Hi, my name is Carolina and I recently completed my first Surrogacy journey. I was looking through my Facebook feed one day and I saw that my sons babysitter wanted to become a gestational surrogate, and I immediately started to do some research to what that was!
At the time I was 2 months pregnant with my daughter. My husband and I talked about not wanting any more kids of our own but I loved being pregnant so I thought being a surrogate was a great option for me. I wanted to give the greatest gift and make a family. My most significant support person throughout my journey was my husband. He was the best!
What made me decide to choose my former intended parents was how amazing they sounded on paper and then we met through skype and I felt very comfortable and confident with them. We were all on the same page about everything I was looking for! We had such a laid back twin pregnancy, it was very nice to have a great pregnancy especially being twins!
The reason I chose FSC was because one of my friends was already in her journey with them, and they were amazing at pretty much everything!
The one thing about my journey that was most surprising to me was how much medication I had to take. I was definitely not prepared for that part, but it did go fast sense the embryo took the first time! Being pregnant as a surrogate was similar but different than my own pregnancies. Thankfully all my pregnancies were mild and uneventful. But as a surrogate I felt like I had to take care of myself a lot more than with my own, sense it wasn’t my babies I wanted to make sure I was doing all things right! I had such a beautiful and wonderful journey, that nothing went wrong!
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.
