Become a Surrogate
in Miami, Florida

Miami is one of the best places in the country to be a gestational surrogate. Florida's surrogacy statutes are clear and long-established, South Florida has a dense network of experienced fertility clinics and hospitals that deliver gestational carriers routinely, and intended parents come here from across the country and around the world. If you live in Miami-Dade or Broward and you are thinking about carrying for another family, this page covers what it takes, what you are paid, and how to start.

Why Miami Surrogates Choose AFS

If you've looked into surrogacy before, you've probably run into big agencies where you talk to one person during sign-up and someone completely different once you're in the program. That's not how we work.

Advocates for Surrogacy is a Miami-based boutique agency founded by Candace O'Brien, an attorney with three decades of legal experience and two decades in surrogacy. Candace personally works with every surrogate from the first conversation to the day you deliver — and beyond. You'll have her direct contact — text, call, email, whatever works for you. No phone trees, no ticketing systems, no waiting for someone to call you back who doesn't know your story. And no 9-to-5 Monday through Friday when you have a question, a concern, or something that just can't wait.

The attorney background just means you get someone who genuinely understands the legal and medical landscape — and uses that knowledge to protect you every step of the way. It doesn't mean formal or intimidating. It means you're covered.

We are local. We serve surrogates across Miami-Dade and Broward — Kendall, Doral, Hialeah, Coral Gables, Homestead, Miami Beach, Aventura, Pembroke Pines, Miramar, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, and everywhere in between — as well as nationwide. Being local matters when you need someone at a monitoring appointment, at a clinic consultation, or on the phone at 10 p.m.

Hablamos español. A large share of the women who carry with us, and many of the families we serve, are Spanish-speaking. Every step — screening, contract review with your own attorney, medical appointments — can be handled in Spanish. See our página en español para madres sustitutas.

Do You Qualify?

• Age 21–40 (occasionally slightly older with a recent uncomplicated delivery)
• At least one prior pregnancy and delivery without major complications, and currently raising a child of your own
• No more than two to three prior cesarean deliveries
• BMI of 32 or less (some clinics accept up to 34–35)
• Non-smoker, nicotine-free, no drug use, smoke-free household
• Not currently taking antidepressant or anti-anxiety medication
• Stable home and reliable transportation to appointments
• U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, no felony convictions

Full detail, including the medical history we review case by case and what is genuinely disqualifying, is on our Florida surrogate requirements page.

Compensation for Miami Surrogates

First-time Miami surrogates working with Advocates for Surrogacy typically earn $45,000–$60,000 or more in base compensation, with experienced surrogates at the upper end of that range. On top of base pay you receive pre-pregnancy milestone payments of at least $4,500, a monthly allowance, an embryo transfer fee for each transfer, a maternity clothing allowance, additional compensation for multiples, cesarean delivery, and invasive procedures, plus documented lost wages, childcare, and travel.

All funds are held in an independent third-party escrow account — not by the agency and not by the intended parents — and disbursed on the schedule written into your contract. You are never out of pocket for pregnancy-related medical expenses, and we never use Medicaid to cover a surrogate pregnancy. Full numbers on our surrogate pay in Florida page and compensation guide.

What to Expect: Step by Step

1. Questionnaire. Two minutes. Candace responds to you personally.
2. Records review. We request your prior pregnancy and delivery records and present them to the fertility clinic.
3. Clinic clearance. If the clinic clears you on records, we move to matching. Bloodwork, a saline sonogram, and a physician's clearance follow.
4. Psychological evaluation and background checks for you and adults in your household.
5. Matching. Founder-led and personal — you see profiles and you choose. No database auto-matching.
6. Your own attorney. Independent counsel of your choosing, paid for by the intended parents, negotiates your contract.
7. Medications and transfer at the intended parents' clinic, with monitoring as close to home as possible.
8. Pregnancy and delivery, with 24/7 access to Candace throughout and post-birth support afterward.

From application to delivery, most journeys run 15 to 20 months, with screening and contracts taking roughly three to four months. Matching timeline is the biggest variable.

Frequently Asked Questions

Keep Reading

• How to become a surrogate in Florida
• Florida surrogate requirements
• Surrogate pay in Florida
• Support you receive as a surrogate
• Florida surrogacy laws