Health Issues
- Are you in good physical health?
- Do you have any health issues that might interfere with you successfully (and safely) carrying a baby to term?
- Is your reproductive history good?
- Is it easy for you to conceive?
- Were your previous pregnancies and deliveries without complications?
Support Issues
- If you are married, does your partner support you to become a surrogate mother?
- If you are not married, do you have a person who will support you during your surrogacy journey?
- Do your children, if they are old enough to understand surrogacy, support your decision to become a surrogate mother?
- How will you feel if/when your decision to be a surrogate is disapproved by other people?
- How will you feel if/when your children are involved in a conflict with people who disapprove of you being a surrogate?
Psychological Issues
- Are you confident that you are able to give back a child that you will bear for 9 months?
- In traditional surrogacy, you’ll be the genetic mother of the child you carry. Are you confident you could give up a baby genetically linked to you?
- Will there be any problems within your marriage or relationship caused by your becoming a surrogate?
- Will your close people (family, friends) disapprove of your decision to become a surrogate mother?
Medical Issues
- If you will become a gestational surrogate mother, are you ready for the medically invasive procedures, injections and bloodwork?
- If you will become a gestational surrogate mother are you prepared to carry multiples? (This is a possibility even with a single embryo transfer).
- How would you feel if you have to decrease your activity or go on bedrest due to pregnancy complications?
- How will you feel if you’ll no longer be able to have children as a result of the surrogacy?
Sensitive Issues
- If the baby you carry has a physical defect, how will you feel about terminating the pregnancy?
- If you become pregnant with multiples, how do you feel about selective reduction?
- How will you feel if the intended parents become divorced and/or decide to not raise the child?
- How will you feel if the intended parents cease all contact with you after your surrogacy journey together?