Can I be a surrogate?

Often, yes. PCOS mostly affects conceiving with your own eggs, and in gestational surrogacy the embryo arrives ready.

What the fertility clinic reviews is your overall health and how your own pregnancies went. Many women with PCOS have carried beautifully, for themselves and for other families. It is reviewed case by case during medical screening, never decided from a checkbox.

Usually a C-section is not disqualifying on its own.

Clinics look at how many C-sections you have had and how you healed, using your delivery records. That is why the application asks, so the clinic can review your real history instead of guessing. If you have had more than one, apply anyway and let the screening give you the honest answer.

Yes. A tubal ligation does not prevent you from being a gestational surrogate.

The embryo is placed directly into the uterus at the fertility clinic, so your fallopian tubes are not part of the process at all. Plenty of surrogates are done growing their own families, which is often exactly why they feel ready to carry for someone else.

A history of anxiety or depression is not an automatic no, and having asked for help is not a mark against you.

What screening looks at is where things stand now: your stability, your support, and any medication you take, reviewed during the psychological evaluation and the clinic's medical review. Some clinics have guidelines around specific medications, which is a conversation, not a verdict. Tell us honestly and we will walk it through with you.

It depends on the medication and the clinic, and it is reviewed individually, not ruled out across the board.

Clinics weigh which medication you take, the dose, and how long you have been stable. Some medication plans work fine for surrogacy; others need adjusting with your own doctor first, if you and your doctor decide that is right for you. Nobody here will ever advise you to change your medication; that stays between you and your physician.

It depends on your case, mostly on severity and whether your uterus is affected.

Endometriosis varies enormously from person to person. The clinic reviews your records, your symptoms, and how your pregnancies went. Women with milder cases are often fine to carry; more involved cases get a careful, individual look during medical screening.

Often, yes, when the condition is treated and your levels are stable.

Well-managed hypothyroidism, including Hashimoto's, is common and is usually workable for pregnancy when your levels are controlled on a steady dose. The clinic confirms that with bloodwork during screening, alongside your own doctor's records.

Usually this is not an automatic no. HSV-2 is common and is routinely managed in pregnancy.

What matters is disclosure and a plan: the clinic reviews your history and how outbreaks are managed, and obstetric teams handle HSV-2 in pregnancy every day. Be upfront on your application so the review is accurate, and expect a case-by-case answer rather than a policy line.

This one gets a genuinely careful look, because cholestasis can come back in a later pregnancy.

If you had cholestasis of pregnancy, the clinic will want your records and will weigh how it presented and how your delivery went. We will not pretend this is a formality; it is one of the histories clinics review most closely. The honest answer comes from your records, so share them and let the screening do its job.

It depends on how it presented, when, and how your delivery went.

A mild case near the end of an otherwise healthy pregnancy reads differently than a severe early one. The clinic reviews your records and makes an individual call. If preeclampsia is part of your story, apply with the details and we will tell you where things stand rather than leave you guessing.

Often, yes, especially when it was managed with diet and your delivery went well.

Clinics distinguish between a diet-controlled case and one that needed insulin, and they look at how the rest of the pregnancy went. It is another records question, reviewed case by case in screening.

Generally, HPV by itself does not disqualify you.

HPV is very common, and what the clinic reviews is your screening history, such as recent pap results, and any treatment. Keep your regular care up to date and be complete on your application, and this is usually a straightforward part of the review.

Not quite yet, but soon. Clinics generally ask that you have weaned and your cycles have returned.

The hormones of breastfeeding and the hormones of an embryo transfer cycle do not mix well. If you are still nursing, the usual path is to finish on your own timeline and apply when you are ready. We are glad to talk now and plan the timing together.

For gestational surrogacy, no. At least one healthy, full-term pregnancy of your own is required.

This is one of the few firm guidelines, and it exists to protect you: your own delivery records are how the clinic knows your body handles pregnancy safely, and your own experience is how you know what you are saying yes to. If you have not carried yet, egg donation may be a path that fits now.

Not automatically ruled out. It depends on your full pregnancy history.

Miscarriage is common, and having had one does not erase healthy full-term pregnancies. The application asks about it so the clinic can see your whole picture and review it honestly. Answer completely and let the screening, not your worry, decide.

Our guideline range is 21 to 38, and the edges can flex a little based on your health history.

The range reflects what fertility clinics generally look for. If you are close to either edge, especially a healthy woman just past 38, it is worth a conversation rather than a self-disqualification. The clinic weighs your actual health, not just the year on your license.

BMI guidelines are set by each fertility clinic, and ranges differ from clinic to clinic.

The guideline exists because of how transfer medications are dosed and how pregnancy risk is managed, not as a judgment. If you are close to a cutoff, ask us before counting yourself out; the answer depends on the clinic your match works with, and on the rest of your health picture.