Be Still Be Aware

In this episode we chat with mum, wife, advocate, and sister to Still Aware CEO Claire, Nerida Box, as we shed light on stillbirth from the perspective of family.
Some topics we chat about today are:
- What is it like to watch a sibling/family member lose their baby to stillbirth?
- How do you support a loved one through pregnancy loss?
- Following your intuition in pregnancy
- How to advocate for yourself in pregnancy
We also chat about Nerida's own pregnancy journey which is full ups and downs and everything in between. Thank you, Nerida for being apart of this podcast episode and your continued support to Still Aware's cause.
Your sister,
Claire x
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Series: Be Still Be Aware
Episode: Let's Talk Stillbirth & Family
Guest: Nerida Foord
Host: Claire Foord
Directed by: Jordan Carr & Claire Foord
Produced by: Still Aware
Videography: Andrea Rizos
Sound: Lance Brooks
Special thanks to Variety SA

What does your pregnancy village look like? How does a friends experience shape your own pregnancy? Asking questions of your community and finding the support you need are crucial in pregnancy.

"Yummy Mummies" Lorinska Merrington and bestie Liz Blunt had each other through their pregnancy journeys and beyond. They saw are gap in the pregnancy information highway and decided to ask the questions of experts and create an app to help expectant mums get the tools for supported pregnancy that they found were needed.
We chat...
- Miscarriage
- Finding your crew
- Seeking accurate advice
- Using your voice in pregnancy
- "Bub App"
...and more!

Thanks to these two Melbourne mamas and longtime friends for joining the conversation and giving of your time and energy. Listen to our relaxed chat and get to know Lorinska and Liz a little more...Let's Talk!

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Series: Be Still Be Aware
Episode: Let's Talk Finding Your Pregnancy Village
Guest: Lorinska Merrington & Liz Blunt
Host: Claire Foord
Directed by: Claire Foord & Jordan Carr
Produced by: Still Aware
Videography: Kenneth Aguarino
Sound: Lance Brooks​
Episode with thanks to Variety SA

Periods and parliament. Not really two words that would be thrown together often. But you’ll hear both in this episode.
Chatting with three MP’s about stillbirth, women’s health and the federal agenda. Learn how you can be part of the conversation and listen as we chat with Australia’s Federal Minister for Health the Honorable Greg Hunt, the Honorable Senator Kristina Keneally and federal member for Boothby Nicolle Flint.
What is the Australian government doing to about stillbirth? Can parties join forces to reduce the rates, which remain virtually unchanged for over two decades? This episode delivers the personal side of politics.
It was a privilege and a pleasure. Thanks for tuning in.
Claire x
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Series: Be Still Be Aware
Episode: Let's Talk Government Policy
Guests: Hon. Greg Hunt MP (Minister for Health), The Hon. Senator Kristina Keneally, and Nicolle Flint MP
Host: Claire Foord
Videography: Kenneth Aguarino
Sound: Lance Brooks
Directed & Produced by Still Aware
With Thanks To Variety SA

Let's continue the conversation with Claire Foord, the Founder and CEO of Still Aware.
In Part 1 of this episode, Claire shared with us the journey through her pregnancy with Alfie, and receiving the news her perfect baby would be born without breath. After her daughters stillbirth, Claire founded Still Aware after the loss of her own daughter Alfie Foord-Heath, who was stillborn at term on February 12, 2014.
In this, Part 2, we chat with Claire, as she answers questions she’s never been asked before. She speaks more in-depth about her delivery of Alfie, and how her life changed after her daughters birth. Including the reality of stillbirth, campaigning for prevention and creating purpose from unfathomable grief.

Thanks for taking the time to listen to this incredible woman.

Hannah x

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Series: Be Still Be Aware
Episode: Let's Talk Stillbirth & Prevention
Guest: Claire Foord
Host: Hannah Foord
Directed by: Jordan Carr & Hannah Foord
Produced by: Still Aware
Videography thanks to: Andrea Rizos
Sound with thanks to: Lance Brooks

Where does the drive to create change come from? What happens when your child dies in pregnancy? How can a defining moment forge a path to prevention? We chat about all this and more when I take the reigns and turn the tables, talking with Claire Foord, your regular Be Still Be Aware host and Still Aware Founder and CEO.

After Claire first found out she was expecting, her world was filled with excitement and great expectations of parenting to come. In her 40th week of pregnancy she delivered her healthy baby girl, Alfie, perfect but stillborn. This defining moment saw her respond with a desire and drive for change and had her questioning “Why didn’t anyone tell me stillbirth was a possibility?

In this, part one of a two-part episode Claire answers questions in a way we have not heard her divulge before.

...The reality of stillbirth

...Campaigning for prevention

...Creating purpose from unfathomable devastation

...What we need to understand about pregnancy, stillbirth and a love everlasting

... How a little life has the power to enact great change

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to take over for this chat and ask the questions.

Take the time To listen. It’s worth it.

Hannah x

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Series: Be Still Be Aware

Episode: Let's Talk Stillbirth & Prevention

Guest: Claire Foord

Host: Hannah Foord

Directed by: Hannah Foord & Jordan Carr

Produced by: Still Aware

Videography thanks to: Andrea Rizos

Sound with thanks to: Lance Brooks