$100 Grandprize, sponsored by Theresa Erickson, esq (http://www.ericksonlaw.net/)Winner: Luna http://lifefromhere.wordpress.com
oh child, where are you?
how will you ever find me?
waiting, still I wait
Medication-inspired Haiku, $50 gift certificate to Village Pharmacy
(http://www.villagefertilitypharmacy.com) Winner: Rachel Jones
Miracle, begun
When Holy Sister Mary
Bowed her head and peed
Adoption-Inspired Haiku, $25 sponsored by Colleen Quinn, esq (http://www.cantorarkema.com/adoption-surrogacy.asp) Winner: Catherine Caldwell-Harris
We can start a life
Together dear unknown girl
Mother of my child
Silly 1st prize, $50, Sponsored by Conceiving Concepts (http://www.conceivingconcepts.com)
Winner: Sarah Holland
Oh yes! ICSI my
cytoplasm harder, you
pipette-wielding stud!
Silly 2nd prize $25 Sponsored by: Parents Via Egg Donation (http://www.parentsviaeggdonation.org/)
Winner: Brian Sargent (www.lookydaddy.com)
name: "A Description of the Ultra-sound Room at My Wife's OB/GYN"
From countless visits,
Matching the shape of my head:
A dent in the wall.
Silly 3rd prize, $15 Sponsored by: Infertility Answers (http://www.infertilityanswers.org)
Winner: Elizabeth Ditchburn Dew
"I had this friend once,
Quit trying, then got pregnant"
F*&% you and your friend.
Silly 4th prize, $10 Sponsored by Little Blessings Surrogacy (http://www.littleblessingsinc.com/)
Winner: Lesley Richards
Of all the decisions
my future husband could make
why vasectomy?!
Serious 1st prize $50 Sponsored by Clear Passage Therapies (http://www.clearpassage.com/)
Winner:
Milon Nagi
Terrified to pee.
Discovering crimson drops
breaks my heart. Again.
Serious 2nd prize $25 Sponsored by Robert Terenzio, esq. (http://www.reproductive-alternatives.com/) Winner: Julie Foreman
Hope, dream, miracle
Pregnant pause no longer ours
Two lines equal three
Serious 3rd prize $15 Sponsored by Pamela Madsen (http://www.thefertilityadvocate.com/)
Winner: Kelley Duell
wanting to know you
to feel your breath on my cheek.
but you are a dream
Serious 4th prize, Sponsored by My Fertility Plan, LLC, (http://www.myfertilityplan.com)autographed book Winner: Jen P.
She looked at me and
said: I'm really sorry but
your twins are now dead.
Others that touched us...
BLIGHTED OVUM ULTRASOUND
Happiness turns to
raw shock: this purse is full of
counterfeit money.
You'd walk through fire
for your child's sake. For some,
the fire comes first.
Ice cold speculum
Yields, withdraws. What is the sound
Of one thigh clapping?
HYSTEROSCOPY
If you're going to
rummage through my uterus,
buy me dinner first.
Whoo hoo! That $25 will go a long way to repairing the dent in the wall at the OB/GYN's office.
Posted by: Brian | December 09, 2008 at 06:06 PM
this is so awesome! many many thanks.
great contest!
cheers,
~luna
Posted by: luna | December 09, 2008 at 06:43 PM
A great big THANK YOU! to all who participated in our little contest. We appreciate all your creativity and support. Please don't hesitate to let us know here at My Fertility Plan if we can ever be of any assistance to you. Please check our website regularly for updates and information to help you during your journey to build your family. We will definitely be having this contest again next year...hopefully with even more cash prizes! Start working on your entries now...we can't wait to read them. Take care! ~Evelina, CEO of My Fertility Plan
Posted by: Evelina W. Sterling, PhD, MPH, CHES | December 10, 2008 at 07:54 PM