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What has the AIMS Campaigns Team been up to this quarter?

Vol. 37, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 What has the AIMS Campaigns Team been up to this quarter? By The AIMS Campaigns Team Published written outputs: 19th…   Read more…

Midwifery matters: what does it mean to be committed to midwifery, and why is midwifery so important?

Vol. 37, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 By Claire Feeley and Jo Dagustun Jo The text I share with you below has been written by a midwife called Claire Feele…   Read more…

Birth Activists Briefing: NMPA State of the Nation Report for 2023

Vol. 37, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 By The AIMS Campaigns Team In September 2025, the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) belatedly published t…   Read more…

Why Fatherhood Solutions Matters - the first year

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 By Scott Mair, Founder and Director of Fatherhood Solutions Twelve months ago, we set out to make a bold, loud case f…   Read more…

Beguiling Baby Tech, Bewildering Bodies: Technological Creep Into Sacred Space

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 By Berlin Krebs I went into labour a little after midnight on June 7th. By late morning, my contractions were strong…   Read more…

Breastfeeding over the decades

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 By Anne Hemsley I often say that in life I never stop learning, when it comes to the subject of breastfeeding, I have…   Read more…

Breastfeeding trauma

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 By Nicola De Sousa Breastfeeding trauma is something I never thought about or knew about. I never even thought about…   Read more…

Disrupting breastfeeding confidence a drip at a time

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 By Alex Smith An increasing number of new mothers begin breastfeeding following a long drawn-out process of induction…   Read more…

Induction and breastfeeding

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 By Emma Laurinaviciene-Connor At every antenatal appointment I was asked “ How do you intend to feed your baby ?” to…   Read more…

AIMS Workshop: Technology in the perinatal period

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 By Kathryn Kelly Introduction In April I was delighted to be joined by eight people from both birth-worker and non-bi…   Read more…

The Fabric of Birth: Part two

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 In the second and final part of her fascinating article, Nicole continues to reflect on how the ‘mechanics of birth’,…   Read more…

Biological Nurturing: Closing the gaps in midwifery to support breastfeeding

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 By Joelle Colson and Suzanne Colson Biological nurturing (BN), a neurodevelopmental approach to breastfeeding, was cr…   Read more…

Maternal Pituitary Support

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 By founders Claire Barlow and Jenn Kenworthy Maternal Pituitary Support was established in February 2022. It is a not…   Read more…

Poor breastfeeding education for UK healthcare professionals: a huge gap in the provision of early breastfeeding support for new mothers.

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 In this article, independent midwife and IBCLC lactation consultant Lucy Moggridge describes the pitiful lack of educ…   Read more…

What has the AIMS Campaigns Team been up to this quarter?

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 By The AIMS Campaigns Team Published written outputs: Critique of the ‘Big Baby’ trial June 25th: Open letter to Wes…   Read more…

Working together to influence the future of midwifery research

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 By Dr Jude Field and Jenny Cunningham The UK’s top 10 midwifery practice and maternity care research priorities are h…   Read more…

Breastfeeding? Babies can do it in their sleep!

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 By Joelle Colson and Suzanne Colson Throughout recent history, infant feeding practices have evolved based on cultura…   Read more…

Jean Robinson 1930 - 2025

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 By the AIMS management team (Jean speakng at AIMS 50th Anniversary Luncheon 2010) We were deeply saddened to hear of…   Read more…

Margaret Jowitt 1955 - 2025

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 It was with great sadness that we heard the news of Margaret Jowitt’s death earlier this year. Margaret had been a gr…   Read more…

Feeding your baby? Don’t let them lie to you.

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

Gabrielle Palmer, wrote her inspirational and eye-opening book, ‘The Politics of Breastfeeding’, in 1988 (3rd edition 2009). I bought it immediately a…   Read more…

A Conversation with Kate Evans, author of The Food of Love

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 Interview by Catharine Hart Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed by AIMS, Kate. I love that this book doesn't try…   Read more…

Editorial: Thinking about breastfeeding

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 3 Welcome to the September 2025 issue of the AIMS journal. The theme for this quarter is breastfeeding. An important is…   Read more…

Motherhood - Am I on a different path?

Vol. 37, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 4 Image Mother and Child by Mary Cassatt By Jennifer Pearce A few days before my 21st birthday I was told by the hospit…   Read more…

What is causing women to fear physiological birth? How the UK maternity system is failing.

Vol. 37, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 By Emily Burke With birth in the UK becoming an increasingly medicalised event, and intervention rates rising, many w…   Read more…

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