Bub Hub Pregnancy & Parenting Forum

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  1. Welcome & Introductions - This is the place to start! (For tech help, see the How To section)

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    1. Introductions - come on in and say hello!

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      1. Introductions,
      2. Meet your Moderators

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  2. Conception and Fertility - Conception and fertility chat & advice. See our conception info hub for links to relevant shops, services, articles, tickers and more...

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    1. Conception & Trying to Conceive

      See also our conception & fertility info hub

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Conception & Fertility General Chat,
      2. Conception issues & ttc,
      3. Should we have another baby?,
      4. What Gap between Babies?

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      • Threads: 18,383
      • Posts: 547,255

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    2. Fertility Assistance

      Sub-Forums:

      1. IVF,
      2. Non-IVF fertility assistance,
      3. Egg Donation,
      4. Reproductive Immunology,
      5. Fertility Disappointments

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      • Threads: 10,514
      • Posts: 633,311

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    3. Adoption / Surrogacy

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      • Posts: 6,567

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    4. Childless - not by choice (still trying)

      For those who wish to discuss the possible end their fertility journey. Please note - this is not an area to discuss the different fertility choices out there - please head to the TTC area of the forum for that topic.

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  3. Pregnancy & Birth - Pregnancy chat, advice, 'when are you due' groups, labour, birth and more...

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    1. Pregnancy & Birth General Chat

      See shops and services

      Sub-Forums:

      1. First Trimester Chat,
      2. Second Trimester Chat,
      3. Third Trimester Chat

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      • Posts: 491,326

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    2. Due Date Groups & Pregnancy Diaries

      Sub-Forums:

      1. When are you due?

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      • Threads: 124
      • Posts: 6,112

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    3. Pregnancy Loss Support

      WINNER: Bub Hub Community of the Year 2009 Miscarriage, but not yet ready to be a TTCer?

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Support after Stillbirth,
      2. Support After Medically Necessary Termination

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      • Threads: 2,213
      • Posts: 55,037

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    4. Pregnancy Health

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Pregnancy Fitness & Nutrition,
      2. Morning Sickness,
      3. Medicines & Herbal Remedies During Pregnancy,
      4. Pregnancy Health Issues

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      • Threads: 4,096
      • Posts: 37,079

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    5. Pregnancy Tests & Help / Support with Results

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Baby's Gender,
      2. Support for unplanned pregnancies,
      3. Terminations

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      • Threads: 3,141
      • Posts: 39,066

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    6. Feeling Alone

      entire section moved to 'Not happy - emotional health issues' section (scroll down)

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    7. Seeking a Pregnancy Healthcare Provider

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Seeking a Midwife or Doula?,
      2. Seeking a Maternity Hospital,
      3. Seeking a Midwife Managed Birthing Centre or Community Midwifery Program,
      4. Private Health Insurance Discussion

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      • Threads: 4,495
      • Posts: 26,620

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    8. Preparing for Baby's Arrival

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Maternity Leave,
      2. Choosing Baby Names,
      3. Cord Blood

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      • Threads: 5,866
      • Posts: 122,499

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    9. Birth & Labour

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Birth & Labour Questions,
      2. Natural Birth,
      3. Caesareans,
      4. VBAC,
      5. Induction,
      6. Water Births,
      7. Homebirths,
      8. Birth-pain Management,
      9. Birth Stories,
      10. Birth Trauma Support

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      • Posts: 116,954

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    10. Contraception issues

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  4. Parenting Issues - Discuss all your parenting issues here - from feeding to tantrums, teething and nappies! Share experiences in the age-related 'birth groups'

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    1. General Parenting Tips, Advice & Chat

      Parenting related chat - for more general chat, see Friend's Chat

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Issues with Family Members

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      • Threads: 37,891
      • Posts: 576,041

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    2. Birth Groups & Diaries

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Birth Groups,
      2. How Big Was Your Baby?

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      • Threads: 75
      • Posts: 4,099

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    3. Postnatal & General Women's Health Chat

      Sub-Forums:

      1. LBL Issues,
      2. Menstruation Issues

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      • Threads: 400
      • Posts: 3,254

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    4. Baby & Child Age Groups

      Chat with parents with children of a similar age to your kids. Same issues? Same concerns? You won't be alone!

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Newborns (0 - 2 months),
      2. Babies (3 - 6 months),
      3. Babies (7 - 12 months),
      4. Toddlers (1 year olds),
      5. 2 year olds,
      6. 3 year olds,
      7. 4 year olds,
      8. 5 year olds,
      9. School aged children,
      10. Teenagers

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      • Threads: 1,612
      • Posts: 19,955

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    5. Child Health Issues

      Sub-Forums:

      1. General Child Health Issues,
      2. Serious Health Issues,
      3. Colic Reflux Wind,
      4. Dry Skin and Eczema,
      5. Breathing Issues,
      6. Immunisation & Vaccines,
      7. Encopresis,
      8. Circumcision

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      • Threads: 10,943
      • Posts: 120,243

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    6. Feeding, Recipes & Food

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Breastfeeding Support,
      2. Breastfeeding Online Expert,
      3. Bottlefeeding Support,
      4. Mixed Breast & Bottle Feeding Support,
      5. Tube Feeding Support,
      6. Weaning & Starting solids,
      7. Online Expert: Feeding Solids to Babies,
      8. Feeding Online Expert,
      9. Recipes & Lunchbox Ideas,
      10. Food allergies & intolerances

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      • Threads: 23,056
      • Posts: 231,613

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    7. Sleeping & Settling

      Sub-Forums:

      1. General Sleeping & Settling Chat,
      2. Pro - Controlled Crying,
      3. 'No Cry' Sleeping Solutions,
      4. Co-Sleeping

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      • Threads: 8,012
      • Posts: 77,420

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    8. Child Development & Behaviour

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Teeth & Teething,
      2. Discipline & behaviour,
      3. Development Stages,
      4. Activities with Babies / Children

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      • Threads: 4,973
      • Posts: 47,977

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    9. Nappies & Toilet Topics

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Nappy Topics & Nappy Rash,
      2. Constipation, Toilet Training

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      • Threads: 12,502
      • Posts: 132,796

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    10. Premmie babies

      See premmie baby info hub

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      • Threads: 256
      • Posts: 3,068

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    11. Natural / Attachment Parenting

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      • Threads: 919
      • Posts: 11,847

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    12. Child Safety

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Safety Issues,
      2. Child Welfare Concerns

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      • Threads: 698
      • Posts: 9,470

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    13. Family Finances

      See finances

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      • Threads: 3,668
      • Posts: 53,440

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  5. Polls - Vote in our viewer polls

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    1. Viewer Polls

      Please let us know your thoughts!

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  6. Help Wanted! - Can you help with infant/medical research projects, research for parenting books or provide models for projects? Your help would be much appreciated.

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    1. Research Help, Campaigns & Models Wanted

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Research Help,
      2. Media Requests,
      3. Models Wanted,
      4. Can you help with these campaigns?

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      • Posts: 22,384

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  7. BubHub Monthly Challenge

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    1. BubHub Monthly Challenge

      Each month we will have a challenge for all members to participate in. The challenge theme will change each month and will consist of a new 'task' you can do each day of the month.

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  8. Product Reviews & Recommendations - What do REAL parents think of the products they buy? What do our members recommend? See our reviews area for product star ratings from our members

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    1. Reviewer Panel

      Want to receive free baby products? Find our how to join the Bub Hub Reviewer Panel!

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      • Threads: 151
      • Posts: 6,378

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    2. Baby & Parenting Products

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Product Recommendations & Questions,
      2. Product Recalls

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      • Threads: 6,481
      • Posts: 49,809

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    3. Maternity products

      See the Bub Hub Directory for maternity products and services

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      • Threads: 1,200
      • Posts: 10,864

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  9. Chat with other Parents & Parents-to-be - The place to make friends

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    1. Local groups, playgroups & meet-ups

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Playgroups, Get Togethers,
      2. ACT,
      3. New South Wales,
      4. Northern Territory,
      5. Queensland,
      6. South Australia,
      7. Tasmania,
      8. Victoria,
      9. Western Australia

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      • Threads: 16,842
      • Posts: 213,849

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    2. Dads Chat

      chat with other fathers

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      • Threads: 318
      • Posts: 4,450

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    3. Same interest parents

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Single Parents,
      2. Step-parents / Blended families,
      3. Young Parents,
      4. 20 something parents,
      5. 30 something parents,
      6. 40+ parents,
      7. Same Sex Parents

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      • Threads: 8,142
      • Posts: 147,128

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    4. Special interest parent groups

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Parents of Children with Special Needs,
      2. Parents of premmie babies,
      3. Parents of Multiple-Births,
      4. Parents with large families,
      5. Parents of a Lone Child,
      6. Guardian Parents,
      7. Parents Who Wanted a Larger Family,
      8. Parents with older kids,
      9. Foster carers, kinship carers & grandparent carers

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      • Threads: 2,787
      • Posts: 47,956

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    5. Other regional groups

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Parents in Remote or Outback Regions,
      2. Aussie Parents living overseas,
      3. Expat Parents living in Australia

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      • Threads: 565
      • Posts: 6,775

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  10. Work & Study Issues

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    1. Entrepreneurial Hubbers

      Setting up a business, working from home or want to find out more...

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Setting up & succeeding,
      2. Marketing & Advertising Ideas,
      3. Social Media chat,
      4. Working From Home,
      5. Talented hubbers,
      6. Mentors

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      • Threads: 892
      • Posts: 7,051

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    2. Maternity & Parental Leave

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      • Threads: 166
      • Posts: 2,061

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    3. Working Hubbers - Employed

      chat about the issues faced when trying to juggle work and kids.

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Job Share

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      • Threads: 1,808
      • Posts: 18,820

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    4. Stay At Home Mums (SAHMs) Chat

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      • Threads: 563
      • Posts: 23,545

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    5. Hubbers who are studying

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      • Threads: 1,828
      • Posts: 22,582

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    6. Parents in the Armed Forces

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      • Threads: 645
      • Posts: 5,921

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    7. Parents with Partners Working Away

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      • Threads: 269
      • Posts: 3,683

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  11. Childcare & Education - Ask others what they think of local childcare options and schools. Discuss any education worries in here

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    1. Childcare

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Childcare Options,
      2. Seeking Childcare

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      • Threads: 2,089
      • Posts: 15,899

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    2. Schooling & Education

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Preschools and Schools,
      2. Home Schooling,
      3. Gifted Children

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      • Threads: 2,307
      • Posts: 23,350

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  12. Not happy? Emotional health issues - Depressed, lonely, angry or dealing with the sharp end of physical or emotional abuse. Air your feelings and get support in this section. Also find details of local support groups and helplines in the Bub Hub Directory

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    1. Depression

      Sub-Forums:

      1. General depression and blues,
      2. Postnatal depression,
      3. Prenatal depression

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      • Threads: 2,282
      • Posts: 27,051

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    2. Get Help & Support

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Feeling alone,
      2. Dealing with anger,
      3. Body image and eating disorders,
      4. Anxiety & Panic Disorders,
      5. Battling addiction?

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      • Threads: 1,753
      • Posts: 22,386

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    3. Journals & Expert Help

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Online Expert - Good Mental Health

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      • Threads: 19
      • Posts: 41

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  13. Grief & Bereavement - Get support - just let all those feelings pour out. Keep a loss journal to help ease the pain

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    1. Private Journals & Support from Others

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Get support from other users

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      • Threads: 238
      • Posts: 3,719

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    2. Losing a child

      See helplines

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      • Threads: 203
      • Posts: 3,426

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  14. Holidays & Travel - Got questions about places to go with littlies, what to take or hire when you get there?

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    1. Travelling with Kids

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Destination Suggestions,
      2. What to take or hire?,
      3. General Travelling with Kids Tips

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      • Threads: 1,716
      • Posts: 13,033

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  15. Friends' Chat - This section is for you to chat with online friends about things outside of pregnancy, babies, family. Remember when you were a 'normal human'!

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    1. Chat & Fun Stuff

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Games & fun stuff,
      2. General Chat,
      3. Family & Friends

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      • Threads: 69,860
      • Posts: 1,529,125

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    2. Home and Hobbies

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Movies / Music / Books / TV Chat,
      2. Sport Talk,
      3. House & Gardens,
      4. Pets,
      5. Crafts and Hobbies,
      6. Photography Chat

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      Forum Statistics:

      • Threads: 16,718
      • Posts: 267,618

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    3. News, Current Affairs & Social Issues

      Sub-Forums:

      1. News & Current Affairs,
      2. Pregnancy & Parenting In The News,
      3. Environmental & Green Issues,
      4. Social Issues

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      • Threads: 6,557
      • Posts: 179,767

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    4. Spirituality

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Religion / Spirituality,
      2. Religion / Spirituality Discussion & Debate,
      3. Daily Horoscope

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      • Threads: 9,396
      • Posts: 49,790

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  16. Parties & Celebrations - Discuss your party ideas! Check out he Parties & Celebrations Directory on Bub Hub for local venues, caterers and entertainers!

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    1. For You

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Engagement,
      2. Weddings,
      3. Baby Showers,
      4. Seasonal,
      5. Gift Guide,
      6. Other

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      • Threads: 2,879
      • Posts: 41,820

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    2. For Babies & Kids

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Naming Days, Christenings & Baptisms,
      2. Birthdays,
      3. Announcements,
      4. Gift Guide

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      • Threads: 3,338
      • Posts: 39,857

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  17. Health, Beauty & Weight Management - Join in a viewer weightloss or fitness challenge or keep a journal of your progress.

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    1. Health & Beauty

      Sub-Forums:

      1. General Health,
      2. Support for Quitting Smoking,
      3. Beauty,
      4. Cloth Pad Mums

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      • Threads: 7,184
      • Posts: 83,708

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    2. Weight Issues

      Sub-Forums:

      1. Weightloss & Fitness Challenges,
      2. Weight Gain Support

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      • Threads: 2,400
      • Posts: 55,567

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