My name is Rachael, I am 29 yo, I live in Palm Coast, FL and my family consists of my husband and our daughter, Olivia (4) and son, Wyatt (18 months) and 3 crazy dogs! We love spending the weekends at the Waterpark, Zoo, Disney, Legoland, Bounce House, really anything that our kids love doing. I work full time as a Multimedia Sales Executive with our local Newspaper. I have been there almost 11 years. I also am very involved with f2067f27-9325-471b-9d52-345e06af0c2aa local non-profit animal rescue group that is a no kill shelter and a local non-profit for Veterans. With the animals, I volunteer for their bi-monthly low cost shot clinics and for the Veterans, I go shopping for about 15 of them and get everything on their wish lists (we play Santa every Christmas).
 
The idea to carry for someone else began when I was a teenager. I have a cousin, who has always been more like a sister to me, who is unable to carry. I always told her if I could have kids that I would carry for her. After I had my first child, we discussed it again and unfortunately her husband was not on board with it. So, I spoke with my husband, and said since we were open to helping them, why not help someone else once we completed our own family. After we had our second child, while I was on maternity leave, I really started researching the idea. I contacted a local fertility office in our area and asked if they had a gestational surrogacy program. They didn’t, however they recommended FSC.
 
This is how my surrogacy journey began…. I am now in my first journey, carrying a little 1e9d452f-d31a-4fe1-b657-d479cc8494dagirl for the most wonderful International IF’s! I could not have asked for a better match! I even call them my other husbands!! This has been the most amazing thing I have ever done and I hope to be able to do this again in the future.I also think it is instilling great values in my daughter and teaching her about kindness and helping others.
 
If I could tell you anything,if you’re just getting started, it is do your research on everything beforehand, and make sure you have a great support group, anything can happen. I couldn’t have done this without the support of my husband and my mother in law. Our first transfer was successful, but I miscarried at almost 9 weeks.It took 4 months to be able to transfer again and here we are now more than halfway. It will all work out the way it is supposed to. Just try to relax and enjoy the journey!

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.