Guidance for prospective and current surrogates, including eligibility, compensation, wellness, application, screening, pregnancy, and postpartum support.
Taking prescription medication does not always prevent you from becoming a surrogate. The clinic needs to review both the medication and the condition it treats. Do not stop, skip, or change a medicine to make an application look better. A…
You can usually start a surrogate application while you have an IUD, but the IUD normally must be removed before medical clearance, cycle preparation, or embryo transfer. Do not remove it on your own schedule. Ask the fertility clinic when…
A history of gestational diabetes does not always prevent you from becoming a surrogate. The clinic will review whether it was controlled with food and activity or required medication, how early it began, whether other complications occurred, the baby’s size…
Short answer: Common reasons a person may not qualify include no prior healthy pregnancy, a health history that makes another pregnancy unsafe, active nicotine or drug use, an unstable mental-health condition, or no reliable support plan. Some concerns lead to…
You may be able to become a surrogate after a C-section. The clinic will review how many C-sections you have had, why they were performed, the operative reports, recovery, time since delivery, other uterine surgery, and whether another pregnancy could…
You can often ask questions or begin an early surrogate application while breastfeeding, but most clinics will not give final medical clearance or begin transfer medication until you have weaned and recovered for the period they require. Do not wean…
Many fertility clinics use a BMI range when reviewing surrogate candidates, but there is no single universal cutoff. A program may publish one range while the final clinic uses another. The clinic also reviews blood pressure, blood sugar, pregnancy history,…
A criminal record does not always create an automatic no. The result can depend on what happened, when it happened, whether the case is closed, what the final court record says, and how the reviewing program applies its policy. The…
Receiving Medicaid, SNAP, housing support, WIC, SSI, or another public benefit does not create one universal surrogacy rule. But compensation or reimbursement may affect eligibility, reporting, taxes, or renewal because every program uses different definitions of income and household resources.…
Many surrogate programs use an age range around 21 to 40, but there is no universal age rule. The fertility clinic makes the medical decision and may use a different upper limit based on pregnancy history, current health, policy, and…