Border Home Birth Support

Border Home Birth Support A page for home birth queries, stories and support for people in the Scottish Borders

15/02/2026
13/02/2026

A wee update...

I can't believe it's been almost 2 years since I started this page! Since then, a couple of things have changed for me, so I thought I would give you a little update.

I'm still Gemma. Still married to my rock, Steven. Our littluns are almost 8 and 4! WHAT?! And I am still madly passionate about all things birth

12/02/2026

πŸ“£ THIS JUST IN!
Did you know the Scottish Borders has the highest rate for homebirths in the country??
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2025 scottish homebirth stats vs 2024

NHS Borders: 800 births, 26 homebirths, 3.25% vs 2.73%

NHS Ayrshire and Arran: 2733 births, 79 homebirths, 2.9% vs 3.3%

NHS Fife: 2704 births, 37 homebirths, 1.37% vs 1.39%

NHS Grampian: 4477 births, 55 homebirths, 1.23% vs 1.59%

NHS Highland: 2372 births, 29 homebirths, 1.2% vs 0.76%
NHS Lothian: 7715 births, 91 homebirths, 1.18% vs 1.35% (interesting as their homebirth team closed halfway through 2024)

NHS Dumfries and Galloway: 978 births, 11 homebirths, 1.12% vs 0.09% (excellent wee rise there!)

NHS Lanarkshire: 4026 births, 40 homebirths, 1% vs 0.92%

NHS Tayside: 3441 births, 29 homebirths, 0.84% vs 0.76%

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde: 13468 births, 93 homebirths, 0.70% vs 0.37% (doubled, still low espec as they have a homebirth team but still a nice rise)

NHS Forth Valley: 2822 births, 19 homebirths, 0.67% vs 0.57%

NHS Orkney, Shetland & Western Isles said they had too little to disclose without breaking GDPR, so we'll assume 1 at maximum for each health board.

Total percentage of births: 1.1% vs 1.05%
Total weighted percentage of births: 1.24% vs 1.22%

Statistics taken from FOI in 2026.

12/02/2026
12/02/2026

Last month our staff helped welcome the first 2026 babies to the Borders πŸ‘Ά

We're proud of the amazing care and support they offer to families across the region every day.

See a summary of birth activity in the Borders during the last month below.

08/12/2025

Welcome to our November babies πŸ€°πŸ»πŸ€±πŸ»πŸ‘ΆπŸΌ

22/11/2025

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22/11/2025

3/4D scan at 50% discounted rate next weekend only (22/23rd November) @ our new clinic , ScanSanctuary Borders 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Limited availability so be quick!

We will run a similar offer soon at our Isle of Man clinic, so watch this space!

14/11/2025

Selected at random on 1st December. Draw takes place over both locations! πŸ€

Winner can choose a scan of their choice, or a Β£100 Gift Voucher which can be used in our clinic or boutique

14/11/2025

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