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Supporting informed choice for women with a breech-presenting baby at term: Challenges and opportunities for NHS maternity services
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 3, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/choice-breech-birth

Imagining breech birth without borders
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 3, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/breech-birth-training

Breech Presentation - Caesarean operation versus normal birth
Journal issue: Volume 10, No. 3, 1998-9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/breech-presentation-caesarean-operation-versus-normal-birth

Should we expect the maternity services to be competent to facilitate physiological vaginal breech birth where this is women’s choice?
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 3, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/aims-breech-care

When choice isn’t really a choice: Finding confident support for vaginal breech birth
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 3, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/doula-support-breech

Hands off that breech!
Journal issue: Volume 17, No. 1, 2005–6
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/hands-off-that-breech

Keep Your Hands off the Breech
Journal issue: Volume 10, No. 3, 1998-9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/keep-your-hands-off-the-breech

Northern breech conference: Breech birth - making choice a reality
Journal issue: Volume 27, No. 1, 2015–16
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/northern-breech-conference-2014

Birthing a baby by the breech at home
Journal issue: Volume 14, No. 2, 2002-3
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birthing-a-baby-by-the-breech-at-home

Breech birth: A midwifery approach
Journal issue: Volume 15, No. 4, 2003-4
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/breech-birth-a-midwifery-approach

Mary Cronk MBE – Upholding the skills of attending breech birth
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 3, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/breech-horner-cronk

Turning Point for the Breech?
Journal issue: Volume 10, No. 3, 1998-9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/turning-point-for-the-breech

Research Roundup
Journal issue: Volume 17, No. 1, 2005–6
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/research-roundup-6

The scan that couldn’t say: Informed decision-making when feet present first
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 3, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/breech-foot-presentation-definition

Coroner's inquiry into a breech delivery
Journal issue: Volume 14, No. 2, 2002-3
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/coroners-inquiry-into-a-breech-delivery

A personal account of a breech birth in the late 1980s (with a few interruptions from the grown up breechling)
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 2, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/forceps-breech-birth

Editorial: Bottom’s down!
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 3, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/editorial-september-2026

Book Reviews
Journal issue: Volume 17, No. 1, 2005–6
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-17-1

Foot first: A breech home birth from the perspectives of mother and midwife
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 3, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/breech-home-birth

Why are some babies breech?
Journal issue: Volume 10, No. 3, 1998-9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/why-are-some-babies-breech

Research Roundup
Journal issue: Volume 12, No. 4, 2000-1
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/research-roundup-8

A breech birth reflection
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 3, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/unexpected-breech-birth

Research Roundup
Journal issue: Volume 11, No. 3, 1999-2000
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/research-roundup-29

Obituary of Mary Cronk, 1932-2018
Journal issue: Volume 30, No. 4, 2019
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/marycronk

Are twins always high risk?
Journal issue: Volume 23, No. 4, 2011–12
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/are-twins-always-high-risk

Midwife Julia Duthie's case
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 2, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/midwife-julia-duthies-case

Research Roundup
Journal issue: Volume 14, No. 2, 2002-3
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/research-roundup-14-2

Breech Birth - What are my options?
http://www.aims.org.uk/shop/item/breech-birth-what-are-my-options

Sheffied screening. Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives
Journal issue: Volume 25, No. 3, 2013–14
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birth-story-sheffield-screening

Together Against Bullying
Journal issue: Volume 25, No. 1, 2013–14
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/together-against-bullying

Sheffield Home Birth Conference 2008
Journal issue: Volume 20, No. 3, 2008–9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/sheffield-home-birth-conference-2008

Supporting the Mother - Where are the midwife advocates?
Journal issue: Volume 13, No. 1, 2001-2
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/supporting-the-mother-where-are-the-midwife-advocates

The truth behind the NICE guidelines on caesarean section
Journal issue: Volume 16, No. 3, 2004-5
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/the-truth-behind-the-nice-guidelines-on-caesarean-section

Twins and lack of consent
Journal issue: Volume 24, No. 3, 2012–13
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/twins-and-lack-of-consent

The sovereignty of the body in pregnancy and childbirth
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 2, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/editorial-june-2026

Posterior Babies - Mothers can trust their instincts
Journal issue: Volume 12, No. 2, 2000-1
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/posterior-babies-mothers-can-trust-their-instincts

A nail in the coffin
Journal issue: Volume 12, No. 3, 2000-1
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/a-nail-in-the-coffin-for-home-birth

Perspectives on normal birth
Journal issue: Volume 14, No. 3, 2002-3
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/perspectives-on-normal-birth

NICE guidelines for caesarean section
Journal issue: Volume 16, No. 2, 2004-5
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/nice-guidelines-for-caesarean-section

Making Normal Birth a Reality
Journal issue: Volume 20, No. 4, 2008–9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/making-normal-birth-a-reality

Book Reviews
Journal issue: Volume 22, No. 2, 2010–11
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-22-2

Expecting Twins - and the world has changed for you!
Journal issue: Volume 29, No. 4, 2017
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/youre-expecting-twins

A story of three births
Journal issue: Volume 24, No. 3, 2012–13
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/a-story-of-three-births

I have a baby, but I've never given birth
Journal issue: Volume 2, No. 2, 1990
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/i-have-a-baby-but-ive-never-given-birth

Research Roundup
Journal issue: Volume 14, No. 4, 2002-3
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/research-roundup-14

NMC - still unfit for purpose
Journal issue: Volume 25, No. 3, 2013–14
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/nmc-still-unfit-for-purpose

A brief history of district midwifery
Journal issue: Volume 34, No. 3, 2022
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/history-district-midwifery

Memories of Beverley
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 2, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/beverley

Research Roundup
Journal issue: Volume 11, No. 4, 1999-2000
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/research-roundup-13

Unassisted Childbirth
Journal issue: Volume 12, No. 1, 2000-1
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/unassisted-childbirth

Research Roundup
Journal issue: Volume 13, No. 2, 2001-2
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/research-roundup-32

Research Roundup
Journal issue: Volume 14, No. 1, 2002-3
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/research-roundup-31

Money running out for convenience caesareans
Journal issue: Volume 14, No. 3, 2002-3
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/money-running-out-for-convenience-caesareans

Confidence and confidentiality
Journal issue: Volume 15, No. 2, 2003-4
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/confidence-and-confidentiality

Book Reviews
Journal issue: Volume 18, No. 1, 2006–7
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-18-1

How to ask the wrong question to get the 'right' answer
Journal issue: Volume 19, No. 4, 2007–8
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/wrong-question-to-get-the-right-answer

Book Reviews
Journal issue: Volume 20, No. 1, 2008–9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-20-1

Midwifery - running down the drain
Journal issue: Volume 21, No. 3, 2009–10
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/midwifery-running-down-the-drain

All on the same side?
Journal issue: Volume 22, No. 2, 2010–11
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/all-on-the-same-side

Attacks on Midwives, Attacks on Women's Choices
Journal issue: Volume 23, No. 3, 2011–12
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/attacks-midwives-womens-choices

The problem with complaining
Journal issue: Volume 24, No. 1, 2012–13
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/the-problem-with-complaining

Professional Indemnity Insurance for Independent Midwives
Journal issue: Volume 24, No. 2, 2012–13
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/pii-for-independent-midwives

Midwifery Today 17-21 October 2018, Bad Wildbad, Germany
Journal issue: Volume 31, No. 1, 2019
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/bad-wildbad

Lydia’s Story: Something’s Wrong
Journal issue: Volume 34, No. 1, 2022
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/pregnancy-mental-illness-birth

Forum on Maternity and the Newborn
Journal issue: Volume 7, No. 4, 1995
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/forum-on-maternity-and-the-newborn

Trusting myself in birth
Journal issue: Volume 36, No. 3, 2024
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/trust-myself-birth

Active Management of Labour
Journal issue: Volume 10, No. 2, 1998-9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/active-management-of-labour

MIDWIFERY - Will Higher Level Equal Lower Skill?
Journal issue: Volume 11, No. 1, 1999-2000
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/midwifery-will-higher-level-equal-lower-skill

A Trial by Newspaper
Journal issue: Volume 11, No. 2, 1999-2000
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/a-trial-by-newspaper

Research Roundup
Journal issue: Volume 12, No. 2, 2000-1
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/research-roundup-34

Under-motivated, Under-skilled and Under Threat
Journal issue: Volume 12, No. 4, 2000-1
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/aims-3

Water Birth Mother Accused of Illegal Birth and Child Neglect
Journal issue: Volume 13, No. 1, 2001-2
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/water-birth-mother-accused-of-illegal-birth-and-child-neglect

Research Roundup
Journal issue: Volume 13, No. 4, 2001-2
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/research-roundup-9

Maternal Deaths - RCOG Takes Over Publishing
Journal issue: Volume 14, No. 1, 2002-3
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/maternal-deaths-rcog-takes-over-publishing

A knee-jerk response to medicalised birth
Journal issue: Volume 14, No. 2, 2002-3
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/a-knee-jerk-response-to-medicalised-birth

Premature babies: Avoidable deaths
Journal issue: Volume 15, No. 2, 2003-4
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/premature-babies-avoidable-deaths

Challenging the illusion of choice
Journal issue: Volume 15, No. 3, 2003-4
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/challenging-the-illusion-of-choice

"It's hospital policy..."
Journal issue: Volume 16, No. 1, 2004-5
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/its-hospital-policy

Research Roundup
Journal issue: Volume 16, No. 2, 2004-5
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/research-roundup-23

Do Women Want Midwives or Obstetric Nurses?
Journal issue: Volume 17, No. 3, 2005–6
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/do-women-want-midwives-or-obstetric-nurses-2

Book Reviews
Journal issue: Volume 17, No. 4, 2005–6
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-17-4

Waterbirth - changing attitudes
Journal issue: Volume 17, No. 4, 2005–6
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/waterbirth-changing-attitudes

Book Reviews
Journal issue: Volume 19, No. 2, 2007–8
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-19-2

Book Reviews
Journal issue: Volume 19, No. 3, 2007–8
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-19-3

Women as Obstetric Fashion Victims
Journal issue: Volume 20, No. 1, 2008–9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/women-as-obstetric-fashion-victims

Maternity services in Ireland
Journal issue: Volume 20, No. 2, 2008–9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/maternity-services-in-ireland

The Spanish Situation
Journal issue: Volume 20, No. 2, 2008–9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/the-spanish-situation

Home Birth and Normality
Journal issue: Volume 20, No. 3, 2008–9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/home-birth-and-normality

Book Reviews
Journal issue: Volume 21, No. 4, 2009–10
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-21-4

Challenging the Medicalisation of Birth
Journal issue: Volume 23, No. 2, 2011–12
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/challenging-the-medicalisation-of-birth

Research Roundup
Journal issue: Volume 23, No. 3, 2011–12
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/research-roundup-23-3

The emperor has no clothes
Journal issue: Volume 24, No. 1, 2012–13
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/the-emperor-has-no-clothes

Birthing identical twins
Journal issue: Volume 24, No. 4, 2012–13
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birthing-identical-twins

Letters
Journal issue: Volume 24, No. 1, 2012–13
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/letters-3

Turning the tide?
Journal issue: Volume 24, No. 2, 2012–13
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/turning-the-tide

Book Reviews
Journal issue: Volume 24, No. 4, 2012–13
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-24-4

Can we get a better deal
Journal issue: Volume 24, No. 4, 2012–13
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/can-we-get-a-better-deal

Research Roundup
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 2, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/research-roundup-17

Rebozo in an NHS setting
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 4, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/rebozo-in-an-nhs-setting

Working together
Journal issue: Volume 27, No. 2, 2015–16
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/working-together

After Birthplace
Journal issue: Volume 27, No. 4, 2015–16
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/after-birthplace

Caesarean Birth
http://www.aims.org.uk/information/item/caesarean

Monitoring your baby's heartbeat in labour
http://www.aims.org.uk/information/item/monitoring-your-babys-heartbeat-in-labour

National Maternity Review
Journal issue: Volume 28, No. 1, 2016
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/national-maternity-review

Violence in obstetrics
Journal issue: Volume 28, No. 2, 2016
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/violence-in-obstetrics

Be mindful of what you say....
Journal issue: Volume 29, No. 2, 2017
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/be-mindful-of-what-you-say

Book review: Birth in focus
Journal issue: Volume 28, No. 4, 2016
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-28-4

What women really want
Journal issue: Volume 29, No. 1, 2017
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/what-women-really-want

How AIMS spent its lottery money
Journal issue: Volume 16, No. 3, 2004-5
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/lottery-money

Protecting Twin Physiology
Journal issue: Volume 29, No. 4, 2017
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/protecting-twin-physiology

Albany Midwifery Practice
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 3, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/albany-midwifery-practice

The face of birth
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 1, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/the-face-of-birth

Beyond human rights
Journal issue: Volume 27, No. 1, 2015–16
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/beyond-human-rights

Changing the way the wind blows
Journal issue: Volume 20, No. 3, 2008–9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/changing-the-way-the-wind-blows

Research Review: "Women’s descriptions of childbirth trauma relating to care provider actions and interactions."
Journal issue: Volume 30, No. 4, 2019
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/review-childbirth-trauma

Editorial: Is the ‘high risk’ label helpful?
Journal issue: Volume 23, No. 4, 2011–12
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/high-risk-label

Leeds Trust fails to follow National VBAC Guidelines
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 1, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/leeds-vbac

Changing Childbirth
Journal issue: Volume 2, No. 2, 1990
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/changing-childbirth

AIMS during the 1970s
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 3, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/1970

A (Mother’s) Visual Diary on Social Media: Pregnancy and Motherhood during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 4, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/allen-visual-diary

Martine Monksfield: A Deaf Mum’s maternity experience
Journal issue: Volume 33, No. 2, 2021
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/deaf-mums-experience

Book bundle - Large (12 items)
http://www.aims.org.uk/shop/item/book-bundle-large-12-items

Reflections on current trends in maternity care: a stream of consciousness
Journal issue: Volume 34, No. 1, 2022
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/midwife-reflections-maternity-care

Birth Information page: Induction of Labour
Journal issue: Volume 34, No. 1, 2022
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/induction-birth-information

Induction of Labour
http://www.aims.org.uk/information/item/induction

Family stories: putting them into the wider context
Journal issue: Volume 34, No. 3, 2022
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birth-story-history

My oldest birth stories
Journal issue: Volume 34, No. 3, 2022
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/family-history-birth-stories

Birth stories before
Journal issue: Volume 34, No. 3, 2022
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birth-stories-before

Obstetric Violence
http://www.aims.org.uk/information/item/obstetric-violence

Midwifery Today Conference - Keeping Birth Normal
Journal issue: Volume 10, No. 4, 1998-9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/conference-keeping-birth-normal

What has the AIMS Campaigns Team been up to this quarter?
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 3, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/campaigns-update-september-23

Review: Induction of labour at 39 weeks and adverse outcomes in low-risk pregnancies according to ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation, and parity: A national cohort study in England
http://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/national-cohort-study-induction-39-weeks

Generalised hypermobility: Emma’s story
Journal issue: Volume 36, No. 2, 2024
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/generalised-hypermobility-pregnancy

Why be an AIMS member?
Journal issue: Volume 36, No. 3, 2024
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/benefits-aims-member

In the safety and privacy of one’s own home
Journal issue: Volume 37, No. 2, 2025
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birth-privacy-home

The Natural (Gentle) Caesarean
Journal issue: Volume 37, No. 2, 2025
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/gentle-caesarean-birth

The Fabric of Birth: Part one
Journal issue: Volume 37, No. 2, 2025
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/anatomy-birth-massage

Antenatal Education in Imaginary Hindsight.
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 1, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/imaginary-hindsight-education

The Last Midwife
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 2, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/the-last-midwife-review

An interview with Katherine Hales
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 2, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/katherine-hales-midwife-interview

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