AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 By Anne Hemsley I love being a grandmother, I simply cannot believe that I have been awarded this privileged position… 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 Salli Ward I chose to be Nana because I never had a Nana. I had Ordinary Grandma and Other Grandma but no Nana. My… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 By Maddie McMahon I am writing this on Grandmother’s Day: January 21st. But sadly, no one is marking it. No chocolate… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 By, the AIMS Campaigns Team Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 26th November 2024 This online event was a good o… 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 Alex Smith Welcome to the March 2025 edition of the AIMS journal. This issue is about grandparents, and about gran… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 Written outputs: Presentation for All Volunteers Meeting workshop on NHS Change: www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/cha… 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, 2025, Vol 37, No 1 By the AIMS Campaigns Team In this article we will summarise some of the key points of data about the maternity servi… 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 Image source By a hearing mother of a deaf baby I can share with you my experience as a hearing mother of a child who… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2024, Vol 36, No 4 By Helen Jones-Grace I was pregnant during the first lockdown and gave birth during the second lockdown in February 2… 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 a hearing mother of a deaf baby Sat in the hospital ward, I snapped a cute picture on my phone of my… 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…