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Give Birth a Chance

Vol. 34, No. 4, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 4 To read or download this Journal as a PDF. Please click here . To the tune of ‘Give Peace a Chance’ Lyrics by Jo Dagu…   Read more…

Reflections of an ex-midwife

Vol. 34, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 3 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . A woman remembers the birth of ea…   Read more…

Family stories: putting them into the wider context

Vol. 34, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 3 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Alex Smith My Grandmother Mary…   Read more…

Birth Activists’ Briefing: The NMPA clinical audits and Family Gateway

Vol. 34, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 3 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By the AIMS Campaigns Team The Na…   Read more…

Elderly Primigravida has three home births

Vol. 34, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 3 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Deborah Maw I was labelled as…   Read more…

My oldest birth stories

Vol. 34, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 3 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Anne Glover This is my materna…   Read more…

Stories told to AIMS in the 1960s

Vol. 34, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 3 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Nadia Higson on behalf of the…   Read more…

Village birth and life

Vol. 34, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 3 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Pamela Ward Pam with her husba…   Read more…

Birth stories before

Vol. 34, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 3 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . Birth stories before Before what?…   Read more…

Birth Shorts

Vol. 34, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 3 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . What strikes me about reading the…   Read more…

A brief history of district midwifery

Vol. 34, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 3 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . The majority of the oral history…   Read more…

Miracle baby

Vol. 34, No. 3, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 3 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Salli Ward I didn’t know I was…   Read more…

Emotional Freedom Techniques for Obstetric Violence

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Julia Adams with Pat Ballantyn…   Read more…

AIMS Campaigns: our key priorities for 2022/23

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By the AIMS Campaigns Team The AI…   Read more…

The Ritual of Body Shaming

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Beth Whitehead Your baby is so…   Read more…

Obstetric Violence: Where is the Law?

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Olivia Verity and Dr Camilla P…   Read more…

Continuing to Push for Midwifery Continuity of Carer: Research Update

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Georgia Clancy, AIMS Volunteer…   Read more…

Guilty

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Helen Ward Leese Helen with ba…   Read more…

Human rights in UK maternity services: moving from observation to action

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Leigh Ham Human rights in mate…   Read more…

Newborn resuscitation without violence

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Joanne Foster - a UK Resuscita…   Read more…

Respectful Vaginal Examinations Project - Co-Production in Action

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Kelly Sawyer The Respectful Va…   Read more…

This Hurts: how the media portrays childbirth matters

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Heather Spain My first reactio…   Read more…

Obstetric Violence – What is it?

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Gemma McKenzie It feels as if…   Read more…

Interview with Mara Ricoy: Campaigning against obstetric violence

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . Mara Ricoy Interview by Jo Dagust…   Read more…

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