the anthony nolan charity is now urging more people to sign up to donate their cord, especially thosecelestina olulode reports. every mother's day, i think to myself, i've got three mothers. one i see, one i can do things with, but the other two that i just think about and just be grateful for. i've got plenty of therapy here. the kindness of strangers saved his life when he was diagnosed with leukaemia. one of them is in america, one of them is in australia. and they are out there living their life, but for me, they mean so much, that i am so grateful for that they have done this to let me live. he had three unsuccessful rounds of chemotherapy after his diagnosis in 2012. they said, ok, we have options. the first option was the unrelated donor. but then, obviously, because of my ethnicity, they couldn't find me a match. and then my other option was my brother. he wasn't a match either. and then they told me about the cord blood. a new mum can choose to donate their placenta and umbilical cord, rich in stem cells, cord blood can be used to treat a number of conditions. if i didn't hav