Compassionate Care and Committed Support, Every Step of Your Journey
Receive full support from knowledgeable, empathetic doctors and staff members—including experienced surrogates themselves—available to answer any question. The same holds for egg donors and surrogates. They can even join support groups with women who are going—or have gone—through the same journey. Feel secure in knowing that you and your donor or surrogate will receive the support you need when you need it with our after-hours emergency support. We’ve even been known to come to the rescue in the middle of the night and provide assurances at all hours.
Featured Egg Donors
Access the largest fresh egg donor database in the nation and match with the top 5% of egg donors.
Meet Donor #1655
Driven, extroverted, funny, and hardworking are a few words we would use to describe our donor. She loves being outdoors, surfing, traveling, and being with family and friends. She is planning to start her master’s degree in psychology next year. Her goal is to become a therapist.
Meet Donor #518
Level-headed, personable, hardworking, and genuine are a few words we would use to describe our donor. She loves being with family and friends and fostering those relationships. She just finished a course for software engineering and plans to continue with this career path.
Meet Donor #517
Understanding, outgoing, positive, and optimistic are a few words we would use to describe our donor. She loves being a mom, spending time with her kids and family. She gets the most satisfaction from making a difference in other people’s lives. She wants to continue to maintain and stable and balanced life. Provide a great future for her children.
Meet Donor #1634
Ambitious, helpful, kind, and resourceful are a few words we would use to describe our donor. She is living her best life. She is enjoying making choices, helping her family and being involved in music and dance. She wants to become a surgical technician. Her dream is to open a group home and nurture her community.
Meet Donor #323
Bubbly, personable, hardworking, trustworthy, and organized are a few words to describe our donor. She loves helping others, enjoying the little things in life. She just got a puppy that she’s excited to raise. She wants to build a stable life, be able to retire her mom, and build her own home.
Meet Donor #216
Happy, hardworking, and goal-oriented are a few words we would use to describe our donor. She is happy with where she is in life. She is enjoying her free time with family and friends and enjoying her hobbies. She wants to become a flight attendant and travel the world.
Meet Donor #1656
Empathetic, hardworking, and kind are a few words we would use to describe our donor. She loves her work, being with her partner, developing her morals and character and being a good person overall. She wants to open her own company that focuses on financial services. She hopes to continue to build her dream life.
Trust Your Family With the World’s Largest Fresh Egg Donation Agency
In our 30 years of practice, intended parents like you have come to Hatch for one thing: a successful match. Our donors are screened to be among the top five percent in the country, and all egg donations are fresh. Giving you the greatest chance of success in starting or expanding your dream family.
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A Step-by-Step Look at Your Journey Toward Parenthood at Hatch
Through our rigorous screening process, we match you with compatible egg donors or surrogates from the top five percent of candidates. You’ll be guided every step of the way and carefully matched with ideal candidates who best fit your needs.
Find the Right Surrogate
You’ll have access to the top 5% of surrogate candidates. Your coordinator will guide you throughout every step of this process and address your every question so you get the right match the first time. We measure our success not by time to match, but by time to pregnancy.
Find Your Ideal Egg Donor
Select an egg donor from the top 5% of candidates in the country. All are thoroughly screened on attributes of health, attractiveness, intelligence, athleticism, and more. On many of our egg donors we do bloodwork or ultrasound screenings when they join our database so you can match with confidence.
Undergo Intended Parent Screenings
Just as our surrogates and egg donors undergo screening, you’ll be guided through the necessary steps to assure a smooth and safe journey for everyone involved. Our hands-on approach will set you up for the best possible outcome.
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Timeline: Immediately - 1 month
Taking this first step in your journey toward parenthood is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make throughout this process. At Hatch, you’ll always feel welcome and at home.
Once you’ve completed your initial consultation with our program director, you’ll have your initial introductory meeting with your coordinator who will support you throughout your entire journey. You’ll also need a therapist or clergy letter from a third party to clear you socially, and then undergo a background check.
Finally, if you’re proceeding with surrogacy, you’ll write your “Dear Surrogate” letter: a note for your potential surrogate that introduces yourself to the surrogate and her family. This is an essential tool for the surrogate matching process, as this will give her a feel for who you are and what your lifestyle is like.
What to expect:
- Initial consultation and introductions with your Hatch Coordinator
- Therapist or clergy letter for social clearance
- “Dear Surrogate” letter
Timeline: 1 - 2 months
After you’ve met the Hatch team and written your surrogate letter, the next step in your journey (if necessary) will be to identify and match with your egg donor.
You’ll be able to navigate our online network of the top five percent of egg donor candidates in the country, all of whom have been screened thoroughly. The Hatch egg donor database provides personalized profiles, so you’ll recognize your dream egg donor when you see her. The database is also immediately updated, so every featured egg donor you see is currently available.
Once you have chosen your ‘super donor,’ you can choose to schedule a staff-guided virtual meeting with her, if both you and the egg donor are comfortable with this arrangement. If either of you would prefer to keep the donation anonymous, then the IVF procedure will simply begin with your egg donor taking fertility medications for egg retrieval. Once the donor egg(s) are retrieved, they’ll be fertilized to create embryos.
What to expect:
- Match with egg donor
- Medications and monitoring for transfer
- Egg and sperm retrieval
- Fertilization into an embryo
Once you’ve established a relationship with your coordinator at Hatch, the next step will be identifying the right surrogate. What's most important during this step isn't that you match quickly, but that you match with the right surrogate the first time. We measure success by the time it takes to reach a pregnancy, not the time it takes to match.
The coordinators at Hatch will assess criteria including personality, legalities, and preferences to find the right match for both you and your potential surrogate. We work to match surrogates and intended parents as quickly as possible, yet some extenuating circumstances or special requests can extend this part of your journey.
Once you and your potential surrogate feel good about the match, you will meet via an introductory video call to further determine if it feels right. If both you and the surrogate feel confident and excited in this relationship, you will be officially paired!
What to expect:
- Matching process and approval
- Introductory call with surrogate
- Begin the journey toward pregnancy
Timeline: 1-2 months
During this stage of your journey, you’ll undergo a background check with Hatch to ensure that you’re ready to become parents as intended. This is for the safety of the surrogate, baby and yourself.
Additionally, you’ll need to work closely with your lawyer to draft the surrogacy contract as your surrogate works with her own lawyer. If you’re using an egg donor, you’ll also need a legal contract with this donor to solidify her responsibilities and expectations. This is essential to determining parental legal rights and your surrogate’s comfort level during this process. For your protection, you’ll work with a third party lawyer--not a lawyer employed by Hatch--to guard against any conflicts of interest.
To pass the financial screening aspect of your journey, you’ll need to ensure you have a fully-funded escrow account before the IVF cycle begins. This is essential to compensating and covering the necessary services throughout your journey at Hatch.
What to expect:
- Surrogate undergoes medical screening
- Intended parents undergo background checks
- Escrow account is fully funded
- Legal contracts written and signed
Timeline: 1 - 2 months
Once you and your surrogate have passed the necessary screenings, your surrogate is ready for the IVF cycle. For her cycle, she’ll receive her medication and begin monitoring at a clinic.
When your surrogate is ready for the embryo transfer, she will return to your IVF clinic and undergo this procedure. Many intended parents choose to attend this milestone in person, to experience this moment and share the memories with their surrogate.
Once your surrogate returns home after the transfer, she will continue to be monitored at her local clinic for her beta test to confirm pregnancy and continue care under the IVF clinic until graduating to OB care.
What to expect:
- Medications and monitoring for transfer
- Embryo transfer into surrogate
- Blood pregnancy test two weeks after transfer
Timeline: 9 months
The longest stage of your journey will be the time you strengthen your bond with your surrogate as she carries your baby throughout the pregnancy. Your coordinator will be checking in frequently to monitor and provide support, so you will also be supported during this time.
Your surrogate will be released to her own OBGYN after the first trimester, and continue with ultrasound check-ins. The 20-week ultrasound is a milestone you may want to consider attending with your surrogate, as you can find out your baby’s sex, take pictures and assess health.
Additionally, you should be working with your lawyer and support system to establish parental rights, prepare for your baby’s arrival, book travel, and plan for any other necessary pre- or post-pregnancy needs.
What to expect:
- Ultrasound and check-ins with OBGYN
- Establish parental rights via legal contracts
- Create a birth plan
- Hospital and delivery day preparation
- Birth of your baby(s)
Timeline: 1 month
Preparing for a new family member is an emotional journey, and finally holding your baby is an amazing feeling. When your child is released from the hospital, you will take your baby home and start this next chapter of your life! U.S. parents usually travel home shortly after release, whereas international patients may choose to stay in the U.S. for two to four weeks after the birth to finalize travel and obtain the necessary paperwork.
Visiting with your surrogate before returning home is a wonderful way to complete the journey. Many families choose to keep in touch with their surrogate and her family after returning home. Traveling home with your new child can bring a whirlwind of emotions, and leaning into your support systems post-birth is just as important as during pregnancy.
Enjoy this new chapter of your life. At Hatch, we’re always honored to support your dreams and make your family a reality.
Considering a sibling journey? Many intended parents who form deep connections with their surrogates choose to undergo a sibling journey with the same surrogate. Because you’ve been through the process once already and have an existing relationship with your surrogate, we encourage you to consider this possibility if you’re interested in raising and loving multiple children. When rematches are not possible, we’re happy to support you in finding a new wonderful match.
What to expect:
- Happiness, joy, and that new-baby smell
- Obtain passport if necessary
- Say goodbye to your surrogate and her family
- Return home with your baby!
- Potential sibling journey
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Meet Our Intended Parent and Financial Coordinator: Janice Chavez
“As a previous surrogate, I’m personally invested in the success of our intended parents and surrogates. I’ve proudly been a surrogate for an incredible gay couple, giving them a healthy baby boy in 2019. I have been a member of this league of extraordinary women serving the infertility community for over five years.
I came from an accounting background with Sutter Health in Northern California, which translates nicely to my current position at Hatch! I feel fortunate to be a part of a team that helps families in such a profound way. It’s a blessing to work with this team of individuals, who are not only intelligent and driven but also passionate about helping build families through the surrogacy process. I feel very fortunate and am so thankful to come to work each day at the program.”
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