Episode 214: Shannon Wieloch – Stork Genetics

Shannon is a certified genetic counselor with nearly 25 years of experience, mostly in the reproductive space. Previous roles have included Network Lead at Genome Medical, Team Lead at Mayo Clinic, and Prenatal and Preconception Genetic Counselor at CooperGenomics. She is currently the Director of Genetic Counseling at Fairfax Cryobank along with the Founder and Owner of Stork Genetics. She contributes additional work in medical affairs, scientific communication, and patient education and advocacy. Listen as Shannon shares with Ellen and Jenn: What a genetic counselor is -- a translator of sorts, an intermediary between doctors and genetic labs and patients, explaining what genetic test results mean. A key to the genetic testing puzzle is what you plan to do with the information. Discussing Jenn’s genetic testing for her child and how choosing the test type makes an important difference. Some tests/results are just “genertainment” – fun to talk about at parties, but not medically actionable. For donors, most are young and provide medical information from a snapshot in time. It is important to keep in touch as conditions develop over time. Sometimes too much information can be unhelpful. But targeted, actionable information can help with important decisions, such as determining and choosing an embryo without a certain condition, or prophylactic surgery. Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: 303-997-1903. Learn more about Stork Genetics: Learn more about our podcast: Learn more about our surrogacy agency: Get your IWTPABIY merch here! Learn more about Ellen’s law firm:

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Episode 214: Shannon Wieloch – Stork Genetics is an episode from I Want to Put a Baby in You! by I Want To Put A Baby In You.

This episode is 55:30 long.

This episode was published on Jul 16, 2025.

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