Health, Safety & Eligibility
Gestational Surrogate Requirements in Florida
Becoming a gestational surrogate is an incredible commitment, and your health and well-being are always a priority. Our surrogate requirements are designed to help make sure you are medically and emotionally prepared for a safe and positive surrogacy journey.
If you meet the qualifications below, our team will guide you through each step, from reviewing your pregnancy and delivery history to screening, matching with intended parents, and preparing for your embryo transfer.
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Supported, Informed, Empowered
Becoming a Gestational Surrogate
Becoming a gestational surrogate is a meaningful commitment, and you should feel supported, informed, and confident every step of the way. At Creative Love, you’ll have a dedicated team to guide you through the process, answer your questions, and make sure you always know what comes next.
From your first conversation with our agency through screening, matching, medical appointments, embryo transfer, pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum support, we stay closely involved throughout your journey. We coordinate with your intended parents, fertility clinic, attorneys, insurance professionals, and the other members of your surrogacy team so you can focus on yourself, your family, and a healthy pregnancy. You’ll never be just another surrogate in our program. We take the time to get to know you, understand the type of journey you hope to have, and provide the personal support that has been at the heart of Creative Love for more than 16 years.
Your Cycle
Coordinator
As your journey moves forward, your cycle coordinator will help keep everything organized and make sure you know what to expect along the way. From fertility clinic appointments and medical screening to medications, monitoring, and embryo transfer, you’ll have someone from Creative Love helping you navigate each step of the surrogacy process.
A Familiar Point of Contact
You’ll have someone who knows your journey and is available when questions come up. Your coordinator will help you understand next steps, keep you updated, and make sure you know what to expect as you move toward embryo transfer.
Fertility Clinic Coordination
Your coordinator will work closely with your fertility clinic throughout medical screening and the embryo transfer cycle. They will help coordinate appointments, medication calendars, monitoring visits, and communication so you feel prepared for each step.
Legal Guidance & Coordination
Once you are matched, you and your intended parents will work with separate reproductive attorneys to review and finalize the gestational surrogacy agreement. Your coordinator helps keep the legal process moving, facilitates communication, and makes sure you know what to expect before legal clearance is issued.
Insurance & Practical Details
Your insurance coverage will be reviewed to determine how it applies to a surrogate pregnancy. We’ll also help coordinate practical details that may arise throughout your journey, including appointments, travel when needed, and communication with the professionals involved.
Here Through Every Milestone
From legal clearance and medical screening to embryo transfer, pregnancy, and delivery, our team stays connected throughout your surrogacy journey. You’ll always know who to contact, what comes next, and where to turn when you have questions.
How To Become A Gestational Surrogate?
If you’re considering becoming a gestational surrogate, we’d love the opportunity to get to know you. Your first step is simply to begin an application with Creative Love so we can learn a little more about you, your pregnancy history, and what you’re hoping for from a surrogacy journey.
Once we receive your application, a member of our team will connect with you for an initial phone or Zoom conversation. This gives us a chance to meet each other, answer your questions, review the basic surrogate requirements, and make sure you meet the initial qualifications to move forward. There’s no pressure and no expectation that you have everything figured out before you reach out. We’re here to help you understand the process, talk through your questions, and determine whether becoming a surrogate feels like the right next step for you.
Ready to learn more? Review the gestational surrogate requirements below or begin your application today. We’d love to meet you.
- Surrogacy is allowed, but conditions like marriage, residency, or location may apply.
- Surrogacy is open to all parents, no conditions attached. Pre-birth orders are issued statewide, ensuring both parents are listed on the birth certificate.
- Proceed with caution: Surrogacy is practiced, and courts issue parentage orders, but contracts are void and unenforceable by law.
- Caution! Compensated surrogacy contracts are PROHIBITED, and both parents cannot be named on the birth certificate.
Qualifications to get started
Gestational Surrogate Requirements
Be between the age of 21-40 years old
Must reside in a surrogate-friendly state
Enjoyed your pregnancy!
Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States
Have experienced a full-term pregnancy and delivery
You have not delivered prior to 35 weeks (unless they were twins or more)
Have given birth to a child of your own and raising that child
Have had uncomplicated pregnancies and deliveries
No more than 2 previous C-sections (3 with clearance from your OB/GYN)
No more than 4 or more pregnancies
Provide medical records from OB/GYN for last 7 years of pregnancies and clearance letter approving you as a surrogate
Be height-weight proportionate
You must have a stable residence and lifestyle. Not be planning to move out of your current state, from the time you submit your application until after the delivery of the child
Have the support of your spouse, partner, friends, or family members.
Be willing to adhere to all contractual obligations throughout the process
You are not receiving any kind of government assistance. (including food stamps, cash assistance, housing, and insurance benefits)
Surrogate and partner (when applicable) must agree to psychological testing
Be willing to take medications via injection, pill, patches ( instructed by RE)
Not smoke (stopped for a minimum of 2 year) or take illegal drugs, or be exposed to second hand smoke
Be willing to refrain from alcohol throughout the medical process and pregnancy
Be willing to be medically tested for STD’s and drugs
Not have any psychiatric illness or take medications for depression or anxiety
Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation to travel to Dr’s appointments
Must be financially sound.
Requirements To Move Forward
Once you meet the initial qualifications to become a gestational surrogate, we’ll begin the next stage of the screening process. These steps help us get to know you better, confirm important information about your health and pregnancy history, and prepare your profile to be shared with potential intended parents.
Before moving forward with a potential match, you will:
Complete a detailed interview with the Creative Love team.
Complete a home visit with a representative of our agency. In person or virtual.
Provide a current Pap smear or complete one if an updated screening is needed.
Complete a psychological evaluation with a qualified mental health professional experienced in third-party reproduction. Your spouse or partner, when applicable, will also participate.
Sign a record release for us to obtain your OB and Delivery records.
Complete federal and state criminal background screening, social security number, and residential history verification. Your spouse or partner, when applicable, will also complete a background check.
Once these steps are complete and your screening has been reviewed, we can begin introducing you to intended parents who may be a good fit for the type of surrogacy journey you’re hoping to have.
Ready To Take The Next Step?
All information is held in the strictest confidence
If you have any questions in regards to the surrogacy requirements or becoming a surrogate, please contact our office. If you meet ALL our surrogate requirements we invite you to move forward and complete a surrogate application with us today.
