Aishwarya Opted For Stem Cell Banking When Aaradhya Was Born
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Bollywood
actress
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
revealed
that
she
and
her
husband
Abhishek
Bachchan
opted
for
stem
cell
banking
when
their
daughter
Aaradhya
was
born.
Aishwarya
is
currently
promoting
stem
cell
preservation
by
Life
Cell,
a
biotechnology
company.
The
whole
process
of
banking
a
baby's
stem
cell
has
been
made
a
lot
cheaper
by
the
company
and
Aishwarya
urges
family
and
friends
to
gift
it
to
expecting
parents.
"Families
and
friends
can
come
together
to
make
this
gift
possible
in
a
parent's
life.
We
traditionally
buy
so
many
things
for
expecting
parents," Aishwarya
said
at
the
launch
of
the
initiative
on
Monday,
October
7.
"So
family
and
friends
can
come
together
to
pursue
this
possibility
in
expectant
parents
lives
and
make
that
the
perfect
gift
for
the
child
coming
into
this
life,"
she
added.
Aishwarya
had
this
thought
of
stem
cell
preservation
even
before
her
marriage.
"I
had
always
banked
that
thought
even
before
I
got
married.
At
that
point
of
time
we
were
contacted
by
a
lot
of
companies
and
closer
to
the
date
we
interacted
extensively
with
Life
Cell.
Once
were
convinced
we
went
ahead
with
the
decision
to
bank
with
Life
Cell,"
Aishwarya
said.
Aishwarya
urges
expecting
parents
to
look
at
it
as
a
sensible
investment.
"To
those
who
can
afford
it,
we
really
look
at
a
lot
of
expenses.
A
lot
of
indulgences
are
so
easily
spent
upon
that
somehow
this
thereby
seems
like
a
sensible
investment,"
Aishwarya
said.