Aberdeen Maternity Hospital

Aberdeen Maternity Hospital The Aberdonian

The Aberdeen Maternity Hospital originates back to a small facility established at Guestrow in 1870. The current building is part of the Foresterhill Health Campus and has been under the NHS since 1948.

Many babies have been born here and many families started here so we've taken a look through our archives and dug out some of the best pictures from 1982 to 1995.

Fiona Stoddart, 14 months, helps mum Carol to cut the special nursery support group cake

Technician Fiona MacGregor stands next to a new machine that analyses amino acid and protein in young mothers

Karen MacKay, 19, and Stephen Reid, 21, cuddle new arrival at the new 56-bed maternity unit

Proud glances as Diane Donald cradles her baby Christopher

Midwife Deirdre Hall holds baby Fiona Heath at the special nursery after a donation by Conoco

Sheila and Keith Tait look on tenderly at son Kyle in the care of the baby unit

Lynn McFarlane meets 13-day-old Oren Benshabat as she presents the special nursery with £1,063

One-year-old Nadeen Bird and mum Nicola, of Seaton Place East, thank nursing officer Ruth Allan for her help

Dr Stuart Duncan, left, of Tenovus Scotland, is shown the new blood-gas analyser by Dr Janet Duncan and Dr Ken Page

Mums, dads and children gather round the cake and goodies table at an afternoon party at the special nursery

A nurse looks over the chapel which provides comfort for people who lose babies

New ultrasound department is officially opened by Grampian Health Board member Dr E Alistair Smith

Grateful dad Ainslie Thomson shows 10-month-old son Andrew around the maternity hospital

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