AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 The theme of this issue of the AIMS journal is ‘sovereignty of the body’. Sovereignty of the body (or bodily autonomy… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 By Sherine Lovegrove We are living in a time where women have risen beyond where they have ever been before. We are m… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 By Karen Lawrence “ Safe is not enough. What is the point in safe if you die inside yourself? How can you ever be saf… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 Dr Kirsten Small Published by BST Press on 27 th of January 2026 204 pages ISBN-10 : 1764171837 ISBN-13 : 978… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 By Karen Lawrence Published by Exodus Books on 25th November 2025 474 pages ISBN-10 : 1919376402 ISBN-13 : 9… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 This wonderful article is reprinted with the kind permission of Kai Njeri and Myrthe Glasbergen from Beyond Psycholog… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 By Mars Lord Sovereignty means ownership. It means the right to decide what happens to your body, on your terms, with… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 By Catherine Williams The Editor has asked me, as an AIMS volunteer, to say something about the origin of my (as she… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 By Rebeka Tabobondung Giving birth has been the single most powerful moment of my life, one I now understand holds th… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 By Alex Smith Welcome to the June 2026 edition of the AIMS journal. This issue is about the sovereignty of the body i… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 By Tamara Blakemore The First Breath I’m a birth artist, and apparently I’m here to talk about the sovereignty of the… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 Inanna, Sumerian Queen of Heaven and Earth . 1 By Alex Smith and Dr Kirsten Small A sovereign decision, in keeping wi… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 This talk is included with the kind permission of the speaker. We have linked it to the keynote talk given by AIMS vo… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 Interviewed by Jo Dagustun 1. Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed by AIMS, Katherine. To start, can you tell us… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 By Camille Del Pozo and Anne Glover on behalf of the AIMS Campaigns Team Background AIMS wrote to Neil Gray, the Cabi… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 From the AIMS Campaigns Team Spring has certainly sprung in the Campaigns Team, with some very welcome team changes t… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 Amisha Adhia, Founder, Action for Accreta, and Miss Chineze Otigbah, Consultant Obstetrician One Hundred Families Sin… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 2 A report from the AIMS Campaigns Team Published written outputs: Feedback to Woman’s Hour on their coverage of the la… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 By Hannah Northern Thakur Setting the scene: my NCT experience I took an NCT course four years ago ahead of my daught… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 Rebecca Jarman wrote for the AIMS journal in 2024 about Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a rare but potentially life… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 By Terri Harman Introduction For my bachelor’s research , I explored antenatal practitioners’ experiences and opinion… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 By Naomi Glass What is true birth preparation? Can there be too much or too little birth preparation? And can anythin… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 By Alex Smith Throughout history people have seen education as having different purposes. Or, to put it another way,… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 By Alex Smith I was in a discussion with Danish midwife Jacqueline Vejlstrup recently and it really got me thinking.… Read more…