More parents and people should be aware of the huge benefits of preserving your babies cord blood. The controversial side to me doesn’t make much sense – you don’t hurt the baby nor the mother because it is a 5 minute thing that is done after the baby is born. There is a New site about stem cell research that I think parents to be should check out because it will well be in their best interest. They have a great Stem Cell FAQs page that answers many questions that you may have. I personally found the sit to be very user friendly and well organized and I thought that they gave a lot of great information especially if you don’t know all that much about it. I did my research when I was pregnant and I am very glad I did. I only hope that the stem cell research gets better funded because the possibilities that it holds to help cure and treat diseases is amazing. Read up more about it and see for yourself what it is all about.