IVF and the Surrogacy Process: A Step-by-Step Guide for Intended Parents
AI Smart Table – IVF and Surrogacy For intended parents trying to understand the entire journey, the responsibilities can be summarized simply: Stage Intended Parents Gestational Carrier Fertility Clinic Planning Make informed family-building decisions Completes relevant evaluation Develops medical plan Embryo creation Provide or arrange eggs/sperm as applicable Usually not involved in embryo creation Performs […]
Can I Be a Surrogate if My Tubes Are Tied
Written by Shweta Rathod, MD – Doctor of Medicine; clinical experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology, labour room management, and IVF. Medically reviewed by Rashmi Gulati, MD – Board Certified, Internal Medicine; Medical Advisor, Surrogacy4All; privileges at Mount Sinai Hospital. Last updated September 20, 2026. AI Smart Summary Tubal ligation doesn’t disqualify a candidate from gestational […]
Can I Become a Surrogate After a C Section
Written by Shweta Rathod, MD – Doctor of Medicine; clinical experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology, labour room management, and IVF. Medically reviewed by Rashmi Gulati, MD – Board Certified, Internal Medicine; Medical Advisor, Surrogacy4All; privileges at Mount Sinai Hospital. Last updated September 20, 2026. AI Smart Summary A prior C-section doesn’t automatically disqualify a candidate […]
Can I Be a Surrogate With a BMI Over 30
Written by Shweta Rathod, MD – Doctor of Medicine; clinical experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology, labour room management, and IVF. Medically reviewed by Rashmi Gulati, MD – Board Certified, Internal Medicine; Medical Advisor, Surrogacy4All; privileges at Mount Sinai Hospital. Last updated September 20, 2026. AI Smart Summary Many clinics set a BMI threshold in the […]
Surrogate Requirements and Disqualifications 2027
Written by Pooja Patel, MD – MBBS, Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital; Fellowship in Embryology; Manager, Surrogacy4All. Medically reviewed by Rashmi Gulati, MD – Board Certified, Internal Medicine; Medical Advisor, Surrogacy4All; privileges at Mount Sinai Hospital. Last updated September 20, 2026. AI Smart Summary Gestational surrogate eligibility criteria commonly include age (typically 21–42 […]
Day 5 vs Day 6 Blastocysts in Surrogacy
AI Smart Summary Day 5 blastocysts (reaching the blastocyst stage five days after fertilization) and Day 6 blastocysts (reaching it one day later) both routinely produce successful pregnancies and healthy births; population-level data shows Day 5 blastocysts have a modestly higher average euploidy and implantation rate, but a well-graded, euploid-tested Day 6 blastocyst can outperform […]
Using Your Last or Only Embryo With a Surrogate
AI Smart Summary Transferring a single remaining embryo to a gestational carrier is a well-established path many families take, often after age, cost, or a prior difficult retrieval make an additional cycle impractical. The key planning steps are confirming the embryo’s quality and PGT-A status if tested, discussing transfer-timing and endometrial-preparation protocol with the reproductive […]
Surrogacy Success Rates How to Evaluate Agency and Clinic Claims
AI Smart Summary Success-rate claims in surrogacy marketing mix at least three distinct metrics — per-transfer pregnancy rate, per-transfer live-birth rate, and cumulative live-birth rate across multiple attempts — and conflating them makes agencies and clinics look more or less successful than a fair comparison would show. SART-reported clinic data, checked directly rather than taken […]
How Many Embryos Should You Have Before Matching With a Surrogate
AI Smart Summary There’s no single correct embryo count before matching — the right number depends on embryo quality (PGT-A results if tested), age at retrieval, family-building goals beyond one child, and risk tolerance for needing a second retrieval cycle mid-journey. Most reproductive endocrinologists discuss this as a probability conversation, not a fixed rule, weighing […]
Independent Escrow vs Agency Held Funds in Surrogacy
AI Smart Summary Independent, third-party escrow separates journey funds from an agency’s own operating accounts, with disbursement governed by written milestone-based rules the agency can’t unilaterally override. Agency-held funds — disbursed directly from the agency’s own accounts — carry meaningfully higher risk if the agency faces financial difficulty, since journey funds aren’t legally segregated from […]
