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Couples Go on `procreation Vacations'
MIAMI (AP) -- When Lucinda Hughes heard she would have to drink sea moss elixir while vacationing in the Bahamas, she was certain it would make her sick. Sure enough, three months later, Hughes is very sick - every morning - and expecting her first baby in April. She got pregnant after she and her husband went on a three-day Procreation Vacation at a resort on Grand Bahama Island. It's part of a trend in which hotels around the world are luring couples who are trying to have a baby. Resorts are offering on-site sex doctors, romantic advice and exotic food and drink calculated to put lovers in the mood and hasten the pitter-patter of little feet. Even some obstetricians are promoting the trend. Dr. Jason James of Miami said he often encourages couples trying to have a baby to sneak away for a few days, and he often sees it work.Procreation vacation?
MIAMI -- When Lucinda Hughes heard she would have to drink sea moss elixir while vacationing in the Bahamas, she was certain it would make her sick. Sure enough, three months later, Hughes is very sick -- every morning -- and expecting her first baby.
She got pregnant after she and her husband went on a three-day Procreation Vacation at a resort on Grand Bahama Island.
It's part of a trend in which hotels around the world are luring couples who are trying to have a baby. Resorts are offering on-site sex doctors, romantic advice and exotic food and drink calculated to put lovers in the mood and hasten the pitter-patter of little feet.
Even some obstetricians are promoting the trend. Dr. Jason James of Miami said he often encourages couples trying to have a baby to sneak away for a few days, and he often sees it work.
I'm in the mood for procreation . . .
With the midterm election serving as a cold shower applied to the national libido, especially with the horrible spectacle of the politicians having their wicked way with the facts, we can all be forgiven for having a collective headache. But romance needs to be revived before the winter cuddling season is upon us.Unfortunately, a recent Associated Press trend story brings disturbing news. Apparently what comes naturally needs some unnatural help in this era of busy, stressful lives. Hotels around the world are marketing themselves in order to attract couples who are trying to have a baby.
As the AP story reported: "Resorts are offering on-site sex doctors, romantic advice and exotic food and drink calculated to put lovers in the mood and hasten the pitter-patter of little feet."
A married couple quoted in the story went on a three-day Procreation Vacation at a resort on Grand Bahamas Island, where they drank a Caribbean fertility potion made from sea moss.