THE (BE) EGG DONATION ADVANTAGE

Connecting the (Be)st Egg Donors with the (Be)st Intended Parents!

Be Egg Donation is a full-service egg donor agency that allows you to choose the perfect donor to build your (be)autiful family! We take an empathetic and sensitive approach to help you feel confident with the donor that you are selecting to build your family and also pride ourselves in supporting our egg donors as they help provide you with such an incredible gift.

Be Egg Donation was created to assist future parents navigate the ever changing and complicated world of family building through egg donation. We understand that this is the first step in the birth story of your child.

Our goal is to use our 15+ years of experience  in this field to educate and empower you to make the best decision for your unique journey, while also advocating for you and guiding you to ensure the process is streamlined and to ensure you are fully supported as you build your family, your way!

Having helped educate and empower future surrogates for the last 4 years with Be Surrogacy, this was the natural next step to ensure all intended parents have the support and resources they need.

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OUR FOUNDER: SHELLY MARSH

Hi, my name is Shelly and I have worked in the fertility world for the last 15+ years. I started in this industry as a surrogate, completing four surrogacy journeys, bringing 5 beautiful babies into this world. My first experience as a surrogate was so positive and rewarding that I changed my career path to work full time in IVF and Fertility to advocate for those who need a little extra help to build the family of their dreams. I also started Be Surrogacy a few years back to help advocate for other surrogates who wanted to help others achieve their dreams of a family.
As a surrogate I was always an advocate for the amazing women who helped to build these beautiful families, however I have always been very connected to the intended parents I carried for and frequently saw the experience through their eyes. Intended parents have often been down a long road before coming to the decision to grow their family through egg/sperm donation and/or surrogacy and I needed them to have a voice and an ally in this very complicated process. I am thrilled to be bringing not only my prior surrogacy experience but also my 15+ years not only working for some of the best fertility clinics in the industry, and a non-profit organization designed to help parents grow their families to help guide you on this journey of a lifetime! I am always available to answer any questions you might have about growing your family and help you navigate the evolving world of family building.

PROGRAM MANAGER: NIKKI WEHMEIR

Hey, I’m Nikki and I have worked in the infertility world since 2009!  I started in this industry on the agency side working primarily with egg donation and have continued that career path.  I’m well educated in surrogacy too but I have a soft spot for making sure Intended Parents and Egg Donors are taken care of from start to finish and feel supported during such a unique experience.  I am also a huge supporter of open/semi-open donation agreements and lend my voice to the importance of that any chance I get.  In my years of helping others become parents, I have had the honor of being a small but integral role in thousands of journeys and I look forward to the excitement and hope of family building each day.

I am a founding member of SEEDS (Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy) and currently hold the position of Chair of the Newsletter Committee.  I am also a proud member of the Donor Conceived Community’s Professionals Group.  Outside of the heart and soul that I have poured into my career, I also have two children of my own, two nephews born through IVF, more friends/acquaintances than I can count that I have helped navigate their own infertility journeys, and I donated my uterus in a transplant trial to a woman who was born without one so she could have a baby.

I believe it takes a village to raise a child and sometimes it also takes a village to have one.  I look forward to bringing my compassion, guidance, and expertise along for your journey!

ELLEN RICKS: SOCIAL MEDIA QUEEN

Ellen’s jump into surrogacy began while pregnant with her second child – mourning the thought that she loves being pregnant, but that her own family will be complete with the birth of their second child. Simultaneously, Ellen was dealing with her mother’s diagnosis of breast cancer, and lost her spiritual mother to metastatic breast cancer in 2022. Over this time, Ellen developed a heart for the breast cancer community. These passions ultimately collided when Ellen became a surrogate for a family touched by breast cancer, an intended mother unable to carry a pregnancy due to her  own cancer battle.

Ellen loves educating and speaking on surrogacy, egg donation and family building, connecting with others dreaming of a future family. Ellen brings her 3+ years of experience in social media to this field, spreading family building advocacy and education across platforms to reach thousands of people weekly.

Feel free to reach out—Ellen can’t wait to meet you!

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