Think it's ridiculous how they want to charge you for your own cord , it's from your own body and…

they are jacked up.

What do you mean??

@rainbow0601, your umbilical cord ? You have the option to buy it when it's coming out of your own body

ive never heard of being charged for that

@kambam, look it up , they didn't ask you if you wanted to buy it in the hostpital?

@karlaesanchez nope. I took my whole placenta and cord home

@kambam, weird guess it's different down here then they charge you for it or they ask if you want to donate it

@karlaesanchez um thats weird! well just ask for it and if you see it billed its not like you have to pay 😂 I'd dispute that

@kambam, you don't have to , you have the option to keep it and if you want to you have to pay for it , there's no disputing on it that's how it is down here .

@karlaesanchez whats your hospital? never heard of that thats crazy 😨

@kambam, grossmont in San Diego that's how it is in most hostpitals down here in sd

@kambam, not most , all actually

@karlaesanchez terrible. I would not be paying for pieces of my own body

That sucks! Not to mention how sketchy that is! I'm not going to be charged for mine the only charge I'll have is once the doula comes to pick up my placenta from the hospital she's going to encapsulate the placenta for me so I'll have to pay for her services and then they give you the cord as keep sake afterwards. Did you want yours for keep sake or cord blood banking?

Things are so different in CA though I just moved from long beach area a little over a year ago to Oregon and its soooo different up here.

I obv knew you meant umbilical but was just confused what you meant.... Never heard of buying it. What's the benefit of doing that?