I think a good surrogate mother should have scheduling down to an exact science. Period. After all, gestational surrogates are responsible for a slew of important medical appointments, telephone calls with intended parents, and important documents to gather and send out.
2.)Family Oriented
To be a surrogate, you have to be a natural mother and caretaker. Tantrums, spit-ups, massive piles of diapers—Being family oriented is essential when you take on the surrogate role. Think of it as an extreme form of babysitting for the intended parents, that lasts over nine months.
3.) Generally Healthy
Certain physical qualifications need to be met, such as a healthy body mass index (BMI), not being a smoker or drug user, and within a certain age limit. But really, that’s just a snippet of the requirements I asked from my surrogate.
Intended parents like myself really want the most physically and mentally healthy surrogate possible to have their child. Wouldn’t you?4.) Be Open-minded
One of the best things you can have is an open mind, whether you are the gestational surrogate or the intended parents. Consider that, just like in real life, there are some events in surrogacy that are completely out of your control!!!! We are, after all, talking about a human baby who is on their own schedules, not the surrogates or Ips.
5.) Motherhood
Probably the most important qualification a surrogate mother can possess is a successful previous birth. A surrogate must prove that she is capable of carrying her own child before she can carry someone else’s child. What you must understand is that infertility is rather common, and with the cost of surrogacy being so high, a woman without any successful births has an unpredictability that most intended parents don’t want in a situation that is already so unpredictable.
