AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 By Fedwa Harrak The National Health Service (NHS) in England emphasises evidence-based care, with most births taking… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 Art by Sophie Jenna By Alex Smith What has physiological birth in the privacy of one’s own home got to do with the ma… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 By Lydia Barwood and Anna Jones Understanding student midwives’ experiences of supporting physiological birth is fund… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 By Jane Furness In my experience in Northern Ireland, physiology is not on the radar of those providing maternity car… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 By Julia Mihaylov A rebozo may well be something that you haven’t come across before - it is a colourful traditional… Read more…
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 By Juliet Fisher Bringing five children into the world has been an incredible, wild, and deeply personal journey. Fro… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 By The AIMS Campaigns team MBRRACE Data brief on maternal mortality In addition to their in-depth reports “Saving Liv… 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 Born Stroppy By Ruth Weston Published by Book Brilliance Publishing ISBN: 9781913770976 330 pages Publisher’s recomme… 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 2 By the AIMS Campaigns Team This was the first conference of its kind in Northern Ireland and it was a welcome recogni… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 By guest editor, Catharine Hart A very warm welcome to our special June 2025 edition of the AIMS Journal – all about… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 By The AIMS Campaigns Team Published written outputs: 1st March: AIMS letter to Professor Mary Renfrew on her report… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 2 From Alex Smith and all your friends from AIMS Dearest Catharine, The hugest thank you for being the guest editor for… 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 By Anne Glover ‘ If I’d known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I’d have them first .’ Lois Wyse Expec… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 Editor's note: In writing this delightful account of being a grandmother, Alex's little granddaughter has added a few… Read more…