AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 Jocelyn at the hospital 5 hours before her baby was born. By Jocelyn Allen It was June 2020 in Liverpool, England. Th… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Joy Horner For those who may not be familiar with the life and work of the late, great Mrs ("My friends call me Ma… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Amy Meadowcroft, RM, MClinRes Introduction This article uses the terms “women” and “mothers” in relation to biolog… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Rixa Freeze, PhD For a long time, breech birth lived in my mind as a question I could not quite put down. It was n… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 Continuing to reflect on the theme of the June journal , newly qualified midwife Victoria Lemmon explores how a lack… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By the AIMS Campaigns Team A PIMS (Physiology Informed Maternity Services) group case study. Context: At present, the… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Gill Watson Westminster Hall debates are discussion debates only, so the Maternity Commissioner debate was unable… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Charlotte Butterworth-Pool When choice isn’t enough On paper the situation seems straight forward. Women and birth… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Dr. Jo Dagustun Along with many of us working in the sector, I had to make space for some serious personal reflect… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Jo Dagustun, AIMS Volunteer As this BBC One Panorama documentary 1 highlighted, maternity services too often suffe… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Hannah Northern Thakur A year ago, my son was born at home, right foot first ( you can read the birth story here )… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 When Hannah found that her second baby was breech she was forced to reconsider her h… Read more…
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 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 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 Amisha Adhia, Founder, Action for Accreta, and Miss Chineze Otigbah, Consultant Obstetrician One Hundred Families Sin… Read more…