Resorts are luring couples who are trying to have a baby by offering on-site sex doctors, romantic advice and exotic food and drink, calculated to put lovers in the mood.
The Birds
and the Bees package at the Five Gables Inn & Spa on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, for example, includes a two-night stay with a couple's massage, oysters (a purported aphrodisiac) and wine, a pair of
heart-print boxer shorts and a CD by love crooner Barry White for about $810 a couple. At the Procreation Ski Vacation in Jackson Hole, Wyo., couples can snuggle by a toasty fire, enjoy a candlelight
dinner in their room and take a dogsled trip to a hot-springs site at the Teton Mountain Lodge.
Dr. Jason James, a Miami obstetrician, encourages couples trying to have a baby to
sneak away for a few days, and he often sees it work. "I think the effect of stress on our physiology is underestimated," he says.
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