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A review of the Joint position statement: ‘Substandard and disrespectful care in labour – because words matter’.

Vol. 36, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

[1] AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 This is the joint statement of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine (EAPM), the European Board and Coll…   Read more…

Mental health and pregnancy - Phoebe’s story

Vol. 36, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 2 By Phoebe Howe In early 2016, I was diagnosed with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD, formally known as…   Read more…

Pelvic floor health - “I wish I’d known this sooner”

Vol. 36, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 2 By Lara Watson “I wish I’d known this sooner” - A sentiment I often hear from women consulting me over intimate healt…   Read more…

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Claire’s story

Vol. 36, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 2 By Claire Sheppard There are significant dates in everyone's life that suddenly change their path forever. For me, th…   Read more…

Generalised hypermobility: Emma’s story

Vol. 36, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 2 By Emma Dickinson I've got a condition referred to as generalised hypermobility. I'm actually under the hospital to f…   Read more…

Type 1 diabetes and maternity care: Jane’s story

Vol. 36, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 2 By Jane Furness My daughter is two and a half years old now, but I still have daily flashbacks of our pregnancy and b…   Read more…

Epilepsy and pregnancy

Vol. 36, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 2 Kim Morley is a nurse and midwife with advanced qualifications who has been instrumental in providing specialised car…   Read more…

Peripartum cardiomyopathy

Vol. 36, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 2 Peripartum Cardiomyopathy By Rebecca Jarman RM Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but potentially life-threat…   Read more…

Type 1 diabetes - given my time again: Victoria’s story

Vol. 36, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 2 By Victoria Rixon In 2019, at 26 weeks pregnant, I was admitted to hospital with sickness, headache, raised blood pre…   Read more…

Pre-eclampsia: Eliza’s birth story

Vol. 36, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 2 Catharine Hart describes developing pre-eclampsia in pregnancy and an emergency caesarean section with her daughter E…   Read more…

Pregnancy, Childbirth and Marfan Syndrome

Vol. 36, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 2 Editor’s note: In this very interesting article, Victoria Hilton from the Marfan Trust writes about the genetic condi…   Read more…

Doulas supporting clients to make a complaint

Vol. 36, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

Report of Parliamentary Debate on Birth Trauma

Vol. 36, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

Birth Activists Briefing: Making a complaint about NHS services

Vol. 36, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

How can digital consultations best be used in maternity care?

Vol. 36, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

My complaint about complaints

Vol. 36, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

The British Intrapartum Care Society (BICS) conference 2023

Vol. 36, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

MBRRACE-UK Reports – Shocking Racial and Socioeconomic Inequalities Continue and Even Widen

Vol. 36, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

Screening for twins: Why good guidelines matter

Vol. 36, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

Playing the Long Game: Threads of Protest and Human Rights in Childbirth

Vol. 36, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

The Emotional Weather of Postnatal Life

Vol. 35, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

Just ‘birth’: the phenomenon of birth without a healthcare professional

Vol. 35, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

Perinatal mental health: A preventative approach

Vol. 35, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

Putting a spotlight on women’s health

Vol. 35, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

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Pregnancy and hearing: Did you know…

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Welcome to the Deaf Community – a l…

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UK Perinatal virtual conference

Ten years of MBRRACE-UK reporting: looking back, looking ahead MBRRACE-UK perinatal confidential enquiry into the care of migrant women with language difficulties Nationa…

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AIMS Workshop: Focus on Resolution

Join us for the an interactive online AIMS workshop "Focus on Resolution" with Dr Rebecca Moore . Tickets available here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/aims/1285321…

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AIMS Letter to Wes Streeting

AIMS has written to Wes Streeting MP, welcoming him to the role of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. We acknowledge his awareness that maternity services are…

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Involving Service User Voices in Ma…

This is an edited version of an invited talk given by Jo Dagustun, AIMS Campaigns Team, to the International Labour and Birth Research Conference UK, 24 - 26 April 2023.…

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Birth Trauma Inquiry Open Letter in…

We write this letter in response to the recently published APPG Report on Birth Trauma which can be found here The report was extremely moving and we honour the brave con…

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