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  • Family Lives Here

    At J. Baby, we measure our success with the creation of every healthy embryo and the beating heart of every crying baby. For over 13 years, we have been the world’s #1 provider of Japanese egg donors. Our surrogates have given birth to over 200 little human beings. This is a proven record of success you can count on.

    The J. Baby way of doing business is deceptively simple: Provide unparalleled service, one-on-one support, 24/7 access-all built on a foundation of honesty and transparency.

    No corporate overlords, no care-by-committee. We do egg donation and surrogacy the old-fashioned way: One match at a time, executed with care and deliberation by a small dedicated staff of professionals.

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The J. Baby Experience

J. Baby is intentionally small. We work with a select number of clients so we can provide the type of high-touch experience that larger agencies often overlook.

Every Intended Parent, surrogate, and donor is treated with the highest degree of care and discretion. From the very first call, you’ll feel it: our warmth, our integrity, our transparency, and our total commitment to your peace of mind.

Our concierge-level support spans everything from matching and medical clearances to legal, psychological, and emotional guidance. We work quickly; never at the expense of quality or ethics, because your family and your future are everything to us.

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Our Legacy of Love

Founded in 2012 by partners in life and business, Kenji Saito and Michael Lacoe, J. Baby began with one heartfelt mission to make the seemingly impossible possible for families facing unique fertility challenges.

What started as a way to help Japanese families find hard-to-match egg donors has grown into a full-service agency guiding Intended Parents through every step of the surrogacy and egg donation journey.

The inspiration behind J. Baby is deeply personal. Kenji and Michael’s sons, Elijah and Luca, were born with the help of an egg donor and a surrogate. That experience shaped the agency’s empathetic, client-centered philosophy and continues to fuel their unwavering commitment to providing the highest level of care.

Kenji Saito

Born in Fukuoka, Japan, Kenji brings an international background in business and marketing, and a profound understanding of the cultural nuances that make fertility treatment so complex for many families. At his core, Kenji is a passionate father who has walked this path himself, making it his mission to make that same dream possible for others.

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Michael Lacoe

A Los Angeles native and UCLA film school graduate, Michael had a successful career as a producer and director of network episodic television before co-founding J. Baby in 2013 with his husband and business partner, Kenji Saito. With a storyteller’s heart and a strategist’s mind, he ensures every family feels supported, every detail is managed, and every step of the journey is handled with empathy, transparency, and grace.

Our IVF Journey

Our path to creating a family began years before J. Baby.

At first, we struggled to find a qualified Japanese or Jewish egg donor: two of the hardest ethnicities to match. That challenge became the spark for starting our own agency.

Eventually, we chose a wonderful donor who was neither Japanese nor Jewish but gave us everything we hoped for. With embryos created from both of our sperm samples, we ensured that our Jewish and Japanese heritage would continue. With the assistance of PGT/A testing, we also chose two boy embryos. It was important to us that they be related genetically as half brothers, by virtue of having the same shared egg donor.

With the help of two incredible surrogates, our first son Elijah was born, followed four years later by his brother Luca. This experience showed us the real promise of IVF and the indescribable joy of building a family. Today, it drives us to help others achieve the same dream through J. Baby.

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At J. Baby, we believe that family lives here, in the hopes, dreams, and aspirations that we share together with you in your desire to create a family. We’re honored that you are considering entrusting us with this life-changing mission.

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