣對於儲存臍帶血幹細胞有許多的疑問，別擔心，大膽問！ 訊聯生技/訊聯臍帶血銀行 非常有耐心地一一回答我們的每一個問題，然而如果你聽到的回答無法說服你沒關係，聽聽這些受到臍帶血幫助而給了他們人生第二個希望的人們的故事吧。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V5BwD7SmxQ&feature=youtu.be
