Antedatings of "babymoon"

[Hugo]

"babymoon" (ODO 1990s)

Usenet, 2 March 1995:

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 think it's great to give yourselves time for a babymoon before
sharing your new little one with all of creation.  I love to have my
mother and grandmother come visit; I enjoy them and they're very
helpful.  But I don't want anyone those first precious few days of
my new baby's life.
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.kids.pregnancy/e--iu8kuMck

Usenet, 20 June 1995:
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…but I would recommend that you get a copy of Sheila Kitzinger's HOMEBIRTH. ... Kitzinger talks about the importance of a "babymoon" period, where mum and dad just
hang out with the baby.
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https://groups.google.com/d/msg/misc.kids.pregnancy/IuhMdSyrLnU/9lcxF3xDCqEJ


Wikipedia also credits Kitzinger, but a year later and in another book:

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In 1996, the term babymoon was coined in a book "The Year After Childbirth" by childbirth educator and author Sheila Kitzinger.
"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'."
…
Kitzinger, Sheila (1996). The Year After Childbirth. Fireside. SBN 978-0684825205., p.203
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babymoon#History

Google Books has two 1979 results in Kitzinger's books. I can't verify them, but she has been writing childbirth books since the 1960s, and other "babymoon" snippets show up in the 1980s too, sometimes in reference to Kitzinger.

Birth at home - Page 151
books.google.com/books?id=i9YJAQAAMAAJ
Sheila Kitzinger - 1979 - ‎Snippet view - ‎More editions
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I believe that we should create a new institution, the babymoon, equivalent to a honeymoon, for both parents to start the relationship with their new baby.
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The Experience of Breastfeeding - Page 130
books.google.com/books?isbn=0709901623
Sheila Kitzinger - 1979 - ‎Preview - ‎More editions
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a 'babymoon' A babymoon is a holiday spent by the new parents with their baby which takes place for the most part in the bedroom.
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Hugo

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