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Editorial AIMS Journal co-editor, Salli Ward, looks at the dialogue between mothers and medicine in birthing history, and takes us through the Journal contributions that reflect the changing practices and dynamics.
My oldest birth stories Anne may have started her journey to being a doula from listening to her grandmother’s fascinating birth stories from the early 20th century.
A brief history of district midwifery Tania Staras delivers startlingly candid quotations from interviews she has carried out for research purposes to illustrate the development of the role of the midwife.
Birth shorts A collection of reminiscences and stories handed down, proving how common it is for people to receive these birthing stories from parents.
Birth Stories Before Three more recollections of birth or the tales that carried them, including the sorrows of lost babies.
Village birth and life With remarkable recall, Pamela evokes images of rural Cheshire in times gone by, the hardships and the delights.
Stories told to AIMS in the 1960s AIMS founder, Sonia Willington, wrote to the press about the loneliness of the new mother in hospital, and the lack of compassion in staff and regimes, in the early 1960s. How much has changed since then and how far do we still need to go?
Miracle baby A story of medicine (or God) doing great things - mostly - to bring back baby Liam after he suffered a catastrophic brain haemorrhage at 2 weeks old.
Reflections of an ex-midwife Dot looks back on her long and distinguished career and reflects on some key moments.
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AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 An Editorial foreword: As an antenatal educator I would often invite the expectant parents to imagine that their baby had safely arrived…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 By Alex Smith Welcome to the March edition of the AIMS journal. This issue explores the question of antenatal education. Antenatal educat…
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…
Midwifery Must Matter! Honouring our past to shape our future ARM’s 50th anniversary conference At a time when UK maternity services face ongoing pressures, including mid…
MIDIRS is proud to sponsor the first-ever RCM Top 10 Maternity Research Priorities Symposium. This virtual event will bring together midwives, researchers, and maternity…
A forthcoming parliamentary debate on the petition calling for the appointment of a Maternity Commissioner ‘to improve maternity care for mums and babies’ is scheduled fo…
Thank you for inviting organisations to offer evidence to the investigation. AIMS has welcomed this investigation, and we stand ready to support it, drawing on our partic…
London, Wednesday 4th March 2026 A key component of ensuring maternity service provision that is safe, personalised and equitable, is the provision of a robust and sustai…