AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 By Julia Mihaylov On the way to motherhood, every twist and turn draws a unique story, and my second pregnancy took a… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 Editor’s note: In this quite shocking account of disrespect and neglect, Grace describes the arrival of her first bab… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 By Anne Glover I work with women from all walks of life, but one thing that is important to them all, is having a pos… Read more…
Complete list of book reviews on the AIMS website AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 Principal author Shane Ridley Published by AIMS (27 Mar. 2020) ISBN… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 By Elle Gundry The first parliamentary debate on birth trauma took place in the House of Commons on Thursday 19th Oct… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 By the AIMS Campaigns Team The procedure for making a complaint about NHS services differs slightly in each of the na… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 By Dr Georgia Clancy and Professor Catrin Evans Since the publication of Better Births in 2016, maternity services in… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 Laura Mullarkey, lawyer, AIMS volunteer, and mum of three, compares her recent experiences of complaining about her N… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 By the AIMS Campaigns Team The British Intrapartum Care Society ( BICS ) was initially set up in 2018 by a group of o… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 Image: MBRRACE-UK By Catharine Hart MBRRACE-UK Saving Lives Improving Mothers' Care Report 2023 Last year’s annual MB… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 By Stephanie Ernst Multiple pregnancies come with a lot of additional worries and risks, and I know that a lot of us… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 By the AIMS Campaigns Team Written outputs: BICS (British Intrapartum Care Society) conference poster on our campaign… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 By Alex Smith Welcome to the 2024 March issue of the AIMS journal. The theme for this quarter focuses on the experien… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 1 By Gemma McKenzie What do obstetric violence, human rights in childbirth, and crochet have in common? Well, it’s quit… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 By Alex Smith I often hear new parents saying that they wish they had known what life with a new baby was really like… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 Editor’s note: AIMS is honoured to present Mariamni’s research study in which she interviews 10 women who gave birth… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 Editor’s note: While Jo remembers her ‘nearly induction’ experience with fortitude and pragmatism - I love the way th… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 By Mary Nolan Some Inconvenient Truths Here are some uncomfortable facts that you may well be familiar with: In the U… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 By Charlotte Edun In September 2023, AIMS was invited to speak on a panel titled, ‘Health inequalities and different… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 Editor’s note: This is a fictional account of the state of mind of a mother suffering postnatal illness. As such, it… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 By Jo Dagustun In 2016 in England, Better Births was published. That report launched a huge programme of work, with g… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 By the AIMS Campaigns Team The updated guideline was published on 29 September 2023 and you can read it here . The gu… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 By Katharine Handel Christmas is traditionally a time for wishes. It’s also, somewhat more mundanely, a time for list… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 By Alex Smith Welcome to the December issue of the AIMS journal, which this quarter has the theme of perinatal emotio… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2023, Vol 35, No 4 Other quarterly updates By the AIMS Campaigns Team Written outputs: 24th August: Open letter to NHS Confederation abo… Read more…