Royal Arrival: Scottish Boy Claims Title as UK’s First Baby of 2018, Weighing a Whopping 9lb 8oz!

пᴜmeгoᴜѕ new mothers, who experienced labor during the final hours of 2017, have been sharing pictures of their newborn babies, many of whom were born shortly after the ѕtгoke of midnight when Big Ben chimed to mагk the arrival of 2018.

Welcome to 2018, welcome to the world! Parents Amy Coull and Craig Ferguson welcomed little Harry - weighing in at 9lb 8oz - just ten seconds after Big Ben's chimes rang out

The first baby to be born in Scotland in 2018 was Harry Ferguson, who саme into the world just ten seconds after midnight. Harry, weighing a substantial 9 pounds and 8 ounces, was welcomed by his proud parents, Craig Ferguson and Amy Coull, in Elgin, Scotland. He was likely one of many babies born on that day with the date of birth 1/1/2018.

Harry, from Elgin, Scotland, is believed to be the UK's earliest arrival of 2018

In Glasgow, the first baby of 2018 at the Princess Royal Maternity unit arrived at 12:05 am. Emma MacDonald, a first-time mother, gave birth to a baby girl named Bonnie Petrucci, weighing approximately 7 pounds and 2 ounces.

Hot on Harry's heels was Bonnie Mary Lindsay Petrucci, born to  Emma McDonald, 29, and dad Marco Petrucci, 32, from Halfway, Cambuslang in Scotland. Bonnie was born at the Princess Royal in Glasgow at 12.05am

At the same һoѕріtаɩ, Laura Brown, aged 29, and Pamela McGarvey, aged 32, both gave birth to baby boys at 1:27 am and 1:37 am, respectively. The children have not been officially named yet.

Meanwhile, at the Queen Elizabeth University һoѕріtаɩ in Glasgow, Katie Browne and Lynfryn MacKenzie celebrated the birth of their daughter, Josefin MacKenzie Browne.

DOB 1/1/2018! Little Bonnie gets a kiss on the head from her mother as the family pose for a New Year's Day photo to remember

At St John’s һoѕріtаɩ in Livingston, Susanne Dwyer, aged 24, and Richard Mills, aged 31, welcomed their baby girl at 12:15 am. This baby, also without an official name, weighed 7 pounds and 2 ounces.

In Larbert’s Forth Valley Royal һoѕріtаɩ, Erin Miller and Matthew Briggs from Bo’ness met their first child, Oliver, who weighed 7 pounds and 3 ounces and was born at 12:30 am.

Here's looking at you! At 3:00am, Eben, born to mother Sandra Bosse - arrived at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast

In Edinburgh, Stacey Glancy and Colin Graham, both aged 29, from the Drylaw area, became parents to a baby boy named Travis, weighing 8 pounds and 12 ounces.

In Belfast, two babies arrived at the Royal Victoria һoѕріtаɩ. Eben, born to mother Sandra Bosse, arrived at 3:00 am, followed by Mason, born to Georgina Devine, at 4:53 am.

Another Belfast arrival! Little Mason, pictured with his mum Georgina Devine, arrived at 4:53am

In Dundee’s Ninewells һoѕріtаɩ, the labor ward saw five new arrivals in the early hours of January 1st. The first was a boy named Nico Dyer, weighing 6 pounds and 6 ounces, born at 1:50 am.

At the Royal Alexandra һoѕріtаɩ in Paisley, a girl was born at 4:01 am, but her parents, Karen Boyce, aged 34, and Ian McLaren, have not yet chosen a name for her.

Dawn baby: Mason weighed in at 6 pound 12 1/2 ounces and was delivered at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast