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Editorial Salli reflects on the sadness and anger she feels on hearing the birth stories of her daughter and her daughter’s friends, and introduces the articles for the March issue of the AIMS journal
Lydia’s Story: Something’s Wrong Lydia relates her experience of severe mental ill-health during pregnancy, the varying quality of care she received and how she got back to strength after birth
Sarah and Jackson’s Story Sarah tells us about her experience of induction - some good, some bad - and reflects on some post-birth struggles
Sophia, Phronesis and Stultitia Alex Smith explores the the disparity between women’s preferences and the rising number of inductions
Volunteering on the AIMS helpline AIMS is looking to recruit more volunteers for the helpline; Katherine Revell and Alex Smith explain more
Introducing Raham Project Faiza Rehman, midwife and mother, introduces us to her truly inspiring grassroots organisation that offers support to families from diverse ethnic backgrounds
Interview with Sarah Fishburn Jo Dagustun interviews Sarah Fishburn, maternity improvement campaigner and chair of the NICE Multiple Obstetric Guidelines Update Guideline Committee
Birth Time: the documentary - a review Anne Glover reviews the much acclaimed Australian documentary ‘Birth Time’, that questions why an increasing number of people are being left traumatised after giving birth, and what can be done about that
Racial inequalities in maternity outcomes: what are the causes? The AIMS Campaigns team report on research into racial inequalities in maternity care welcoming the recognition that issues of institutional racism, unconscious bias and lack of individualised, culturally competent care need to be acknowledged and addressed throughout the maternity services
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 Editor’s note: AIMS is honoured to present Mariamni’s research study in which she interviews 10 women who gave birth without a healthcare…
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 Interview by Alex Smith Hello Rebecca, thank you for agreeing to answer some questions about your work with Make Birth Better. I wonder i…
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 Editor’s note: This is a fictional account of the state of mind of a mother suffering postnatal illness. As such, it is a powerful and di…
At this one day virtual conference we will present the findings of the: MBRRACE-UK confidential enquiry into baby deaths, exploring the impact of ethnicity on care and ou…
‘The Foundation Stones for Supporting the Physiological Process in Pregnancy and Birth’ is led by Alex Smith (AIMS Journal Editor and Helpline volunteer) supported by Deb…
Join us for another in our new series of interactive online AIMS workshops, " Focusing on Rights in Pregnancy and Birth ". Emma Ashworth (principal author of "The AIMS Gu…
AIMS Campaigns Team volunteers are presenting a poster about our campaign for Physiology-Informed Maternity Services at the 2023 conference of the British Intrapartum Car…
This is a review of the paper (https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004259%20 ) published on July 20, 2023 by researchers at St George’…
The evidence on whether there is a benefit in inducing labour if a pregnancy would otherwise last beyond 41 or 42 weeks is far from clear. 1 The SWEPIS study 2 , publishe…