Marcus Anthony Baggio is alive and kicking...




... well maybe not right at this minute - more like sleepy and subdued!


Born at 11:28am on Wednesday, March 22nd (he was at 37.5 weeks). He weighed in at 6 lbs. and 10oz. He was 20 - 1/4" tall. He has my nose/mouth/chin and Chantel's neck and dimple on his tailbone. He has been quite quiet and is enjoying this one week of breastfeeding. He has a mild case of jaundice and should be coming home from the hospital tomorrow.

Chantel is doing fine. This is the first GREAT NEWS we have had in the past 3 months. The birth (had to be done C-Section because Doctors are concerned that vaginal delivery would put onerous stress on her liver) was simple and easy and she is healing fast. Chantel's milk dropped early and she is breastfeeding until Tuesday when she starts her first round of chemo for the Hodgkins.

Chantel did have a case of PUPPP aggravate her over the last two weeks leading up to the birth but it has subsided. PUPPP happens in 1 out of every 3-400 initial pregnancies (figures that Chantel would find something else to cause her more grief). It is a highly itchy dermatosis. She looked like she had an extreme form of poison oak and was in a pretty aggravated state. It has already calmed down.