AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 By Jenny Smith The background Caesarean section is the commonest operation globally, and in some UK hospitals the com… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 Showcased by Catharine Hart AIMS is proud to showcase the work of Molly O’Brien, who teaches the course Biomechanics… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 The AIMS PIMS (Physiology Informed Maternity Services) team discusses optimal (delayed or deferred) cord clamping - a… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 AIMS comments on a blog post by Toni Harman's blog post Is it time for an “oxytocin-based” maternity system? In her b… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 By Noreen O'Dwyer Hart I love Birthdays, if we are fortunate, they are often so beautifully layered with memories, re… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 By Naomi Glass I was born in 1983 into an Ashkenazi Jewish family, whose roots largely came from central and eastern… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 By Sallyann Beresford In today’s maternity system, the most radical choice it seems a woman can make is to reject int… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 By Nicole Schlögel “Iliopectineal line, iliopectineal eminence, pubic…”. We are halfway through the eight landmarks o… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 My maternal grandmother, Herta, and my paternal grandmother, Mina By Naomi Glass We are all born into a family story.… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 Image source By Alex Smith Epigenetics is a fairly new science, but not a newly observed phenomenon. It studies the w… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 Art by Sophie Jenna Latest update from the PIMS team! The NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) rece… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 By Mary Nolan Quite a long time ago, I was at a lecture given by a senior obstetrician whom I had worked under as a s… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 Interview by Leslie Altic What first attracted you to being a midwife, tell us a bit about your journey and how you g… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 By Petra Wood My first grandson will be three years old next month. My son and my daughter-in-law decided to marry wh… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 By Ruksana Beigi A Grandmother's Embrace In softest whispers, she awaits, A tender heart that gently waits. Through s… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 Image source By Jacqueline Edwards I’m lying on the bed, legs spread wide, bright lights shining on my genitals while… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 Interview by Alex Smith Hello Karrie, thank you for agreeing to share your experience with us. Many congratulations o… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 By Meghan Luton Introduction Deafness, defined as a partial or total inability to perceive or understand sound, curre… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 By Alex Smith For both hearing and deaf people alike, written information (about maternity care, for example) is a on… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 By Bine Browne The Association of Radical Midwives (ARM) was formed almost fifty years ago in response to the increas… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 By Jo Dagustun In this piece, one of our Campaigns Team volunteers illustrates how attending conferences such as the… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 My personal view on the provision of communication support for deaf and deafblind women in the maternity setting. By… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 Tom, and his and Paula’s daughter, Hazel (sign name ‘big smile’) By Salli Ward When Tom Lichy and his partner Paula G… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 Image source By Alex Smith Did you know that one in three pregnant women develop tinnitus compared with one in ten wh… Read more…