Surrogacy Process in Florida
Explore the gestational surrogacy process with Creative Love, a Florida-based surrogacy agency welcoming surrogates from Florida and other surrogacy-friendly states. From surrogate screening and intended parent matching to legal agreements, IVF embryo transfer, pregnancy, and delivery, we provide personalized support every step of the way.
How the Gestational Surrogacy Process Works
Becoming a gestational surrogate involves medical, psychological, and legal screening to prepare for a healthy surrogacy journey. At Creative Love, our Florida-based surrogacy agency guides qualified gestational surrogates throughout Florida and other surrogacy-friendly U.S. states through every step.
The surrogacy process begins with your application, prescreening, and matching with intended parents. Once matched, you’ll complete fertility clinic medical screening and finalize your gestational surrogacy agreement with an independent reproductive attorney. After medical and legal clearance and funding of the independent trust account, your fertility clinic will provide an IVF cycle plan, including medications and monitoring to prepare for embryo transfer. Gestational surrogates carry embryos created using intended parents’ or donors’ eggs and sperm, meaning you have no genetic relationship to the baby.
Following embryo transfer, your fertility clinic monitors early pregnancy before transitioning care to your OB/GYN for prenatal care and delivery. Creative Love provides personalized coordination and support throughout your surrogacy journey, from application through postpartum recovery.
Surrogate Application
Your gestational surrogacy journey begins with our online surrogate application. Creative Love welcomes qualified gestational surrogates throughout Florida and other surrogacy-friendly U.S. states. Your application helps us review your medical history, previous pregnancies and deliveries, lifestyle, family, and surrogacy preferences.
Our Florida-based surrogacy agency reviews each application to determine whether you meet our initial gestational surrogate requirements. Qualified applicants are invited to a personal interview to discuss the surrogacy process, answer questions, and learn about your preferences for matching with intended parents.
Surrogate Prescreening & Home Visit
After your initial interview, Creative Love begins the gestational surrogate prescreening process, including an in-person or virtual home visit, psychological evaluation, medical screening, and background checks. Our Florida-based surrogacy agency coordinates pregnancy and delivery record reviews, Pap smear verification, initial medical testing, and federal, state, and residential history checks for qualified surrogates in Florida and other surrogacy-friendly U.S. states. During your home visit, we learn about your family, support system, and living environment while answering your questions. A licensed psychologist experienced in third-party reproduction will conduct your psychological evaluation, with spouse or partner participation when applicable. Completing surrogate screening before matching helps identify potential concerns early and provides intended parents and fertility clinics with important information when considering a gestational surrogate.
Creating Your Surrogate Profile & Matching with Intended Parents
Once you complete our surrogate prescreening process, Creative Love will help you create a personalized gestational surrogate profile highlighting your family, personality, preferences, and expectations for your surrogacy journey. Our surrogate matching process focuses on compatibility, shared values, communication styles, and relationship expectations. Matching is always a mutual decision, and you choose which intended parents you would like to meet. When there is mutual interest, we’ll arrange a surrogate match meeting so everyone can get acquainted, ask questions, and decide whether to move forward. We never force a surrogate match. Our goal is to create thoughtful, compatible matches between gestational surrogates and intended parents in Florida and throughout surrogacy-friendly states.
Final Gestational Surrogacy Medical Screening & Clearance
Once you and your intended parents agree to move forward, the next step is final gestational surrogate medical screening and clearance through their IVF fertility clinic. The reproductive endocrinologist will review your pregnancy and delivery records, medical history, and previous screening results to confirm your eligibility for gestational surrogacy. Medical screening may include bloodwork, FDA-required infectious disease testing, a uterine evaluation, and an assessment of your uterine lining to prepare for embryo transfer. Testing requirements vary by fertility clinic. Creative Love coordinates medical screening and fertility clinic appointments for gestational surrogates in Florida and throughout surrogacy-friendly states. Once you receive final medical clearance, we'll guide you through the next step: your gestational surrogacy legal agreement.
Phase Two
Surrogate Screening & Background Checks
Background Check
As part of our gestational surrogate screening process, you and your spouse or partner, if applicable, will complete comprehensive background checks. These include federal and state criminal history searches, identity verification, and residential history reviews to help ensure a safe and responsible surrogacy journey
Psychological Screening
All gestational surrogate candidates complete a psychological evaluation with a licensed psychologist experienced in third-party reproduction and gestational surrogacy. The evaluation includes a clinical interview and standardized personality assessment, such as the MMPI-2 or PAI. Your spouse or partner, if applicable, will also participate. This screening helps assess emotional readiness, mental health, family support, and your understanding of the surrogacy process. It also provides an opportunity to discuss questions, concerns, and expectations.
Medical Pre-Screening
Our gestational surrogate medical prescreening includes reviewing your pregnancy and delivery records from the past seven years, current medical history, and OB/GYN records. You must have a current Pap smear, as recommended by your healthcare provider, and a recent physical examination. We also require medical clearance from your OB/GYN confirming your suitability for gestational surrogacy. Creative Love coordinates medical prescreening for qualified gestational surrogate candidates in Florida and throughout surrogacy-friendly states before final fertility clinic screening and approval
Phase Three
Gestational Surrogate Medical Screening
Once you are officially matched with your intended parents, you will complete final medical screening at their IVF fertility clinic. A reproductive endocrinologist will review your medical history, evaluate your reproductive health, and determine your medical eligibility for gestational surrogacy and embryo transfer.
You will also meet with the fertility clinic’s nursing team to review IVF medications, monitoring appointments, and embryo transfer protocols. Screening requirements vary by fertility clinic. Your spouse or partner, if applicable, may also be required to complete infectious disease testing.
Medical Screening May Include:
Consultation with a reproductive endocrinologist
Physical and gynecological examination
Pap smear, if required and not already completed
Uterine evaluation, such as saline sonogram or hysteroscopy
FDA-related infectious disease screening, as applicable
HIV, hepatitis B and C, and syphilis testing
Complete blood count (CBC) and metabolic panel
Blood type and Rh factor testing
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) screening
Drug and nicotine screening
Additional fertility clinic testing, as medically indicated
All required gestational surrogate medical screening costs are covered by the intended parents.
Creative Love coordinates fertility clinic appointments and medical screening for gestational surrogates in Florida and throughout surrogacy-friendly states, helping ensure a smooth transition to legal clearance and the IVF embryo transfer process.
Phase Four
Gestational Surrogate IVF Cycle
Once your gestational surrogacy agreement is finalized and you receive legal and medical clearance, your fertility clinic will prepare your IVF medication and embryo transfer schedule. Your fertility nurse will explain each medication, monitoring appointment, and step of the embryo transfer process. A medicated IVF cycle typically takes approximately five to six weeks before embryo transfer, although protocols vary. Some fertility clinics use natural or modified natural cycles requiring fewer medications but additional monitoring.
Your gestational surrogate IVF cycle may include:
Lupron or Birth Control: May be prescribed to regulate or suppress your natural menstrual cycle before embryo transfer.
Estrogen: Oral medication, patches, or injections may be used to develop and thicken your uterine lining for embryo implantation.
Progesterone: Injections or vaginal suppositories help prepare and support the uterine lining during early pregnancy.
Uterine Lining Checks: Ultrasounds and bloodwork monitor hormone levels and endometrial thickness before embryo transfer.
Embryo Transfer: A reproductive endocrinologist uses a thin catheter through the cervix to place a single embryo into your uterus.
Pregnancy Testing: A beta hCG blood test is typically performed approximately 10 days after embryo transfer to check for pregnancy.
Early Pregnancy Monitoring: Bloodwork and ultrasounds monitor early pregnancy development until you transition to your OB/GYN, typically around 8–10 weeks.
Throughout your gestational surrogate IVF cycle, Creative Love provides personalized support and coordinates fertility clinic monitoring and embryo transfer appointments for surrogates in Florida and throughout surrogacy-friendly states.
Phase Five
Gestational Surrogate Pregnancy And Delivery
A gestational surrogate pregnancy is similar to your previous pregnancies, with additional monitoring and support following IVF embryo transfer. Depending on your fertility clinic’s protocol, you may need to continue IVF medications, including estrogen and progesterone, to support early pregnancy.
Once released from your fertility clinic, typically around 8–10 weeks, you’ll transition to your OB/GYN for routine prenatal care and hospital delivery. Throughout your surrogate pregnancy, Creative Love provides personalized guidance, pregnancy support, and coordination with intended parents and healthcare providers in Florida and throughout surrogacy-friendly states.
Early Pregnancy
Monitoring
Following IVF embryo transfer, your gestational surrogate pregnancy will be closely monitored by the fertility clinic during the first 8–10 weeks. Monitoring includes pregnancy blood tests and early ultrasounds to confirm healthy pregnancy development before transitioning to your OB/GYN for prenatal care.
Communication With
Intended Parents
Open communication between gestational surrogates and intended parents is an important part of a successful surrogacy journey. Intended parents may wish to attend prenatal appointments, and regular updates help them stay involved throughout the pregnancy, even when they cannot attend in person.
Birth Planning
& Delivery
Preparing for your surrogate delivery is an exciting milestone. Creative Love coordinates a personalized surrogacy birth plan with the gestational surrogate, intended parents, surrogate coordinator, and mental health professional, as appropriate. Together, we’ll discuss hospital delivery preferences, communication, and expectations to help everyone feel prepared and supported.
We’re Here for You
At Creative Love Egg Donor & Surrogacy Agency, we provide personalized guidance and ongoing support throughout your gestational surrogacy journey. Whether in person, by phone, or through video consultations, our experienced surrogate coordinators are here to answer your questions and support you every step of the way. We proudly welcome gestational surrogates from Florida and throughout surrogacy-friendly states.
Ready to become a gestational surrogate? Complete our surrogate application today! If you’re still exploring the opportunity or have questions about surrogate requirements, compensation, or the Florida and nationwide surrogacy process, we invite you to contact us. We’re here to help you make an informed and confident decision.
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