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High risk and high and dry

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2020, Vol 32, No 2 Anonymous I am currently pregnant w…   Read more…

My birth, my way

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2020, Vol 32, No 2 By Joanna Since becoming pregnant I…   Read more…

Covid-19 and my IVF pregnancy

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2020, Vol 32, No 2 By Gemma Wood After having IVF we b…   Read more…

Doula-ing from a distance: better than nothing

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2020, Vol 32, No 2 By Hilary Pengelly Before the Covid…   Read more…

A time of worry and uncertainty

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2020, Vol 32, No 2 By Felicity Miller I am currently 3…   Read more…

Balancing the trade offs

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2020, Vol 32, No 2 By Isla Wallace I was 36 weeks preg…   Read more…

The impact of Covid-19 on Tabitha’s birth

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2020, Vol 32, No 2 By Hannah Kemlo In the weeks leadin…   Read more…

Homebirth to Midwife Led Unit transfer

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2020, Vol 32, No 2 By Leanne Sumner Due to Covid-19 we…   Read more…

When partners are banned from birth

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2020, Vol 32, No 2 By Lucy Castelino After four years…   Read more…

When support stops

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2020, Vol 32, No 2 By Polly Warr My daughter, Everly,…   Read more…

Anxious in a pandemic

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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Preparing for freebirth during Covid-19

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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Managing a doula team in the Covid-19 crisis

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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Birth in a pandemic after a pregnancy loss

Vol. 32, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2020, Vol 32, No 2 By Clare Hardy Whether it be your f…   Read more…

The birth of Eden

Vol. 32, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2020, Vol 32, No 1 By Katie Hickey My labour with my f…   Read more…

Birth Story: First Baby at Cossham Birth Centre

Vol. 31, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2019, Vol 31, No 3 By Emma Mason At the time we discov…   Read more…

Jenna’s Home Waterbirth Story

Vol. 31, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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My favourite birth was an induced birth!

Vol. 31, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2019, Vol 31, No 1 By Jay Kelly Don’t get me wrong, I…   Read more…

Birthing Journeys: Positive birth after trauma

Vol. 30, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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The Night that was neither Silent nor Holy

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Why didn't she leave?

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To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2019, Vol 30, No 4 By Zoe Clark When they first met, s…   Read more…

Claire’s birth story: The arrival of Iris

Vol. 30, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2018, Vol 30, No 3 By Claire Pottage As a fairly anxio…   Read more…

Birth Story: My three very different experiences of becoming a mummy

Vol. 30, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2018, Vol 30, No 2 By Kirsten Mitchell When I was litt…   Read more…

Physiology Matters: A letter to Doctor Joseph B. DeLee

Vol. 30, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here AIMS Journal, 2018, Vol 30, No 1 By Celine Lemay As a practising mid…   Read more…

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