J. Baby

J. Baby, legally Jbaby Japanese Egg Donor and Surrogacy Agency, is a for-profit, full-service egg donation and surrogacy agency based in Sherman Oaks, California. It is owned and operated by its two co-founders, Kenji Saito and Michael Lacoe, who are presented on the agency's website as the people leading the program day to day, supported by a small coordinator team. The agency describes itself as a boutique practice built around that founder involvement.

The agency's stated specialty is Japanese and other Asian egg donors, a group it describes as hard to find, and it works with intended parents in Japan and elsewhere outside the United States as well as with clients in the U.S. It also works with LGBTQ+ intended parents; according to its materials, J. Baby participates in Men Having Babies' Gay Parenting Assistance Program, and it is listed in the Men Having Babies Surrogacy Advisor directory.

Because it runs both an egg donor program and a gestational surrogacy program, J. Baby can handle a journey that involves donor eggs, a gestational carrier, or both. As a full-service agency, it takes on matching, coordination of the journey, and referrals to the legal and medical professionals involved. Funds for surrogate compensation and journey expenses are held with the escrow company SeedTrust rather than by the agency itself.

Surrogate applicants must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. The agency publishes its fees, and its agency fee, surrogate compensation ranges, eligibility requirements and other program details appear in the tables further down this page.