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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, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 By Elle Gundry The first parliamentary debate on birth trauma took place in the House of Commons on Thursday 19th October 2023. [1] Thank…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 By Anne Glover I work with women from all walks of life, but one thing that is important to them all, is having a positive and satisfying…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 Editor’s note: In this quite shocking account of disrespect and neglect, Grace describes the arrival of her first baby. With Grace’s perm…
MaMa Conference is the largest & longest running annual midwifery & maternity conference in the UK. Over the past 12 amazing years we have created an original and unique…
Join us for an interactive online AIMS workshop: " The Foundation Stones for Supporting the Physiological Process in Pregnancy and Birth ". In this workshop discussion we…
"The Maternity and Midwifery Festivals are back face to face and we’re looking forward to meeting you in 2024. Nine events across the UK and Ireland – all of them free of…
AIMS is proud to be supporting the RCM's Research Prioritisation project as a Project Partner and with one of our volunteers on the Steering Group www.rcm.org.uk/promotin…
Introduction to AIMS and why AIMS is making a submission Since 1960, AIMS has been the leading advocate for improvements in UK maternity care. We have national and intern…
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…