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A Pamphlet of Possibilities

Vol. 36, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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 attends the NHS Confed Expo 2024

Vol. 36, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

Support for deaf and deafblind women in the maternity setting

Vol. 36, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

The BSL Birth Certificate

Vol. 36, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

Welcome to the Deaf Community – a lesson in miscommunication to new (hearing) parents

Vol. 36, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 Image source By a hearing mother of a deaf baby Sat in the hospital ward, I snapped a cute picture on my phone of my…   Read more…

Pregnancy and hearing: Did you know?

Vol. 36, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

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…

Birth Activists Briefing: Maternal Mental Health Service Progress Report

Vol. 36, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 By the AIMS Campaigns Team The NHS England Long Term Plan published in 2019 called for the establishment of ‘maternit…   Read more…

AIMS Physiology-Informed Maternity Services (PIMS) - December 2024

Vol. 36, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 Update by Catharine Hart Microbirth Summit: The Microbiome and Why it Matters in Maternity In this piece Catharine Ha…   Read more…

AIMS urges action as newly released analysis demonstrates better care when ‘full pathway continuity of carer’ is in place

Vol. 36, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 With new real-world evidence showing the positive difference it makes, AIMS calls for a full pathway ‘continuity of c…   Read more…

How does midwife continuity of care compare with other models of care?

Vol. 36, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 By Catharine Hart In this report, Catharine Hart of the AIMS Campaigns Team, tells us about a recent Cochrane study t…   Read more…

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

Vol. 36, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 By the AIMS Campaigns Team Written outputs: Social media campaign on Continuity of Carer I statements . AIMS submitte…   Read more…

Editorial: Hello and welcome. How are you?

Vol. 36, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 Sign images from british-sign.co.uk By Alex Smith Welcome to the December 2024 edition of the AIMS journal. The theme…   Read more…

Exploring trust within the midwife-mother relationship

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

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 By Dr Marie Lewis (RM BSC MA Phd) This paper is a personal reflection on the journey of trust within the midwife-moth…   Read more…

Continuity Matters - Women’s Voices

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

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 By The AIMS Campaigns Team The Continuity of Midwifery Carer model of maternity care is being rolled out in Northern…   Read more…

Why be an AIMS member?

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

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 By the AIMS Management Team If you are reading this Journal you may already be an AIMS member, in which case, thank y…   Read more…

Trusting myself in birth

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

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 Salli and her mum on a bench commemorating the midwife who attended when she was born. By Salli Ward I was born at ho…   Read more…

Editorial - Trust and responsibility: Going with the flow

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

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 Image source By Alex Smith Welcome to the September 2024 issue of the AIMS journal. The theme for this quarter explor…   Read more…

An invitation to contemplate the meaning of trust

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

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 By Bernadett Kasza When I began my midwifery training, I was beaming with hope, eager to be ‘with woman’ and fulfil m…   Read more…

Two Poems

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

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 Transference By Adeline McCann You held me And something took place Like magic You absorbed my turmoil Crushing it in…   Read more…

An interview with Dr Malika M. Bonapace, D.Psy

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

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 “ The way the world sees pregnancy is broken…and it’s our mission to change that! We’re teaching the world to trust i…   Read more…

Get out there and conference!

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

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 By Jo Dagustun AIMS Volunteer, Jo Dagustun, reflects on her recent day out at the Northern Maternity and Midwifery Fe…   Read more…

We always have a choice, no matter how much we are made to feel otherwise

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

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 After the birth of her baby, Rachel initially believed a midwife’s ill-considered throw-away comment. She writes: “ I…   Read more…

Revisiting pregnancy and birth through an autistic lens

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

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 Sarah Fisher looks back on her journeys to motherhood with new autistic insight, reflecting on the importance of havi…   Read more…

Issues of trust led to me becoming a volunteer for AIMS

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

AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 3 By Ryan Jones This is a journal article about trust, and it’s also a journal article about my journey to becoming a v…   Read more…

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