Why are some midwives and consultants difficult about collecting cord blood?
Experience has shown that it is not always possible to collect enough blood from the umbilical cord or placenta for various reasons, secondly it may not be possible to collect enough stem cells despite the fact enough blood had been collected, as such there are two common misconceptions in the medical community. (1) Sometimes they think that if they don’t collect enough blood or something goes wrong with the sample that the patients are going to sue them, or hold them liable. This is not the case, due to the fact that we have all our clients sign agreements before their baby is born, which states that the hospital or its staff will not be held liable in any way. b) (2) They sometimes think that this is a lengthy procedure. Again, this is not the case. The entire procedure can take between 5 and 10 minutes. When the midwife has not done it him/herself they don’t realise how easy it is. Additionally it is the same process as taking blood for a rhesus negative mother, and the midwives are
