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Latest Content

Journal

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Imagining breech birth without bord…

AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Rixa Freeze, PhD For a long time, breech birth lived in my mind as a question I could not quite put down. It was never just a clinical…

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Supporting informed choice for wome…

AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Amy Meadowcroft, RM, MClinRes Introduction This article uses the terms “women” and “mothers” in relation to biological sex and reprodu…

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Mary Cronk MBE – Upholding the skil…

AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Joy Horner For those who may not be familiar with the life and work of the late, great Mrs ("My friends call me Mary”) Cronk, she was…

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Events

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AIMS Workshop: Focusing on Inductio…

Join us for one of our series of interactive online AIMS workshops, " Focusing on Induction of Labour ". Nadia Higson (principal author of "The AIMS Guide to Induction of…

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AIMS book launch and workshop: The…

To celebrate the launch of the new AIMS Guide to Breech Birth we are pleased to be holding a launch event with Joy Horner, the principle author. Joy will be sharing her o…

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AIMS Workshop: Understanding Twin T…

Stephanie Ernst, founder of the TAPS Support Foundation, will be explaining the issues that can arise in different types of twin pregnancies, and what twins parents need…

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Latest Campaigns

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National maternity and neonatal ser…

By Jo Dagustun on behalf of the AIMS Campaigns Team In this briefing note, Jo offers an account of what has been happening following Wes Streeting’s 2024 commitment to ov…

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Scottish Perinatal Framework: Alter…

AIMS was set to review the document Framework for maternity healthcare professionals to support individualised care for women who choose alternative/non-standard birth ch…

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Open letter of welcome from AIMS to…

AIMS has written to welcome Robbie Butler to his new role as Northern Ireland's Health Minister. AIMS is asking him to continue to support the continuity of carer model o…

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