conceptionmoon

[Benjamin Zimmer]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/nyregion/14pregnant.html
New York Times, Jan. 14, 2008
A 2006 survey on BabyCenter.com, a Web site for new parents, showed
that three quarters of 1,052 participants had taken "conceptionmoons,"
or baby-making junkets, and 40 percent of those had been successful.
...
Kyle McCarthy, the editor at familytravelforum.com in New York, a
resource for traveling parents and families, has seen marketing pushes
for sequels to the conceptionmoon and babymoon, including
"familymoons," where newly blended families take all the stepchildren
and half-siblings on vacation.
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Here's the Sep. 2006 press release by BabyCenter.com on "conceptionmoons":
http://www.babycenter.com/pressreleases-1500083

Grant Barrett dated "babymoon" back to 1995:
http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/babymoon/

"Familymoon" goes back to 1999 at least:

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1999 _Leisure Travel News_ 15 (32) 18 (Factiva) The Westin Resort St.
John is featuring a Yours, Mine and Ours "familymoon" package for
couples who want to share their second marriage vows with their
children.
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--Ben Zimmer

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