These fertility-focused vacations are becoming quite popular. Some are aimed towards the fertile (as far as they know) crowd: couples who want a baby, and want to make the conception memorable. Or, according to this must-see video at DadLabs.com, couples who want to not just make conception-night special, but are aiming for a particular due date.
Other fertility-focused vacations are aimed at the infertile couple. The vacation may include acupuncture treatments, massage, "fertility diet" foods, and that sort of thing.
Maybe I'm cynical, or maybe I'm thinking about this from the perspective someone who tried "to just relax" without success - but how can a procreation vacation be a vacation?
Vacations are for letting your hair down, hangin' out in the sun (or skiing down some slopes), and eating out at fancy restaurants, tie required of course. Vacations are for cuddling all morning, followed by breakfast in bed, and a show that night.
Vacations are for getting away from the stress. Not bringing it with you.
To me, personally, a vacation that focuses on conception is not a vacation. A pricey vacation that can "fail", if it doesn't end with a positive pregnancy test, hardly sounds like a relaxing adventure.
It also sort of reminds me of how unromantic it became to hear the words, "Let's make a baby," right before sex. After months (and years) of trying, that might be the biggest turn off possible.
For the couples without fertility issues, who think they are going to get the birthday or month they want, I can't help but smirk. Good luck on that. Even fertile couples do not have a 100% chance of success in any given month.
Even if you think you have timed it all perfectly, and you get pregnant when you planned, and your due date does fall on your dreamed birthday -- you still are unlikely to have a baby that day. Babies rarely arrive on a schedule.
I will say this: procreation vacations are great for the hotel industry. As a marketing scheme, it's an awesome idea. But for the couples that give out the big bucks for this baby-making mission? I don't know...
I just feel like focusing a vacation on "procreating", or even making it your mission to relax, is missing the point. I think it'd be more appropriate to offer fertility retreats. The goal would not be to conceive that month, or "relax more to increase fertility", but instead, it'd serve as a get away from all the stress and pressure that comes with trying to conceive.
It other words, it would just be a vacation. From everything - even from the babymaking!
What do you think? Do you think a vacation that focuses on relaxing, or conceiving, could really be a good vacation? Would you go on one? Please leave your comment below!
Hat Tip: To The Fertility Advocate, whose post on Procreation Vacations got me thinking.
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