BritChick Paris: I'm 38 and Want a Baby - Is it Too Late?
Mommy Wars: The Prequel?
Procreation vacations become a success
Filed under: Your Pregnancy, Places To Go, Medical Conditions
Three days on a Caribbean island, plenty of dirty talk with trained professionals, exotic food and aphrodisiac-laden drinks, a week's supply of Viagra. . .no, I'm not talking about Rush Limbaugh's last vacation. I'm talking about "procreation vacations" being offered by some resorts to encourage their guests to use their facilities for three days of near-constant, mind-blowing sex. The ladies coming back from these trips aren't puking in the morning from too many pina coladas the night before, but from the tiny human growing inside them after too many nights of wild Caribbean sex. Hotels around the world reportedly luring couples who are trying to have a baby, offering on-site sex doctors, romantic advice and exotic menus designed to encourage lots and lots of sex. These weekends were a relatively new idea a couple years ago, but the concept has caught on big time. Many obstetricians even recommend such trips to couples who might be finding it difficult to conceive. "One of the most easy, therapeutic interventions is to recommend a vacation," one doctor said. "I think the effect of stress on our physiology is truly underestimated."At the Westin at Our Lucaya Grand Bahama Island, a three-night Procreation Vacation starts at $1,893. That includes all the "Caribbean viagra" you can drink (an age-old Caribbean fertility concoction served three times a day: sea moss, mixed with evaporated milk, sugar and spices).
If $1,893 is too rich for your blood, you can always go for a more modest package: the procreation weekend at the Five Gables Inn & Spa at Chesapeake Bay includes a two-night stay with a couple's massage, oysters and wine, as well as the incredibly classy touch of a pair of heart-print boxer shorts and a CD from love crooner Barry White for about $810 per couple. Oh yeah, like I'm going to have sex with Barry White playing in the background. Talk about creepy.
Your<span>Voice</span>
Ask Us Anything About Parenting
TheTalkies:RelatedVideos
-
How to Fly with Your Pet
Better.TV's Rhiannon Ally talks to pet expert Megan Blake about ways and tips to fly with your pet on vacation.
-
Basic Gear and Equipment for Family Camping
Mark Phillips, family camping expert, provides information on the basic equipment needed for camping, such as a tent, sleeping bag and lighting options.
-
How to Choose a Farm Vacation
Farm vacations are growing in popularity in the United States. Families pay to stay overnight in a farmhouse and milk cows and harvest crops. Here's how to choose the right farm vacation for your family.
-
Vacations to Help You with Your New Year's Resolution
Trip on a Deal's Hosts highlight 8 great trip ideas that will help you follow through with your resolutions, such as weight loss backpacking trips or learning to tango in Buenos Aires.
SitesWeLove
- Site Map
- |
- Staff
- |
- Terms of Service
- |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Trademarks
- |
- Advertise With Us
- |
- About Our Ads
- |
- AOL Downloads
- |
- Contact Us
- |
© Copyright 2012 AOL Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Aol Family
ReaderComments (Page 3 of 3)
11-15-2006 @ 6:52PM
Vivi said...I suggest don't try and it will happen.
Reply
11-15-2006 @ 7:07PM
erica b said...hey jonny frank...maybe the idea of wanting a biological child is so that the mother and father can experience the joy of the pregnancy, feel the baby growing. Those of us with infertility problems may never know that pleasure! Did you ever hear the phrase "think before you speak"?
Reply
11-15-2006 @ 7:01PM
Vivi said...JimD, you should not condemn others and say they know nothing about a subject because you evidently know nothing about spelling.
Reply
11-15-2006 @ 7:07PM
M. Hoff said...Okay, is it just me? Or are all the angry infertile people missing the point. The purpose of these vacatons isn't to get pregnant and the resorts are not even remotely promising that you WILL get pregnant. How about this: It's all money well spent because you are having quality time with the person that you chose to spend the rest of eterinity with. If you get pregnant, then you just got some icing to go with that cake of yours!
Reply
11-15-2006 @ 7:13PM
ISABEAU said...PEOPLE!!!!! STOP IT!!! Why are you allowing people you do not even know get under your skin? The trick is to stay positive and for less stress not more! I personally think the entire idea of that vacation is absolutely sensual and fabulous! I would go in a heart beat and I am not looking to get pregnant. It just sounds so wonderful. Why can't everyone just look at it that way? Sometimes you have to pretend that all is fine just to make it to the next day. Pretend. Live a little. Stop take a breath and think about just having sex, pure dirty talking sexy sex!! I'll take it!
Reply
11-15-2006 @ 7:40PM
Lici said...My husband and I didn't plan for our first. We knew we wanted to have children right away, and just assumed it would just happen when "it was time." We got married three months after we graduated from college, and I came home from Spain pregnant. So maybe the fact that we weren't so stringintly focused on conception as a goal (as opposed to just enjoying our honeymoon together) was the real key to getting pregnant. Our second and third were not planned to the month, either, in fact each was conceived as a result of "date night." Between work and our three kids, we can't always go back to Europe or anything, but we try to enjoy our time together.
That said, if believing that this vacation is just the tonic for what ails you, why should anyone else care? Personally, I'd never do it; I prefer science, but if John and Jane Doe think that Procreation Vacations will help Little Jack set up shop in the womb faster, more power to 'em. I think in that situation, a person would do anything to gain some hope on a problem that seems hopeless.
Reply
11-16-2006 @ 9:25PM
TomW said...Let's see. There is nothing wrong going to a romantic place to try to have a baby. I find it a relaxing time to have sex with my wife at a resort. Just her and myself. The kids at the Grandparent's. Stress can play a major factor in not getting pregnant. I believe the time should be just right and you should both agree and in the mood. I think they should have more of these places in the future.
Reply
11-16-2006 @ 4:11PM
Shawn said...momsrus, Ok the numbers are somewhat off however are you telling me that the code shows that married people with children pay more taxes than single people? Fact still remains that single people pay more tax money per income dollar than people with children. Please don't give me the healthcare sob story either. The country has boundless government programs for healthcare for kids and they are developing more as we speak. To qualify for those programs you might have to be making less money however remember it was your choice to bring a life into the world and you should be responsible for that life not me. If I am paying more money into taxes than someone with kids then I am paying more into those government programs than those who actually have the kids. If our country is a country of personal freedoms than why is it that single people should be financially punished for not having children? I know I might come off as a jerk however I am just tired of people putting down folks that don't have children all the while the government is reaching deeper into my pocket simply because I don't have a kid.
Reply