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Sarah and Jackson’s Story

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By Sarah Jackson, my son, had his second birthday late in 2021. We decided to start a family before getting married a…   Read more…

Sophia, Phronesis and Stultitia

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 Image source By Alex Smith I often wonder why so many healthy women, women who express strong concerns about inductio…   Read more…

Reflections on current trends in maternity care: a stream of consciousness

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 Editor: Joy Horner first trained as a midwife in 1988 and practised for 18 months before deciding that subjecting all…   Read more…

Birth Time: the documentary - a review

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By Anne Glover Birth Time: the documentary [1] is an Australian production, released in November 2021. It questions w…   Read more…

Better Births six years on: the implementation programme continues

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By the AIMS Campaigns Team In this commentary, the AIMS Campaigns Team reflects on why the successful implementation…   Read more…

Editorial March 2022

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 Salli with granddaughter, Amara By Salli Ward Well, that’s the pandemic done with then… Obviously not, and its shadow…   Read more…

Introducing Raham Project

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By Faiza Rehman Raham Project is a registered Community Interest Company, based in Peterborough. It is currently fund…   Read more…

Interview with Sarah Fishburn

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 Sarah Fishburn Interview by Jo Dagustun Many different organisations and individuals play a part in the mission to im…   Read more…

March With Midwives: reflections from a student midwife

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By Megan Disley On Sunday 21 st November 2021, midwives, doulas, other birth workers, mothers, fathers, children, and…   Read more…

My experience of trying to find out how Continuity of Carer implementation is going locally: Like getting blood from a stone

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By Sarah Hawkins As a birth worker supporting many women and families under the care of three NHS Trusts, it hadn’t e…   Read more…

What has the AIMS Campaigns Team been up to?

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 Other quarterly updates By the AIMS Campaigns Team Covid-19: AIMS continues to work with the But Not Maternity Allian…   Read more…

What we need to know about the physiological onset of labour and the option of induction: three books to inform and inspire

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

Complete list of book reviews on the AIMS website AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 Reviewed for AIMS by Gail Werkmeister Originally I worked as a rese…   Read more…

Volunteering on the AIMS helpline

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 "Do I need to be induced?" With the rising tide of induction, this is a frequent question the Helpline Volunteers are…   Read more…

Lydia’s Story: Something’s Wrong

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By Lydia Shiells This story is about my third pregnancy. I already had two girls who I had carried and delivered happ…   Read more…

Birth Information page: Induction of Labour

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By Nadia Higson Editor's note: This article is an example of the AIMS information pages that can be found on our webs…   Read more…

Sharing is Caring - and that goes for maternity research too! Reflections on a public engagement event and why we need more of this

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By Georgia Clancy For me, researching maternity and childbirth experiences is fascinating because it represents an ev…   Read more…

Racial inequalities in maternity outcomes: what are the causes?

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AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By the AIMS Campaigns team Data from the annual MBRRACE reports [1] , [2] have for some years been highlighting the f…   Read more…

The new NICE guideline Inducing labour: what has changed?

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By the AIMS Campaigns Team A revised version of the NICE guideline ‘Inducing Labour ’ [1] was published on 4 November…   Read more…

Covid-19 and women’s reproductive health

Vol. 33, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2021, Vol 33, No 4 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Katharine Handel In this issue…   Read more…

Worries about Covid-19 and the homebirth solution

Vol. 33, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2021, Vol 33, No 4 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Caroline Basden I was six mont…   Read more…

Keeping up with the updates

Vol. 33, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2021, Vol 33, No 4 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Nadia Higson In March 2020 as…   Read more…

Choice in the Maternity Services - Expressing ourselves via poetry

Vol. 33, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2021, Vol 33, No 4 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . When the AIMS Campaigns Team spot…   Read more…

My Story

Vol. 33, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2021, Vol 33, No 4 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Hannah Lyons I gave birth to S…   Read more…

My pandemic birth story

Vol. 33, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2021, Vol 33, No 4 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Liz Thomas Last week, as I wat…   Read more…

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