"Trolls say I'm selfish for having my baby - because she was born without limbs"
A mum says trolls tell her she is "selfish" for having her daughter - who was born without any arms or legs.Little Arianna Floreniani, now eight-months-old, ...
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A mum says trolls tell her she is "selfish" for having her daughter - who was born without any arms or legs.<br /><br />Little Arianna Floreniani, now eight-months-old, was born with transverse limb deficiency - which means she doesn't have full arms and legs.<br /><br />Parents Kiara Duprey, 24, and Javier Floreniani, 21, were told she had limb difference at the 12 week scan and said they felt "pressured" to terminate by doctors.<br /><br />Doctors said Arianna would likely die in the womb but she beat the odds and was born on July 28 2023.<br /><br />Now Arianna is waiting to see when she'll be able to have prosthetics but can already hold a bottle and sit up by herself.<br /><br />Mum Kiara says trolls on TikTok tell her she is "selfish" for bringing Arianna into the world.<br /><br />Kiara, a stay-at-home mum, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, said: "Everyone says I'm selfish because I decided to bring her into the world like that.<br /><br />"But as long as she's happy I am.<br /><br />"She's beautiful no matter what."<br /><br />Kiara and Javier, a maintenance man, were excited when they found out they were expecting in November 2022.<br /><br />But at her 12 week scan, Kiara was told her baby hadn't developed limbs.<br /><br />She said: "They were trying to pressure me to get an abortion.<br /><br />"Right away I was asked if I wanted to terminate.<br /><br />"But God did this for a reason. This is the way God decided to bring her to us.<br /><br />"Just because she's coming a little different doesn't mean I should abort her."<br /><br />Doctors originally thought Arianna had Roberts syndrome - a genetic disorder characterised by limb and facial abnonormalities - and would likely not make it to full term.<br /><br />Kiara said: "They thought she would mostly likely die and be stillborn."<br /><br />But miracle Arianna arrived via a scheduled c-section on July 28, 2023, at 9.40am weighing exactly 5lbs.<br /><br />Kiara said: "It was exciting. It was a relief."<br /><br />She was diagnosed with transverse limb deficiency and stayed in hospital for a week - being monitored for a heart murmur - before coming home.<br /><br />Kiara said: "Right now she is trying to lift her head up when lying down.<br /><br />"She's doing really great.<br /><br />"She's very determined.<br /><br />"When her pacifier falls out she tries to put it back in her mouth."<br /><br />Kiara struggled with cruel trolls at first.<br /><br />CAN SHE SEND US GRABS OF ANY OF THE MESSAGES?<br /><br />She said: "They say she looks like a Jean Paul Gaultier cologne bottle.<br /><br />"It was hard at first.<br /><br />"I was bullied and I have all my limbs.<br /><br />"I'm trying to teach her that not everybody in this world is cruel.<br /><br />"I think they think she is paralysed. She can move.<br /><br />"She does everything a normal kid does."
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