"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, was born with transverse limb deficiency - which means she doesn't have full arms and legs.

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.

Doctors said Arianna would likely die in the womb but she beat the odds and was born on July 28 2023.

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.

Mum Kiara says trolls on TikTok tell her she is "selfish" for bringing Arianna into the world.

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.

"But as long as she's happy I am.

"She's beautiful no matter what."

Kiara and Javier, a maintenance man, were excited when they found out they were expecting in November 2022.

But at her 12 week scan, Kiara was told her baby hadn't developed limbs.

She said: "They were trying to pressure me to get an abortion.

"Right away I was asked if I wanted to terminate.

"But God did this for a reason. This is the way God decided to bring her to us.

"Just because she's coming a little different doesn't mean I should abort her."

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.

Kiara said: "They thought she would mostly likely die and be stillborn."

But miracle Arianna arrived via a scheduled c-section on July 28, 2023, at 9.40am weighing exactly 5lbs.

Kiara said: "It was exciting. It was a relief."

She was diagnosed with transverse limb deficiency and stayed in hospital for a week - being monitored for a heart murmur - before coming home.

Kiara said: "Right now she is trying to lift her head up when lying down.

"She's doing really great.

"She's very determined.

"When her pacifier falls out she tries to put it back in her mouth."

Kiara struggled with cruel trolls at first.

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She said: "They say she looks like a Jean Paul Gaultier cologne bottle.

"It was hard at first.

"I was bullied and I have all my limbs.

"I'm trying to teach her that not everybody in this world is cruel.

"I think they think she is paralysed. She can move.

"She does everything a normal kid does."