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AIMS homebirth survey
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 4, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/aims-homebirth-survey

Why is it so hard?
Journal issue: Volume 27, No. 1, 2015–16
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/why-is-it-so-hard

Highlight issues with homebirth services in your local press
http://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/highlighting-homebirth-issues

Homebirth to Midwife Led Unit transfer
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 2, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/covid-19-leanne-sumner

Booking a Homebirth
http://www.aims.org.uk/information/item/booking-a-home-birth

Worries about Covid-19 and the homebirth solution
Journal issue: Volume 33, No. 4, 2021
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/covid-birth-story

Choosing your Place of Birth
http://www.aims.org.uk/information/item/choosing-place-of-birth

Homebirths suspended and under review
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 2, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/homebirth-suspended-helpline

Birth Place Study vindicates Midwife Units and Homebirth
http://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/birth-place-study

York’s Homebirth Guidelines: A Success for AIMS
Journal issue: Volume 31, No. 1, 2019
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/york-homebirth-update

Homebirth after Caesarean
Journal issue: Volume 2, No. 2, 1990
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/homebirth-after-caesarean

Book Reviews
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 1, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-26-1

The search for continuity
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 3, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/the-search-for-continuity

A time of worry and uncertainty
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 2, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/covid-19-felicity-miller

What do official reports say?
Journal issue: Volume 27, No. 4, 2015–16
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/what-do-official-reports-say

Dutch Midwifery
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 3, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/dutch-midwifery

Just ‘birth’: the phenomenon of birth without a healthcare professional
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 4, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/freebirth-just-birth

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

The birth of Eden
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 1, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/eden

The impact of Covid-19 on Tabitha’s birth
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 2, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/covid19-tabitha

Anxious in a pandemic
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 2, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/covid-19-louisa-powell

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

Birthing Journeys: Positive birth after trauma
Journal issue: Volume 30, No. 4, 2019
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birthing-journeys

Letter to The Guardian in response to their article, "Meghan Markle’s home birth should not blind us to the risks for most women"
http://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/guardian-meghan-markle

Fifteen Minutes on Social Media
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 4, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/social-media-support

Decision-making theory: Does Muriel have free will?
Journal issue: Volume 33, No. 3, 2021
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/decision-making-theory

Liberating childbirth
Journal issue: Volume 17, No. 3, 2005–6
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/liberating-childbirth

Home Birth in the News
Journal issue: Volume 19, No. 3, 2007–8
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/home-birth-in-the-news

Conference Report: MUNet, July 2018
Journal issue: Volume 30, No. 3, 2018-19
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/munet

Compassionately Communicating
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 1, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/compassionate-communication

Campaign Update: The CQC 2019 survey of women’s experiences of maternity care
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 2, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/cqc-2019

Why Home Birth Matters
http://www.aims.org.uk/shop/item/why-home-birth-matters

This Hurts: how the media portrays childbirth matters
Journal issue: Volume 34, No. 2, 2022
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/obstetric-violence-media

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

Ways of managing your labour
http://www.aims.org.uk/information/item/managing-your-labour

Being on Hyper-alert: the observations of a doula
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 2, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birthplace-stress-alert

The Joys, Chaos, and Magic of Five Waterbirths: A Personal Journey
Journal issue: Volume 37, No. 2, 2025
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/waterbirth-every-baby

You have the right to refuse to see a health visitor
Journal issue: Volume 17, No. 4, 2005–6
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/right-to-refuse-to-see-a-health-visitor

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

Book Reviews
Journal issue: Volume 20, No. 3, 2008–9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-20-3

Book Reviews
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 2, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-26-2

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

Keeping women and babies safe
Journal issue: Volume 27, No. 2, 2015–16
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/keeping-women-and-babies-safe

Neri Winterstein-Minnigin
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 4, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/neri-winterstein-minnigin

Experiencing Caseloading
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 3, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/experiencing-caseloading

A zumba-induced baby
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 3, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/a-zumba-induced-baby

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

Editorial: The Politics of Infant Feeding
Journal issue: Volume 30, No. 3, 2018-19
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/infant-feeding

Normal Birth at Home
Journal issue: Volume 2, No. 2, 1990
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/normal-birth-at-home

Template Campaigning Letters about Maternity Services during the pandemic
http://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/template-letters

Preparing for freebirth during Covid-19
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 2, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/covid19-hannah-beth

Campaign Update: What has the AIMS Campaigns team been doing?
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 2, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/campaigns-32-2

Pregnant and non-compliant: Rejecting fear-based healthcare and regaining informed consent
Journal issue: Volume 33, No. 3, 2021
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/regain-informed-consent

An open letter to my midwives
Journal issue: Volume 33, No. 3, 2021
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/illegally-held-in-hospital

My Story
Journal issue: Volume 33, No. 4, 2021
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/maternity-pandemic-experience

How does BMI influence maternity care and outcomes? A review of NMPA’s report: NHS Maternity Care for Women with a Body Mass Index of 30 kg/m2 or Above
Journal issue: Volume 33, No. 4, 2021
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/bmi-maternity-care

Village birth and life
Journal issue: Volume 34, No. 3, 2022
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/village-birth-life

Two birth stories I love
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 2, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/two-surprising-births

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

Safety and place of birth: part two
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 2, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birthplace-safety-high-risk

Mariamni Plested's research methodology - Just ‘birth’: the phenomenon of birth without a healthcare professional
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 4, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/plested-research-methodology

Freebirth, Unassisted Birth and Unassisted Pregnancy
http://www.aims.org.uk/information/item/freebirth

How does midwife continuity of care compare with other models of care?
Journal issue: Volume 36, No. 4, 2024
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/comparing-birth-care-models

Integrating Evidence and Practice: Implementing Physiology-Informed Maternity Care in England
Journal issue: Volume 37, No. 2, 2025
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/physiological-maternity-care-essential

My experience of physiology-informed maternity care as a pregnant woman living with diabetes
Journal issue: Volume 37, No. 2, 2025
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/home-birth-diabetes

Editorial: Women in labour - Do not disturb
Journal issue: Volume 37, No. 2, 2025
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/editorial-birth-care-physiology

What does the Government’s 10-year Health Plan for England mean for the Maternity Services?
http://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/10-year-health-plan-england

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

Sovereignty of the Body: Birth, Intuition, and the Art of Trust through the eyes of a painter
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 2, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/sovereignty-birth-art

AIMS Campaign Team Spring Update - ready for the year ahead!
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 2, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/aims-campaigns-update-2026

Natural VBAC in Ireland - A Real Miracle Birth
Journal issue: Volume 14, No. 1, 2002-3
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/natural-vbac-in-ireland

Ectopic pregnancy: A personal account
Journal issue: Volume 14, No. 3, 2002-3
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/ectopic-pregnancy-a-personal-account

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 17, No. 3, 2005–6
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-17-3

Support Networks
Journal issue: Volume 19, No. 1, 2007–8
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/support-networks

Natural Birth After Caesarean
Journal issue: Volume 19, No. 3, 2007–8
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/natural-birth-after-caesarean-9952

Recorded Delivery
Journal issue: Volume 19, No. 3, 2007–8
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/recorded-delivery

Birth pools for sale in Mothercare and Boots
Journal issue: Volume 20, No. 2, 2008–9
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birth-pools-for-sale-in-mothercare-and-boots

Book Reviews
Journal issue: Volume 23, No. 1, 2011–12
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-23-1

Evaluating technology
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 1, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/evaluating-technology

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

2010 National Maternity Survey
Journal issue: Volume 27, No. 1, 2015–16
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/2010-national-maternity-survey

Maths and miscommunications
Journal issue: Volume 27, No. 2, 2015–16
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/maths-and-miscommunications

A tribute to Sheila Kitzinger
Journal issue: Volume 27, No. 2, 2015–16
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/a-tribute-to-sheila-kitzinger

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

Caring for parents
Journal issue: Volume 27, No. 3, 2015–16
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/caring-for-parents

My story
Journal issue: Volume 27, No. 3, 2015–16
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/my-story

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

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

Time to stop fighting
Journal issue: Volume 28, No. 3, 2016
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/time-to-stop-fighting

Perineums and positions
Journal issue: Volume 28, No. 4, 2016
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/perineums-and-positions

Ilana, a midwife's story
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 4, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/ilana-a-midwifes-story

Positive Birth Movement
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 4, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/positive-birth-movement

Are you mad?
Journal issue: Volume 28, No. 2, 2016
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/are-you-mad

Summary of the AIMS Critique
http://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/summary-of-the-aims-critique

What AIMS did for me: Ann Roberts
Journal issue: Volume 29, No. 3, 2017
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/what-aims-did-for-me-ann-roberts

Three's a crowd: vaginally born triplets
Journal issue: Volume 29, No. 4, 2017
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birthing-triplets-vaginally

Ágnes Geréb is granted clemency by the Hungarian President, János Áder
http://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/agnes-gereb-clemency

Book Reviews: Why home birth matters; How to heal a bad birth
Journal issue: Volume 30, No. 1, 2018
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-reviews-30-1

Things are different in Wales
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 3, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/things-are-different-in-wales

Interview with Wendy Savage
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 3, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/interview-with-wendy-savage

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

My Airedale Midwife
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 3, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/my-airedale-midwife

Marsden Grigg Wagner
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 2, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/marsden-grigg-wagner

Personalised maternity care?
Journal issue: Volume 26, No. 1, 2014–15
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/personalised-maternity-care

Conference Report: The Northern Maternity & Midwifery Festival
Journal issue: Volume 30, No. 2, 2018
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/northern-maternity-and-midwifery-festival

Book Review: A Midwife's Story: Life, love and birth among the Amish by Penny Armstrong and Sheryl Feldman
Journal issue: Volume 30, No. 2, 2018
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/book-review-a-midwifes-story

York – It’s not for women
Journal issue: Volume 30, No. 3, 2018-19
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/york-homebirth

Editorial - Induction: Indispensable or Epidemic?
Journal issue: Volume 31, No. 1, 2019
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/induction-editorial

Forced inductions – the UK’s shameful secret
Journal issue: Volume 31, No. 2, 2019
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/forced-inductions

Response to Guardian Article on access to Epidurals
http://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/response-to-guardian-article-on-access-to-epidurals

Coronavirus and the Maternity Services
http://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/coronavirus

Birth in a pandemic after a pregnancy loss
Journal issue: Volume 32, No. 2, 2020
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/covid-19-clare-hardy

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

A Plurality of Births: Languages, Places, Communities
Journal issue: Volume 33, No. 2, 2021
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/editorial-foreign-birth

Home Grown Babies DVD
http://www.aims.org.uk/shop/item/home-grown-babies-dvd

Keeping up with the updates
Journal issue: Volume 33, No. 4, 2021
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/aims-covid-updates

Aims Editorial December 2021: What just happened?
Journal issue: Volume 33, No. 4, 2021
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/editorial-december-21

My experience of trying to find out how Continuity of Carer implementation is going locally: Like getting blood from a stone
Journal issue: Volume 34, No. 1, 2022
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/cofcer-implementation-progress

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

Editorial: The label of ‘high risk’: the promise of gentle and attentive care, or a first violence in pregnancy?
Journal issue: Volume 34, No. 2, 2022
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/editorial-june-22

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

Physiological birth: how it works
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 1, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birth-physiology-simple

Conference Report: Pandemic recovery of maternity & child services September 2022
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 1, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/aims-maternity-child-services-report

Physiological birth: a dangerous cult or a scientific fact?
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 1, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birth-physiology-politics

Considering the invisible parts of the birth environment
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 1, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/cultural-birth-environment

Transforming to Continuity of Midwifery Carer - Exciting Times for Northern Ireland Maternity Services
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 1, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/continuity-midwife-northern-ireland

An interview with James Bourton
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 2, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/interview-midwife-james-bourton

A Mother’s Instinct
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 2, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/instinct-birth-outdoors

What has the AIMS Campaigns Team been up to this quarter?
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 2, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/aims-campaigns-update-june-2023

How maternity services are developing in NI July 2023
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 3, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/maternity-services-ni

I was nearly one of those induction statistics
Journal issue: Volume 35, No. 4, 2023
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birth-induction-story

Type 1 diabetes and maternity care: Jane’s story
Journal issue: Volume 36, No. 2, 2024
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/diabetes-home-birth

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

We always have a choice, no matter how much we are made to feel otherwise
Journal issue: Volume 36, No. 3, 2024
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/trustdisobedience-birth

Issues of trust led to me becoming a volunteer for AIMS
Journal issue: Volume 36, No. 3, 2024
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/trust-betrayed-restored

The Physiology of Trust
Journal issue: Volume 36, No. 3, 2024
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birth-physiology-trust

AIMS response to the Change NHS Consultation
http://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/aims-change-nhs

Change NHS Community Engagement workshop feedback
http://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/change-nhs-workshop

Case Study: Optimal Cord Clamping
Journal issue: Volume 37, No. 2, 2025
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/optimal-cord-clamping

What has the AIMS Campaigns Team been up to this quarter?
Journal issue: Volume 37, No. 3, 2025
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/campaigns-update-september-2025

Birth Activists Briefing: NMPA State of the Nation Report for 2023
Journal issue: Volume 37, No. 4, 2025
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/birth-activist-updates

AIMS, ARM and Birthrights Open Letter
http://www.aims.org.uk/campaigning/item/aims-arm-and-birthrights-open-letter

Out of Sync: Antenatal Education and the Present-Day Maternity System. Eight takeaways for more effective birth preparation
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 1, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/antenatal-education-ineffective

Freebirth: The illusion of freedom
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 2, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/sovereignty-birth-freedom-illusion

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

What has the AIMS Campaigns Team been up to this quarter?
Journal issue: Volume 38, No. 2, 2026
http://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/aims-campaigns-june-2026

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