Scottish Families Welcome Christmas Day Newborns

Families across Scotland are marking the festive season with the arrival of new babies. Among the first babies born on Christmas Day was a girl whose early arrival surprised her parents during their movie night. Livingston residents Anne-Marie Hunt and Gordon Wilson were settling down to a film on Christmas Eve, with their daughter’s due date set for January 2, when she unexpectedly began to arrive. She was delivered at St John’s Hospital at 05:16, weighing 6lb 7oz. Her parents have not yet chosen a name. At University Hospital Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, Alyshia Glen of Bellshill and her partner Daniel McGhee welcomed their daughter at 01:35 on Christmas Day. The infant weighed 8lb 6oz. Minutes later, at 01:48, Emma McLaughlin gave birth to her daughter, Kiara Rose, at the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital in Glasgow. Kiara weighed 8lb 6oz. Katarzyna Wojcik and Krisztian Poth also welcomed a daughter a few hours later, at 04:16, with a weight of 6lb 5oz. Lauren Breach additionally welcomed baby Ollie, who weighed just under 8lb, at 07:49 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. Copyright 2024 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.