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Babymoon has several meanings. The original meaning is a period of time that parents spend bonding with a recently-born baby.

More recently the term has come to be used to describe a vacation taken by a couple that is expecting a baby in order to allow the couple to enjoy a final trip together before the many sleepless nights that usually accompany a newborn baby. Babymoons usually take place at a resort that offers appropriate services like prenatal massage.

Babymoon can also be used for a trip taken by a couple even before they get pregnant. As long as the trip is intended to be a final romantic fling before venturing into parenthood, the term babymoon applies.

The term babymoon comes from the more traditional term honeymoon

Honeymoon

-History:One early reference to a honeymoon is in Deuteronomy 24:5 “When a man is newly wed, he need not go out on a military expedition, nor shall any public duty be imposed on him...

, which is a vacation taken by a newlywed couple after their wedding ceremony.

History

In 1996, the term babymoon was coined in a book "The Year After Childbirth" by childbirth educator and author Sheila Kitzinger

Sheila Kitzinger

Sheila Helena Elizabeth Kitzinger MBE is a British natural childbirth activist and author on childbirth and pregnancy. She is a social anthropologist specialising in pregnancy, childbirth and the parenting of babies and young children. Although she lectures on midwifery she has never been a midwife...

"The transition to fatherhood is easier when a man can take time off to be with his partner and baby in what I call a 'Babymoon'."

The etymology of the word babymoon indicates a private time at home for the parents and their newborn to enjoy their time together. More recently, the travel industry has succeeded in redefining the term to also mean a trip before the birth of a child.

In 2004, Lisa Lewis attempted to redefine the term in the Athens Banner-Herald:

"I have learned a brand new word — 'babymoon' ...This is just like taking a honeymoon except you’re pregnant... the purpose is to have one last 'hurrah' as a couple... before baby arrives."

And in 2007 a New York Times article further enhanced the etymology of babymoon by covering the experiences of a number of couples and their luxurious excursions before the birth of new babies.

In a July 2007 Reuters

Reuters

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article it's also suggested to have a babymoon to "indulge while you can" before the baby is born.

In May 2008 Boston Globe also mentions the babymoon as a pre-birth getaway

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