Pondering thoughts

I've been doing some research on Cord Blood Banks and am trying to find a public one that works with the hospital we'll be using. Here's a bit of info about cord blood donation, if you're interested (http://www.nationalcordbloodprogram.org/index.html).

Each year, thousands of patients are diagnosed with a disease that might have to be treated with a hematopoietic or blood stem cell transplant. Traditionally, these stem cells have come from bone marrow donation, from either a relative or from an unrelated volunteer donor. Most patients, however, have no relative that matches their HLA tissue type. An estimated 10,000 to 15,000 of patients cannot find a donor that is a sufficiently close match among the millions of volunteer donors listed with registries around the world. Other patients don't have enough time to find an unrelated bone marrow donor due to the rapid progression of their disease. Cord blood is now another option.

On a lighter note, I found this website where you enter your due date and it spits out fun information about your baby. Here's mine:
You are in Week 18 of your pregnancy and your baby is 16 weeks old.
Your Third Trimester will begin 10/24/2008 125 days down, 155 to go!
Your baby's birthstone will be Garnet (Loyalty, Constancy)
Your baby's Astrological Sign will be Aquarius
Your baby's Flower is Carnation or Snowdrop (Black, Dk. Blue or Red)
Your baby will be born in the Chinese Year of The Ox
This time next year your baby will be 30 Weeks Old!
Your baby will start kindergarten in 2014, be old enough to drive a car in 2025, finish high school in 2027, and will graduate from college with the class of 2031, give or take a year.