Lucía Villalón welcomes her second child after a complicated pregnancy

Lucía Villalón and Gonzalo Melero have welcomed Lucas, their second child. The sports journalist shared on her social media that the baby was born by cesarean section on September 30th after the fetus was detected with a kidney problem during the final stage of pregnancy. "Another superhero of ours in the world," wrote the communicator. He was born by cesarean section listening to 'Un millón de cicatrices' and 'La madre de José' by El Canto del Loco, in an operating room at La Paz. We saw him born and he appeared sticking out his tongue. We were able to do skin-to-skin contact, which we couldn't do at the time with Diego, and I couldn't stop crying while the three of us hugged. How I needed that moment to recharge my batteries…," she described.

During her first pregnancy, her son Diego was diagnosed with gastroschisis, a malformation of the abdominal wall that causes the intestines to develop outside the body. The baby, who was born in August 2022, had to undergo surgery twice immediately after birth and spent some time in the ICU. The operations went well and the child has grown up healthy. Now, it is the youngest member of the family who will have to undergo tests to determine his condition and treatment. "It is still not clear what he has, how he has it, how it works or what they are going to do... Tomorrow they will do more tests and soon we will be out of doubt and know how his kidneys and ureters are," Lucía said. "We have to keep praying and fighting together now," she concluded, thanking everyone for their love and attention given to both her and her baby.