The Surrogacy Space Interview with Family Source Consultants with CEO and founder, Staci Swiderski

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Family Source Consultants (“FSC”) is a leading international surrogacy and egg donation agency. They offer a range of services to help individuals and couples build their families through third-party reproduction. The main offices are located in Illinois and Florida and FSC assists intended parents around the world and locates surrogates and egg donors across the United States.

On the show, we interviewed FSC’s CEO and Founder, Staci Swiderski. With over 15 years of experience in third-party reproduction, Staci has been a prominent figure in the field of reproductive medicine. Staci's journey into this field is deeply personal. She is a former intended mother who welcomed her son via gestational surrogacy in 2005. Additionally, she has been an egg donor twice, helping other families achieve their dreams of parenthood. Her personal experiences have fueled her passion and commitment to helping others build their families.

Family Source locates surrogates from around the United States in surrogacy friendly locations (examples of surrogacy friendly states include Florida, New York, New Jersey, California, and Illinos), and we discussed on the show how FSC is now a New York licensed surrogacy agency that is required by New York surrogacy laws, therefore FSC can provide matching services for surrogacy in New York.

Family Source offers some of the following services pertaining to surrogacy and egg donation:

1. Gestational Surrogacy: They match intended parents with gestational surrogates and facilitate the entire surrogacy process, ensuring all legal, medical, and emotional aspects are managed smoothly

2. Egg Donation: They assist with matching intended parents with egg donors and handle all aspects of the egg donation process

3. Comprehensive Support: They provide support and guidance throughout the surrogacy and egg donation journeys, including legal, medical, and psychological support. FSC also offers webinars, blogs, internal surrogacy support groups and lots of educational opportunities.

4. International Coordination: They work with clients from around the world, offering services in multiple languages to accommodate international intended parents

5. Consultations: They offer free consultations to help prospective parents understand the process and decide if surrogacy or egg donation is right for them

Questions Discussed on the Show:

1. Introduction to Staci

1. Two decades in the reproductive field, what is your background?

2. What is your personal experience with surrogacy?

3. Where are FSC’s primary offices located?

4. How long have you been servicing as a surrogacy/egg donor agency?

2. What inspired you to create Family Source Consultants?

3. As a surrogacy agency, what are the types of things you look for when screening a surrogate to join your agency program?

4. Generally, where are most of your surrogates located?

5. Describe how the ‘Fixed Fee model’ works with Family Source Consultants

6. What types of questions are important to discuss between the surrogate and intended parents when being matched?

7. What languages are spoken at FSC to assist clients?

8. What resources do you offer to IPS and GS for information and support (i.e. events, webinars, podcast, newsletter)

9. In addition to surrogacy, describe how FSC helps parents locate an egg donor.

10. What is the best way to contact you?

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The Surrogacy Space, Ep. 20 - "All about Family Source Consultants (FSC)"---------------------------------------Featuring Marla Neufeld, Greenspoon Marder Surrogacy Partnerw/ Special Guest: Staci Swiderski, CEO/Founder, Family Source Consultants---------------------------------------The Surrogacy Space is a podcast on all things pertaining to third party assisted reproductive technology (ART). Sessions will focus on topics such as: the legal issues involved with surrogacy, egg, sperm, and embryo donation, best practices in third party ART, where to start when beginning a third-party ART journey, and how to avoid pitfalls. Different professionals in the ART industry will join the podcast such as surrogacy agencies, reproductive doctors, mental health professionals and other critical players involved with third party ART. For any questions or legal needs, please contact Marla Neufeld at marla.neufeld@gmlaw.com. Learn more about Marla Neufeld at https://www.gmlaw.com.To contact Marla, email marla.neufeld@gmlaw.com. ---------------------------------------- Guest Speaker Contact: Staci Swiderski, CEO/Founder, Family Source Consultants (FSC)Email Address: staci@familysourceconsultants.com Website: https://www.familysourceconsultants.com/ Social Media Handles and Links for Staci Swiderski: LinkedIn:

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/ @shedecidespodcast   Social Media Handles and Links for FSC:LinkedIn:

/ family-source-consultants  Instagram:

/ yourfamilysource  Facebook:

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/ @familysourceconsultants  

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