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I watched my friend struggle to get pregnant for years and subsequently started looking for a donor. After putting a lot of thought into it, I started the application to see if I could help someone in a similar situation.”
Q. What led you to become an Egg Donor?
I was introduced to egg donation after I watched my friend struggle to get pregnant for years and subsequently started looking for a donor. After losing touch for a while and reconnecting later, she informed me that she finished the process successfully and had a healthy baby. After putting a lot of thought into it, I started the application to see if I could help someone in a similar situation.
Q. Who was your largest support person(s) throughout your journey?
My largest support system was my best friend.
Q. What made you decide to be closed/semi-open/open with your Intended Parents?
I definitely wanted to keep the donation open or semi open because out of everything I read online regarding donor conceived kids, I kept coming across articles that discussed the ethical issues with donating and how it affects the child later in life. I found that the most of the negativity was not surrounding the process itself, but surrounding the lack of knowledge of who their biological mother was, and similar to a child who was adopted, they expressed a void that they had for not being aware of half of their identity. To completely eliminate that issue in a persons life, keeping it open or semi open relieves the pressure for the kid to have to embark on a mission to locate their biological mother later on down the line. They don’t feel they are kept in the dark about half their genes and they don’t feel lied to. They could find me any time they want on the registry and therefore might even be less curious and more accepting about it.
Q. Do you have advice for women who are interested in becoming an Egg Donor?
Advice for women going through this is definitely educate yourself on the process!!! Be as open as possible with your loved ones.
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Staci Swiderski, CEO and owner of Family Source Consultants, has been a prominent leader in reproductive medicine for over two decades. Through her strategic vision and dedication, she has developed Family Source Consultants into a globally recognized agency specializing in comprehensive egg donation and gestational surrogacy services. Under Staci’s leadership, the agency has become a trusted partner for intended parents, surrogates, and egg donors worldwide, known for its rigorous standards, compassionate support, and commitment to excellence in third-party reproduction.
Her professional insight is uniquely informed by her own family-building experiences. As an intended parent, Staci welcomed her son via gestational surrogacy in 2005, and as a known egg donor, she assisted an infertile couple in expanding their family. These experiences lend a rare depth to her leadership and have fueled her ongoing dedication to ethical, empathetic, and professional support within the field of reproductive medicine.
