- Couples in Darwin are flocking to sex shops to spice up Christmas lovemaking
- Top end city bucking national trend of less babies being conceived in that time
- Stress and cost of living pressures blamed with struggle for perfect Christmas
- Most common baby month moved to March from September and October
The madness of organising the perfect Christmas is leaving couples too stressed out for lovemaking.
But some Australians seemed to be bucking the trend as local sex shops reported a surge in customers leading up to Christmas.
‘We’ve definitely received a spike. People in Darwin certainly aren’t shy,’ Sexyland sales and marketing manager Rebecca Grech said.
The madness of organising the perfect Christmas is leaving couples too stressed out for lovemaking
Festive holidays are traditionally the most popular time for conceiving, resulting in more babies being born in September and October than any other.
But that has been pushed to March because, along with rising worries about the cost of living, would-be parents are too stressed out.
Australian Medical Association president Michael Gannon said stress cut the chance of ovulation, making women less likely to conceive even if they were having sex.
National Association of Specialist Obstetricians president and gynaecologist Stephen Lane said people could just be taking less risks.
‘Christmas and New Year is often a time of bad behaviour so perhaps in some part the message about drinking and pregnancy is getting through,’ he told the NT News.
But Darwin seemed to be bucking the trend as local sex shops reported a surge in customers leading up to Christmas