Scotland's New Year Babies
A baby girl was born in Glasgow on the stroke of midnight
Some of the first babies of the New Year have been welcomed into the world at maternity units around Scotland.
A baby girl arrived on the stroke of midnight at the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital in Glasgow but her family have chosen not to release any more information to the media.
Little Michael King made his appearance at 2.36am at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley to mum, Clare and dad, Fraser from Houston weighing 3.85kg. At Aberdeen Maternity Hospital. Mother Nikole Kidney, from Peterhead, welcomed a girl, who has not been given a name, into the world at 12.39am on Friday.
The same unit also had two other early-hours arrivals on New Year's Day. Jennifer Arnott, from Ellon, had a baby boy at 2.55am. He weighed in at 6lbs 9oz.
And Zoe Ejebu, of Aberdeen, gave birth to a boy at 5.16am.
Edinburgh's first newborn of 2016 arrived at 1.03am. Mother Carolann Horsburgh, of Gorebridge, Midlothian, gave birth to the 8lb boy at the capital's Royal Infirmary.
Just 12 minutes later, the labour ward at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness saw its first birth of the year. No details have been made available about the birth at 1.15am.
The first New Year baby at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert was a baby girl.
The youngster, who has not yet been named, came into the world at 4.24am to parents Jilly and Scott MacKenzie from Stenhousemuir. The girl, the couple's first baby, was 7lb 5oz.
In West Lothian, the first baby born on Friday at St John's Hospital in Livingston was a boy named Reuben. Parents Megan Proudlock, 23, and John Irvine, 27, of Linlithgow, welcomed him into the world at 4.50am. He weighed 6lb 15oz.