Re: umbil cord bld merchandising.

2002-03-05 Thread Andrea Quanchi 
Title: Re: umbil cord bld merchandising.



on 5/3/02 3:29 PM, Mary Murphy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I recently received a flyer from Cryosite cord blood service with my ACMI News/journal. The company is subtly using midwives to market their service, the text reinforcing in our minds that the blood should be stored for the child's future use. Maybe we should be reinforcing that the blood belongs to the baby at birth and was put there for a really good reason...strengthening the immune system. Maybe if the baby receives its birthrite in the minutes following birth, it will not need it later. 

mary you beat me to it but I feel the same way as you and was quite annoyed that this came through the ACMI. Yes we need to be able to inform parents who will ask about this due to its constant exposure in the media but i would like to see the ACMI produce an information sheet with the advantages of letting the baby have as much of this precious stuff as it can at birth and maybe as you say the likelihood of needing it later would decrease. Has anyone researched that.

Alana (ACMI) what was the incentive for ACMI to send this out for cryosite. I hope it was financial compensation and if so I think members should be told this with the mail out.

Andrea Quanchi

RE: umbil cord bld merchandising.

2002-03-05 Thread Johnston 

I would like to add my vote of concern and caution in midwives promoting 
cord blood collection and storage.  We have no reliable evidence as to the 
value of this practice.
I would like to see a discussion paper prepared by a collaborative group 
and current evidence presented clearly so that informed decisions can be 
made.  Thanks for the references that have been given.  I have been busy 
with births, so this response must be brief.
Joy Johnston


-Original Message-
From:   Mary Murphy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:   Tuesday, March 05, 2002 10:25 PM
To: Andrea Quanchi; midwifery mailing list
Subject:Re: umbil cord bld merchandising.

  File: ATT6.htm  Re: umbil cord bld merchandising.
  If midwives feel the sqme way as Andrea and me, then we should all be 
emailing/writing to the ACMI and telling them so.  I don't believe it is 
sufficient just to vent on the List. MM

  mary you beat me to it but I feel the same way as you and was quite 
annoyed that this came through the ACMI. Yes we need to be able to inform 
parents who will ask about this due to its constant exposure in the media 
but i would like to see the ACMI produce an information sheet with the 
advantages of letting the baby have as much  of this precious stuff as it 
can at birth and maybe as you say the likelihood of needing it later would 
decrease. Has anyone researched that.

  Alana (ACMI) what was the incentive for ACMI to send this out for 
cryosite. I hope it was financial compensation and if so I think members 
should be told this with the mail out.

  Andrea Quanchi





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