What is the 6 month follow-up?
Six months after a donation, we ask mothers to answer a short questionnaire about their health and that of the baby. Some inherited diseases may not be obviously present at birth, but only become apparent after several months. The baby’s health will be an assurance that the cord blood can be used for transplantation. We require another blood sample from the mother at this time to double check if there are any medical conditions that we might have missed at the time of donation.
