Living Donation Q&A
Part 6: Birth Tissue Donation
Questions
- What is birth tissue?
Answers
What is birth tissue?
Birth tissue is gestational tissue that can be donated after the delivery of a living newborn. Donated birth tissue is often used in reconstructive procedures to promote healing, and to treat burns and painful wounds. Birth tissue donation is a type of living donation and does not impact your health or the health of your baby.
Donated birth tissue can include:
- Placenta
- Amniotic membrane
- Chorionic membrane
- Amniotic fluid
- Umbilical cord tissue
- Umbilical veins
- Wharton’s jelly
Birth tissue and cord blood can be donated after childbirth and require a specific authorization.