I hate needles. Do I have to have injectable medication to be a surrogate?

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Hey, everyone, it's Jennifer White, CEO of Bright Futures Families Surrogacy, with this week's question, which is: I hate needles. Do I have to do injectable medication to be a surrogate?

And believe me, I feel you. I hear you. I absolutely hate needles, too. The unfortunate reality is that most reproductive endocrinologists, their protocols include medication that has to be administered via needles. I. There are very few. Every once in a while, there may be a clinic that might have a protocol that doesn't include needles, but there are so few and far between that really, you need to assume that it's going to happen and that you're going to need to administer injectable medication. As an agency, we can never, unfortunately, promise a gestational carrier that, yes, we're going to find that magic shot of a perfect match for you, who also also has parents at a clinic that isn't going to use needles. It's just too impossible for us to know in advance and be able to do that. So really, you do need to be comfortable with the idea of administration of injectable medication to be a surrogate. And then if you don't have to use needles, then it's just an absolute happy and wonderful circumstance for you. But it's an unfortunate reality. So sorry.