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Jamie Shirley

“It’s a cool way of having some part of you that’s helping someone else. It’s such a miracle that it grows that little baby and that it can help somebody afterwards.”

Jamie Shirley

Jamie Shirley first learned about placenta donation when she was pregnant with her daughter Sadie. “I was scheduled for a C-section, and it was an option that my doctor brought up,” she says. “I honestly didn’t know it was a thing.”

After doing some research, Jamie made the decision to donate her placenta after Sadie’s birth. “I thought it was really cool—a nice way to share something that I’m not going to use again. It’s a cool way of having some part of you that’s helping someone else,” she says. “It’s such a miracle that it grows that little baby and that it can help somebody afterwards.”

Jamie said the process of delivering her daughter and donating her birth tissue went smoothly. “It was a nice experience,” she says. “I plan to do it again the second round!”


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Impact Stories | Blood Donation

 
Jenny Havlik
When Jenny Havlik learned that health issues would require her to deliver her daughter, Anya, via scheduled C-section, she was thrilled to learn it would allow her to donate her placenta and umbilical cord tissue.
 
Jessica Kidd
Due to a surgery to remove uterine fibroids, Jessica Kidd knew a C-section would be part of her son’s birth story. 
 
Beth Diekema
After hearing about a boy whose life was saved by an umbilical cord blood transplant, Beth was inspired to donate her daughter, Claire’s, cord blood when she was born.
 
Placenta Donation Program
Are you an expectant mother with a planned C-section? Learn more about placenta donation.
 
About Blood Donation
Donate blood, donate plasma or donate platelets at a blood donation center near you or a blood drive near you. Make an appointment to donate blood today.
 
Organ, Tissue & Eye Donation
Versiti Organ and Tissue is an organ procurement organization focused on increasing the Wisconsin donor registry though community outreach programs.
 
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