Search the journal articles


Choose a journal by date and volume:

Browse all journal articles

Journal Vol. 36, No. 2 — When the Mother is Unwell

ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal as a PDF. Please click here.

Editorial: When the mother is unwell
Alex Smith considers the range and extent of unwellness in pregnancy and why a physiology-informed approach to care is important in every labour.

Type 1 diabetes and maternity care: Jane’s story
Jane Furness shares her glowing account of self-efficacy in ensuring the best possible birth experience for her and her baby.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Rebecca Jarman explains about a rare form of heart failure in women that only occurs just before or after childbirth. Rebecca's mission is to raise awareness of the symptoms so that treatment can be started as early as possible.

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Claire’s story
When Claire Sheppard became ill after the birth of her baby, nobody really listened until it was nearly too late.

Mental health and pregnancy - Phoebe’s story
When Phoebe Howe found herself unexpectedly pregnant, support and treatment for her serious mental health condition just stopped. She shares what happened next.

Generalised hypermobility: Emma’s story
Emma Dickinson told the midwives that she couldn’t walk or move easily, but no one listened. She told them she was in labour but she wasn’t believed. Her story powerfully illustrates the importance of listening to the ‘patient’.

Type 1 diabetes - given my time again: Victoria’s story
Ex-midwife Victoria Rixon explains how traumatising mixed-messages and insensitivity can be when you are expecting a baby.

Pre-eclampsia: Eliza’s story
AIMS volunteer Catharine Hart shares her experience of pre-eclampsia and the subsequent care of a premature baby. She looks forward to a time when mothers and babies remain together throughout any hospital stay.

Pregnancy, Childbirth and Marfan Syndrome
Victoria Hilton from the Marfan Trust describes the very specialised care that people with Marfan Syndrome require throughout pregnancy and birth.

Epilepsy and pregnancy
Specialist nurse Kim Morley explains the complex care required to ensure the safest possible pregnancy outcomes for people with epilepsy.

Pelvic floor health - “I wish I’d known this sooner”
The aftermath of childbirth quite frequently involves some short or longer term issues with pelvic floor health. Specialist physiotherapist Lara Watson tells us about the things that many women wish they had known sooner.

Doula UK online Conference 2024: Inspire & Connect
Doula, and AIMS volunteer, Anne Glover reports on an interesting and packed three days.

Continuity of Carer Corner – April 2024
Members of the AIMS Campaigns Team bring us up to date with a campaign that is close to AIMS heart.

AIMS Physiology-Informed Maternity Services (PIMS) - April 2024
Members of the AIMS Campaigns Team update us on their work related to the AIMS campaign for physiology-informed maternity services.

What has the AIMS Campaigns Team been up to this quarter?
It's been another busy quarter for the AIMS Campaigns Team!

Latest Content

Journal

« »

Women, Pregnancy and Artificial Int…

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 By Christopher Yau, Nuffield Department for Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford on behalf of the MUM-PREDICT and OPTIMAL…

Read more

What has the AIMS Campaigns Team be…

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 What has the AIMS Campaigns Team been up to this quarter? By The AIMS Campaigns Team Published written outputs: 19th August: Peer review…

Read more

Conflicting advice for pregnant wom…

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 Researchers Siang Ing Lee and Ngawai Moss report on the qualitative study they conducted to inform a core outcome set for studies of preg…

Read more

Events

« »

AIMS Workshop: Wellbeing

AIMS is delighted to be hosting a Wellbeing workshop delivered by Ruth Weston , veteran birth activist, AIMS member and author of 'Born Stroppy Make Change Happen'. This…

Read more

Threads of Protest: Human Rights in…

It combines the talents and knowledge of members of the public, artists, professional crocheters and charitable organisations to create crochet artwork designed to challe…

Read more

AIMS Workshop: The Foundation Stone…

Join us for one of our series of interactive online AIMS workshops " The Foundation Stones for Supporting the Physiological Process in Pregnancy and Birth ". Please follo…

Read more

Latest Campaigns

« »

AIMS, ARM and Birthrights Open Lett…

AIMS (Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services), ARM (the Association of Radical Midwives) and Birthrights are jointly calling for action in the light of th…

Read more

NICE Intrapartum Care - Water birth…

AIMS submitted comments on the draft NICE Guideline update on Intrapartum care for Water birth: second stage of labour (August 2025). You can read the the draft here You…

Read more

AIMS Responds to NHS 10 Year Workfo…

NHS workforce planning needs to be fit for the maternity service The current system of NHS workforce planning in England is not delivering a safe, personalised and equita…

Read more