Building Your Family Through Egg Donation Feat. Staci Swiderski | POW48

Summary:

We sit down with Staci Swiderski, the CEO, and owner of Family Source Consultants in Part 2 of this 2-Part series. Staci shares with us the miracle of parenting through egg donation and how the process works for the donor as well as how families become parents through this process.

Learn More About Staci:

Staci Swiderski, CEO, and owner of Family Source Consultants has been involved in the field of reproductive medicine since 2002. Staci has vigorously grown the comprehensive egg donation and gestational surrogacy agency to become a worldwide leader in the third-party reproduction field. Staci is a former intended parent herself. She and her husband welcomed their son via gestational surrogacy in 2005. Additionally, Staci had the experience of assisting an infertile couple (AKA Recipient Parents) build their family through her efforts as an egg donor, with her donation resulting in the births of their son and daughter.

Key Takeaways:

• [01:37] Quick summary of Staci’s experience as an egg donor
• [02:28] The criteria you need to meet when becoming an egg donor
• [04:38] How much an egg donor is compensated
• [04:49] How often can someone donate their eggs in a lifetime?
• [06:20] What is the process for egg donation?
• [07:05] The medical costs covered as an egg donor
• [07:48] What the relationship is like between the egg donor and recipient 
• [15:50] How a family can get started with the egg donation process
• [17:55] The cost of using an egg donor

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Check out Part 1 with Staci, The Journey of Surrogacy.
• To learn more about surrogacy or Family Source Consultants, visit their website or send them an email here.
• You can also connect with Staci on Instagram and Facebook.
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