'Couldn’t ask for a better start to 2021!' - NHS Lothian welcomes first baby of year
Last updated 1st Jan 2021
An Edinburgh family have welcomed in the New Year with a very special new arrival this morning (Friday).
Little Isabelle Ailsa Paton was first footing when she was born in Simpson’s Centre for Reproductive Health, at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, at 00.54am on New Year's Day.
She was born to parents Jennifer (32) and Richard Paton (33), from Ratho, and tipped the scales at 6lb 8 ½ oz.
Richard said: “Absolutely delighted with our little Isabelle. Couldn’t ask for a better start to 2021.
"We are very grateful for all the amazing staff in the Royal Infirmary, they were fantastic.”
Elsewhere, Lauren Docherty, 27, gave birth to the first baby to be born in Glasgow on New Year's Day.
Finn was born at 1.58am at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital weighing 8lb 3oz, the same as his big brother Logan - now 18 months old - weighed at birth.
Ms Docherty and her partner Brad Girvan, 28, live in the west side of the city.
Meanwhile, Ivy was among the New Year arrivals at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.
Jade Burns and Billy McKnight from Carronshore, Falkirk, welcomed her into the world at 6.18am, weighing 7lb 15oz.