Cord blood banking is increasingly popular with families around the world, including professional athletes . Chris and Rebecca Judd, recognized as celebrities in Australia, decided to bank cord blood of their daughter after welcoming their newborn into the world earlier this month.
Rebecca gave birth to daughter Billie Kate on February 1, only five days after his 31st birthday on January 27 The couple is very health conscious, with Chris sometimes with bad knees following his football career. Recognizing the potential benefits of cord blood cells from stem, Rebecca chose Billie Kate cord blood bank as a precaution in case of a stem cell transplant is still needed.
"Sure, of course you hope to never be able to have to use it but we sure this stored blood of cord tissue and cord important -. When you have only one opportunity to birth, makes sense "
This is not the first time that the Judds have bet cord blood of their child .. When their son Oscar was born in 2011, the couple learned cord blood bank family friends, and decided to cord blood banking Oscar.
At the time of the birth of Billie Kate, the Judds learned even more about the potential therapeutic benefits derived from umbilical cord blood stem cells. Banked at birth, cells cord blood stem have the potential of developing into various blood cells that can help to provide treatment for people with leukemia, lymphoma and other blood diseases.
The family actively shared photos of their newborn and their domestic life in recent weeks with followers on social media. Chris and Rebecca seem very happy to have Oscar Billie and Kate in their lives.