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Essex Dads
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Anonymous Questions
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Health Talk
For discussion about healthy living, recipe advice and more.

Medical
For sharing information about local health services, including doctors, hospitals, health visitors and alternative therapy.

Home Talk
For household tips and family talk

Relationships
For advice and chat about relationships, whether with your spouse, your MIL, your friends or anyone else in your life

Local News
For discussing news stories that relate to or affect families in Essex

Support Groups
For information on groups that support parents, families and children.

Children's Parties
For getting help and advice about children's parties. See 'About this section if you would like to advertise'

Trying to Conceive

Pregnancy

Baby Name Ideas and Discussion

Coping with a Loss

Meeting up - General
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Introductions - General
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Barking & Dagenham

Basildon
Includes Pitsea, Billericay, Wickford, Laindon, Burstead, Laindon, Langdon Hills, Bowers Gifford, Crays Hill, Little Burstead, North Benfleet, Ramsden Bellhouse

Braintree
Includes Witham, Halstead and Bocking

Brentwood
Includes Hutton, Pilgrims Hatch, Shenfield, South Weald, Doddinghurst, Ingatestone, Fryerning, Kelvedon Hatch, Mountnessing, Ingrave, West Horndon

Castle Point
Includes Canvey Island, Hadleigh, South Benfleet, and Thundersley

Chelmsford
Includes South Woodham Ferrers, Boreham, Broomfield, Danbury, Hanningfield, Galleywood, Great Baddow, Great and Little Leighs, Great Waltham, Margaretting, Rettendon, Runwell, Springfield, Stock, Bicknacre, Writtle

Colchester
Incudes Abberton, Fingringhoe, Marks Tey, Myland, Stanway, Tiptree, West Mersea Wivenhoe, West Bergholt, Mersea Island

Epping Forest
Includes Abridge, Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell,Chipping Ongar, High Beach, Loughton, Nazeing, North Weald Bassett, Roydon, Theydon Bois, Waltham Abbey

Harlow

Havering
Includes Brooklands, Cranham, Elm Park, Emerson Park, Gidea Park, Gooshays, Hacton, Harold Wood, Havering Park, Heaton, Hylands, Mawneys, Pettits, Rainham and Wennington, Romford Town, St Andrews, South Hornchurch, Squirrels Heath and Upminster

Maldon
Includes Bradwell-on-Sea, Burnham-on-Crouch, Cold Norton, Goldhanger, Great Braxted, Great Totham, Heybridge, Latchingdon, Mayland, Mundon, North Fambridge, Purleigh, Southminster, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Wickham Bishops, Woodham Walter

Redbridge
Includes Ilford, Snaresbrook, South Woodford, Woodford, Wanstead, Gants Hill , Newbury Park, Barkingsid, Fairlop, Hainault, Grange Hill

Rochford
Includes Rayleigh, Hockley, Ashingdon, Great Wakering, Canewdon and Hullbridge

Southend
Includes Chalkwell, Westcliff, Prittlewell, Shoeburyness, Leigh-on-Sea, Eastwood, Southchurch

Tendring
Includes Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze, Brightlingsea, Harwich, Manningtree, St Osyth and Great Bentley.

Thurrock
Includes Aveley, Bulphan Chadwell St Mary, Chafford Hundred, Corringham, East Tilbury, Fobbing Grays, Horndon-on-the-Hill, Orsett, Purfleet, South Ockendon, Stanford-le-Hope, Stifford, Tilbury, West Thurrock

Uttlesford
Includes Birchanger, Felsted, Great Dunmow, Hatfield Heath, Newport, Saffron Walden, Stansted, Stebbing, Takeley, Thaxted, The Chesterfords, The Eastons, The Rodings, The Sampfords

Ask the Baby Expert
Ask Lisa Clegg author of The Blissful Baby Expert and Lynsey Calvert from Mothering Matters questions you have regarding dealing with everything baby-related.

Ask the Business Expert
Ask our business expert Claire Conby any questions you have about starting up or running your own business.

Ask the Children's Physiotherapist
Ask our Children's Physiotherapist Chris Smith from Kidsphysio2u any physical development concerns you may have, or for general children's physiotheraphy questions.

Ask the Counsellor
Ask qualified counsellor Amanda Wilkins any questions you have about emotional wellbeing, particularly within the pre natal and post natal period.

Ask the Dentist
Have a question about tooth and mouth care? Ask Charl Chapman from Essex Dentist.

Ask the Midwife
Any questions about pregnancy, labour, birth or postnatal care? Then ask our experienced midwife for some advice.

Ask the Occupational Therapist
Ask our Occupational Therapist Abi Johnson for advice about your child's fine motor skills, handwriting, self-care or difficulty accessing leisure activities.

Ask the Speech and Language Therapist
Post your questions about any concerns you have about your child's speech or language development to the Therapists from C&D Independent Speech & Language Therapy

Ask the Solicitor
For legal advice and questions - ask the Solicitors from Leonard Gray LLP

Ask the Teacher
Have a question about your child's education? We have a range of teachers from Early Years right up to Secondary ready to help and offer advice.

Ask the Trainer
Put your health and fitness questions to our forum Personal Trainer Zoe Randall

Ask the Working Mums Coach
Are you are working mum who needs some advice, or are you looking for help to get you back into work? Come and ask our Working Mums Coach from The Pickle Shed

Selling
Want to sell an item you no longer need but don't want to pay to list it in the local 'paper? Put it here, or even just put a link to ebay or somewhere else you're selling an item.

Freecycle
Want to get rid of an item but don't want any money for it? Then Freecycle it. Let people know what you have to offer and how they can get it.

Job Vacancies & Business Opportunities
Job Vacancies & Business opportunities for Mums (see sticky for posting rules)

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