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Welcome to Essential Baby -
Australia's largest parenting and family site!

You will find information and resources for all stages of conception, pregnancy, birth and parenthood on Essential Baby (and some great lifestyle information just for you too).

General Info about Essential Baby
Site Rules and Regulations
Abbreviations/Acronyms EB members - new comps each month, see the EB home page
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How to Make Your Very Own Signature - personalise your post with your signature, just be sure to check out the Signature Guidelines in the Site Rules and Regulations (link above) or you you can click here and ask one of these lovely members to make you one.

To find the information specifically for you please link to the following:

Are you?

Currently Trying to Conceive?
'Essential' Information - Getting Pregnant
Interactive Tools - Basal Temp. Charts and Due Date Calculator
Conception Diaries - keep your own or browse over 3000 diaries
Forums - Over 70 categories including Trying to Conceive, Conception, Assisted Conception and TTC Buddy Groups

Currently Pregnant
Essential Information - Pregnancy, Labour & Birth
Newsletters EB's famous Weekly Guide to Pregnancy
Fact Sheets - Buying Guide for New Baby
Tools Pregnancy Due Date Calculator
Pregnancy Diaries - keep you own or browse over 3,000 diaries
Forums - Over 70 discussion groups including Your Pregnancy, What Month are you Due, Hints and Tips for Pregnancy, Hospital Talk

A Parent
'Essential Information - Babycare
Newsletters - Guide to Babies First 12 months, Guide to Toddler Years, Birthday Gift Guide
Fact Sheets Your Child's Education Guide, etc.
Forums - over 70 forum topics inc Your Birth and New Baby and Parents Groups

Interested in general lifestyle information
Forums - over 120 forum topics including Relationships, Your Working Life, Managing Money, Your Diet and Fitness

Don't forget to subscribe to the EB Members Newsletter - a great way to stay up to date with everything at EB!

EB hosts one of the largest parenting forums in Australia - at anyone time there are (on average) 1000 women online.See All Forum Topics - EB hosts over 120 forum topics. You can join an EB discussion group with other EB members in your own neighbourhood - right around Australia - see the EB Meeting Place forums.

Thanks for your support and welcome to the Essential Baby Community!