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 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…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 By Janet Balaskas Many years ago, in the late 1970’s, I gave birth for the first time. A few weeks before the birth I… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 By Rebecca Cumming As a neurodiverse antenatal teacher, I bring both professional knowledge and lived experience to m… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 By Mary Nolan My brief for this article outlined by AIMS Editor, Alex Smith (an innovative, radical and hugely skille… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 In this article, AIMS volunteer Jo Dagustun draws on her work as a geography student, to offer some thoughts on the c… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 With Rachael Bickley and Alex Smith I started my conversation with Rachael by asking her to introduce herself. Rachae… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 By Alex Smith Welcome to the March edition of the AIMS journal. This issue explores the question of antenatal educati… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 1 An Editorial foreword: As an antenatal educator I would often invite the expectant parents to imagine that their baby… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 By Natalie Whyte Maternal Medicine Networks were commissioned by NHS England in 2021 following MBRRACE reports showin… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 By Dr Megha Singh, MuM-PreDiCT programme manager, and Dr Jingya Wang, epidemiologist, University of Birmingham Introd… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 By Dr Etomby Namme I was born with Sickle Cell Anaemia . My parents didn’t know it at the time, but after a couple of… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 By Mary Smith From a young age, my dream was to be a mother—at one point fantasising about having five kids! Growing… Read more…
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… Read more…
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-… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 “ Following the maternity review and the publication of Better Births in 2016 one of the key findings was that person… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 By Zoe Vowles Background The MuM-PreDiCT study has found the number of women experiencing pregnancy with two or more… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 By Sally Darby The experience of pregnancy and of navigating maternity services can feel daunting and isolating. This… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 By Nadia Higson Attending the launch of the latest MBRRACE 1 report Saving Lives, Imp… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 By Rachel Plachcinski, Patient and Public Involvement lead and co-investigator with the MuM-PreDICT project. Women of… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 By the AIMS Campaigns Team How AIMS contributes as a Patient and Public Involvement partner In addition to our own ca… Read more…