All candidates for our Surrogacy program must meet the following requirements:

  • Residency: Be a resident of the United States.
  • Age: Be between the ages of 21-43.
  • Health: Be healthy overall.
  • BMI: Be height-weight proportionate with a BMI of over 19 and under 33.
  • Parenting Experience: Have at least one child and raise (or have raised) that child.
  • Pregnancy Experience: Have experienced a healthy, full-term pregnancy and delivery.
  • Living Situation: Be in a stable living situation.
  • Support System: Have a personal support network.
  • Legal History: Never have been convicted of a felony.
  • Medication Compliance: Be willing to take medications as prescribed by the fertility center, often involving injections.
  • Lifestyle: Do not smoke or take illegal drugs.
  • Alcohol: Be willing to refrain from alcohol throughout the pregnancy.
  • Mental Health: Not have any psychiatric illness.
  • Transportation: Have reliable transportation.

https://www.familysourceconsultants.com/surrogates/what-are-the-requirements-to-become-a-surrogate/

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.