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2026, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Antenatal Education: What is there to learn? Different perspectives on preparing for birth)
2025, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Improving maternity care for all)
2025, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Thinking about breastfeeding)
2025, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Women in labour: Do not disturb!)
2025, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Listen with Grandmother)
2024, Vol. 36, No. 4 (The deafness loop: a cycle of inequality)
2024, Vol. 36, No. 3 (A Matter of Trust)
2024, Vol. 36, No. 2 (When the Mother is Unwell)
2024, Vol. 36, No. 1 (I am writing to complain)
2023, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Mixed Feelings)
2023, Vol. 35, No. 3 (We were there)
2023, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Where will the baby come out? Birthplace dreams, instincts and lived experience)
2023, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Dare we say it? Physiological birth)
2022, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Picturing Birth)
2022, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Once Upon a Birth)
2022, Vol. 34, No. 2 (The Sound of Violence)
2022, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Induction: love's labours lost?)
2021, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Birth of a pandemic: How we coped)
2021, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Decision-making and consent)
2021, Vol. 33, No. 2 (A Plurality of Births: Languages, Places, Communities)
2021, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Salutogenesis - Putting the Health Back Into Healthcare)
2020, Vol. 32, No. 4 (The Use of Social Media in Pregnancy and Early Parenthood)
2020, Vol. 32, No. 3 (AIMS at 60 - Making a difference past and future)
2020, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Pandemic birth: Women's own stories during Covid-19)
2020, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Breaking Down the Barriers to VBAC)
2019, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Raging Hormones - The Power of Birth)
2019, Vol. 31, No. 3 (Resolution: Finding Closure Following Birth)
2019, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Everyone's an Individual (I'm not!))
2019, Vol. 31, No. 1 (To Induce or Not To Induce - At Least Ask the Question?)
2019, Vol. 30, No. 4 (When Birth Becomes Trauma)
2018-19, Vol. 30, No. 3 (The Politics of Infant Feeding)
2018, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Implementing Better Births Part 2)
2018, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Implementing Better Births Part 1)
2017, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Twins and Multiples: More Babies, More Decisions, Same Rights)
2017, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Making Decisions)
2017, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Changing Language)
2017, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Focus on what makes a difference)
2016, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Reforming maternity)
2016, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Creating Continuity)
2016, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Back to the Future)
2016, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Caring for Midwives)
2015–16, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Birthplace Matters)
2015–16, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Stillbirth)
2015–16, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Ensuring good births for all)
2015–16, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Human Rights and the maternity jigsaw)
2014–15, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Supporting Birth)
2014–15, Vol. 26, No. 3 (State of the NHS)
2014–15, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Long-term Impact)
2014–15, Vol. 26, No. 1 (What about the evidence?)
2013–14, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Freedom of choice - When women really get to choose)
2013–14, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Breastfeeding and Biology - Supporting access to breastmilk?)
2013–14, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Remembering Women - What happens when women are not part of the decision chain?)
2013–14, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Policing Pregnancy - Who is really in charge?)
2012–13, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Commissioning Care - Building women-centred choice)
2012–13, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Are you asking? considering consent)
2012–13, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Place of Birth - why women don't have a real choice)
2012–13, Vol. 24, No. 1 ('Please treat me normally' Women share their thoughts on care)
2011–12, Vol. 23, No. 4 ('High Risk' When does a label become a self-fulfilling prophecy?)
2011–12, Vol. 23, No. 3 (International Witch Hunt - the campaign against midwifery)
2011–12, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Challenging the medicalisation of birth)
2011–12, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Normality)
2010–11, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Campaigning for 50 years 1960 - 2010)
2010–11, Vol. 22, No. 3 (The persecution of woman centred care)
2010–11, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Caesarean Birth)
2010–11, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Is anyone listening?)
2009–10, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Good Care)
2009–10, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Midwifery under Threat)
2009–10, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Social Services - The secrecy of forced adoption)
2009–10, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Campaigning, Complaining and Caring)
2008–9, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Midwifery Focus - Looking at supporting normal birth)
2008–9, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Home Birth, in search of normality)
2008–9, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Birth in Europe - Is there unity in the EU?)
2008–9, Vol. 20, No. 1 (The Value of Mothering - Are mothers let down when Culture can't care?)
2007–8, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Rhetoric and Reality - How do they compare on the ground?)
2007–8, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Where is the Support? Just how medicalised, institutionalised and fragmented are maternity services? )
2007–8, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Listen with Mother - Considering our options for the future of maternity care )
2007–8, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Birth Trauma - What makes birth traumatic and how can we help? )
2006–7, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Consultation Conundrums)
2006–7, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Free-standing and Proud)
2006–7, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Breastfeeding - Supporting Success)
2006–7, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Homebirth - why is it still hard labour?)
2005–6, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Choice - an abused concept)
2005–6, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Do Women Want Midwives or Obstetric Nurses? The AIMS conference poses the question)
2005–6, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Help us to save our Birthing Units!)
2005–6, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Hands off that breech!)
2004-5, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Why are more mothers dying?)
2004-5, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Health Visitors or Health Police?)
2004-5, Vol. 16, No. 2 (NICE guidelines for caesarean section)
2004-5, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Is it murder to refuse a caesarean?)
2003-4, Vol. 15, No. 4 (The politics of cot death)
2003-4, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Challenging the illusion of choice)
2003-4, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Premature babies: Avoidable deaths)
2003-4, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Shaken baby syndrome: Caused by hospital care)
2002-3, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Failure in expectations: it's all your fault!)
2002-3, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Money running out for convenience caesareans)
2002-3, Vol. 14, No. 2 (State-sanctioned kidnapping: Violation of a baby's human rights)
2002-3, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Caesarean section or vaginal birth - What difference does it make?)
2001-2, Vol. 13, No. 4 (What is normal birth? Time to stop confusing what is common with what is normal)
2001-2, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Misoprostol for induction of labour - Untested, Unapproved and Unnecessary)
2001-2, Vol. 13, No. 2 (What Happens When a Woman Needs a Caesarean?)
2001-2, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Supporting the Mother - Where are the midwife advocates?)
2000-1, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Under-motivated, Under-skilled and Under Threat)
2000-1, Vol. 12, No. 3 (A Nail in the Coffin for Home Birth)
2000-1, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Waterbirth - Time to Move forward)
2000-1, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Responding To Women's Needs)
1999-2000, Vol. 11, No. 4 (The Safety of Hospital Birth - The myth versus the reality)
1999-2000, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Where's the Good News?)
1999-2000, Vol. 11, No. 2 (The Witch Hunt)
1999-2000, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Midwifery - Will Higher Level Equal Lower Skill?)
1998-9, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Miscarriage - The Loss of A Baby)
1998-9, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Breech Presentation)
1998-9, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Active Management of Labour)
1998-9, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Is Labour Just a Pain?)
1997-8, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Maternity Madness)
1997, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Normal Birth - A Movement Standing Still)
1995, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Shackled Women)
1990, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Caesareans ...Something must be wrong)
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Journal Vol. 32, No. 4 — The Use of Social Media in Pregnancy and Early Parenthood
ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)
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Editorial – The Use of Social Media in Pregnancy and Early Parenthood By Journal editors Katharine Handel, Luisa Izzi, and Alex Smith
A (Mother’s) Visual Diary on Social Media: Pregnancy and Motherhood during the Covid-19 Pandemic Jocelyn Allen explores pregnancy and the transition to motherhood in her art and writing through the lens of social media
Fifteen Minutes on Social Media Jennifer Culley and Liz Skidmore present a fictional conversation between a mother and a peer supporter in an online chat group offering breastfeeding support
Baby loss in lockdown, the loneliest of times. Does social media help? Julie Wall describes her experience of baby loss during lockdown and how she found support, information, and empathy on social media
Social media and the sharing of knowledge Gemma McKenzie attests to the way that use of social media allows women’s voices to penetrate obstetric debate more than ever before
Pregnancy apps and social media – are we being watched? Frances Attenborough gives an account of what the literature has to say about the hidden forces at play in our use of social media
Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support & Social Media Jayne Joyce gives some advice to run a successful closed group on Facebook that provides professional breastfeeding support
My experiences of supporting breastfeeding women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) via social media Wendy Jones discusses her experience of providing advice and support to women who are breastfeeding while taking medication for Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis
AIMS and Social Media Julie Ann Crowley discusses the uses and benefits of the presence of AIMS on social media
Campaign Update: Removing COVID-19-related maternity restrictions on partners An update from the AIMS Campaigns team about their progress in the campaign for the needs of maternity service users to be considered in current national guidance
Refocussing our attention on Better Births: The poetry of scrutinising policy implementation The AIMS Campaigns team invite us to reassess and reflect on the Better Births Vision after five years of the Maternity Transformation Programme
Campaign update: Continuity of Carer, Northern Ireland - trying to do it properly! Anne Glover takes a look at the Better Births Implementation Pilot Scheme in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Ideological birth wars: The academic debate goes on, but where does this leave us? Jo Dagustun unpicks a recent article published in the British Medical Journal
An Interview with Lorna Tinsley Lorna Tinsley discusses her career and her role as a voice for midwives as a member of the Nursing & Midwifery Council
A short analysis on First Do No Harm, the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review chaired by Baroness Cumberlege, July 2020 Shane Ridley analyses “First Do No Harm,” the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review chaired by Baroness Cumberlege in July 2020
What has the AIMS campaigns team been doing? Here's the latest news on what the AIMS campaigns team have been doing
Introducing the Childbirth Choices Matter Campaign Kay King introduces the Childbirth Choices Matter campaign, which aims to create a new insurance product for self-employed professional midwives and to support women and pregnant people to access this form of care if they choose
Birth Activists Briefing: What is a Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA)? Information from the AIMS Campaigns team about this new role and its implications for birth activists
Book Review: Birth Shock: How to recover from Birth Trauma, by Mia Scotland Anna Madeley reviews a new book about recovering from birth trauma
Book Review: The Millstone by Margaret Drabble Shane Ridley shares her views on Margaret Drabble's 1965 classic
AIMS at 60 - Making a difference past and future
Salutogenesis - Putting the Health Back Into Healthcare
