How to Make a Baby with a Supermodel

by Linh Hoang, Founder of Advanced IVF Clinic & Co-Founder of WasianBaby.com

Let me start with the question that probably brought you here:

How do you make a baby with a Supermodel?

For a lot of men, that sounds like the ultimate dream. The idea of having a child with a beautiful, accomplished woman who has walked international runways and lived an extraordinary life seems almost too good to be true. I know that feeling because I lived it. My name is Linh Hoang, and my son’s mother is an Estonian supermodel and IMG model who walked runways in more than 33 countries, including Milan, one of the most important fashion capitals in the world.

But my story is not really about having a baby with a supermodel. It is about becoming a father, and about how IVF, egg donation, and surrogacy made it possible for me to intentionally build the family I wanted.

I was 46 years old when I decided I wanted to become a father. I was single, and I had reached a point in my life where I understood that waiting for the traditional circumstances of marriage, relationships, and family planning was not the path I wanted to take. I had built a career, built businesses, traveled, experienced life, and learned how quickly time moves. I didn't want to wake up years later wondering why I had never taken the opportunity to become a father.

So I made a decision. I was going to have a child through IVF.

That decision led me to Mexico and ultimately to Advanced IVF, the fertility program I later founded after experiencing the journey myself. What I discovered was that modern reproductive medicine gives men and women options that previous generations simply did not have. For someone like me, IVF created the possibility of becoming a biological father while choosing an egg donor and working with a gestational surrogate.

The egg donor decision was one of the most important parts of my journey. When people hear the phrase "supermodel egg donor," they often imagine something like a catalog where you simply pick the most beautiful woman available and create a baby. Reality is much more sophisticated than that.

An egg donor is not a product, and a child is certainly not a product. The process is about selecting a donor who meets rigorous medical and psychological requirements while considering characteristics that are important to the intended parent. Those characteristics can include physical appearance, ancestry, education, personality, talents, interests, medical history, and family history.

For me, the opportunity to work with an international egg donor program was particularly important. Advanced IVF provides access to donors from different countries and backgrounds, including Mexico, the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and other regions. For intended parents who have specific preferences, having access to a broad donor pool can make a meaningful difference in the family-building process.

There is also a financial reality that people should understand. Premium egg donation can become expensive, particularly when working with highly sought-after donors or specialized arrangements. Depending on the market, donor-related expenses and premium arrangements can range from approximately $25,000 to $150,000 or more. However, prices vary dramatically depending on the donor, agency, clinic, medical services, travel, exclusivity, and what is included in the program.

At Advanced IVF, donor egg programs can be considerably more accessible than some premium egg donation arrangements in the United States. The clinic offers international donor options and both fresh and frozen egg programs. Current pricing should always be confirmed directly with the clinic because fertility program costs and donor availability change over time.

I also want to make one thing very clear because it is easy for the fantasy surrounding this topic to become disconnected from reality. Choosing an exceptionally beautiful or accomplished egg donor does not guarantee that your child will become a model, athlete, entrepreneur, musician, or anything else. Genetics are complicated. A child's personality, intelligence, appearance, talents, health, and future are influenced by many genetic and environmental factors.

In my case, however, I happened to find an extraordinary woman who had a professional modeling career and an incredible international background. She was an Estonian supermodel and IMG model who had walked runways in more than 33 countries, including Milan. That became part of my son's genetic story, but it was never the reason I ultimately fell in love with fatherhood.

My IVF journey officially began in April 2024 when I had my first consultation and started the process of selecting an egg donor. In May, I traveled to Cancun for my semen deposit and testing. I signed the contract and officially committed to the journey.

In July, the egg retrieval took place in Mexico City. The eggs were retrieved from my donor and then frozen and shipped to Cancun. In August, we had embryos created and five embryos were sent for PGT testing. When the results came back, two healthy embryos were available. One was a female embryo and one was a male embryo.

At that point, the dream suddenly became real. These weren't just plans anymore. I had actual embryos that could potentially become my children.

The first embryo transfer took place in October 2024. We transferred the female embryo, and I waited with the same combination of excitement and anxiety that so many IVF parents experience. Then came the news I didn't want to hear. The transfer was unsuccessful.

It was heartbreaking.

IVF has a way of teaching you humility. You can plan everything. You can have the best doctors, the best laboratory, the best embryo, and the resources to make the journey possible, but biology still has the final word. A failed transfer is not just a medical event. It is an emotional experience, especially when you have already imagined the child that embryo might become.

I had to keep going.

In January 2025, a new surrogate mother was assigned to me, and we transferred the healthy male embryo. This time, the story changed. In February, we received the positive pregnancy test. In March, we heard the heartbeat.

From that point forward, pregnancy became a series of milestones that I will never forget. Every appointment mattered. Every ultrasound mattered. Every measurement mattered. I wanted to know that my son was growing normally, that his heart was beating normally, and that everything was progressing the way it should.

The pregnancy continued developing normally through the spring and summer of 2025. I eventually had the opportunity to meet the surrogate mother carrying my son. She was incredibly sweet and kind, and meeting her made the entire experience even more real. There is something extraordinary about meeting the woman who is carrying your future child.

At 34 weeks, my son was approximately 18 inches long and weighed about 5.3 pounds. He was healthy and developing normally. Two weeks later, at 36 weeks, he was approximately 19 inches and 6.7 pounds, with a normal heartbeat. The doctor scheduled the C-section, and for the first time, I knew exactly when I would become a father.

Then came October 2025.

I was in the delivery room that morning when my son was born.

He was healthy.

He was beautiful.

And he was big.

He weighed 7.7 pounds.

After everything I had experienced, from donor selection to embryo creation, genetic testing, the failed transfer, the successful transfer, pregnancy monitoring, and all of the waiting, suddenly none of that mattered anymore. I was holding my son.

We spent the next 48 hours together before being discharged. But the journey still wasn't completely over. Now I had to bring my son home to the United States.

That required navigating the Mexican birth registration process, legal documentation, an amparo process, and an appointment with the U.S. Embassy. We worked with a lawyer, signed the necessary documents, supplied the required paperwork, and completed the process to have my name recognized as the sole parent on the birth documentation. The official Nacimientos registration was issued, and eventually we attended the U.S. Embassy appointment and received an emergency passport.

That experience taught me another important lesson. IVF and surrogacy don't simply end when the baby is born. For international intended parents, there can be an entire post-birth process involving legal documentation, birth registration, passports, and travel. Having experienced it personally gave me an understanding of the process that I could never have gained from simply reading about it.

Today, when people ask me about my journey, they sometimes focus on the most sensational part of the story. They ask about the supermodel. They ask what it costs to have access to premium egg donors. They ask whether it is really possible to choose a donor with a modeling background or an extraordinary physical appearance.

Those are interesting questions, but they aren't the questions that matter most to me anymore.

The question that matters is this: Did I become a father?

Yes.

And that changed everything.

I eventually created the concept of the Absolute Father, or Dad AF, based largely on what I experienced. My philosophy is simple: 100% Man, 100% Duty, 100% Custody, Zero Excuses. For me, being a father means taking complete responsibility for my child and being present for the job I chose.

I didn't want fatherhood to be something that happened accidentally or something I simply hoped would happen someday. I made a deliberate decision to become a father, and then I accepted everything that came with it.

That is why I believe IVF is so powerful.

IVF isn't just about infertility. It is about possibility. It allows people to create families in ways that weren't possible for previous generations. It can help couples struggling with infertility, women who cannot use their own eggs, people who need donor eggs, single men who want biological children, and intended parents who need gestational surrogacy.

For me, IVF Mexico became the place where that possibility became reality.

And that is one reason I eventually founded Advanced IVF. I had lived the journey myself. I knew what it felt like to make the decisions, wait for the results, experience disappointment, celebrate a heartbeat, watch a pregnancy progress, stand in a delivery room, and then navigate the legal process required to bring my child home.

I understand what intended parents are feeling because I was one of them.

If a man comes to me and says, "I want to have a baby with a beautiful woman," I understand the fantasy behind the question. If he says, "I want to find an exceptional egg donor," I understand that too. But I also tell him the truth. The goal isn't to manufacture a perfect child. There is no such thing as a perfect child, and there are no guarantees in reproductive medicine.

The goal is to make thoughtful decisions, work with qualified medical professionals, understand the science, choose an appropriate donor, create healthy embryos when possible, and give yourself the best responsible opportunity to become a parent.

That is what I did.

And yes, my son's mother happens to be an Estonian supermodel who walked runways around the world.

But when I look at my son today, I don't think about the runway.

I don't think about Milan.

I don't think about IMG.

I don't think about the price of an egg donor.

I think about my son.

I think about the morning he was born. I think about holding him for the first time. I think about how big he was at 7.7 pounds. I think about bringing him home. I think about everything that had to happen for that one moment to become possible.

The headline may be "How to Make a Baby with a Supermodel."

But my real story is much simpler.

I wanted to become a father, I made a decision, I took responsibility for that decision, and IVF gave me a path to make it happen.

And if my story can give another man or another intended parent the confidence to explore their own path to parenthood, then sharing it is worth it.