{"id":67079,"date":"2023-09-25T14:55:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/?p=67079"},"modified":"2023-09-25T14:55:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:55:18","slug":"tot-dubbed-baby-hulk-after-being-born-with-enormous-arms-and-chest-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/lifestyle\/tot-dubbed-baby-hulk-after-being-born-with-enormous-arms-and-chest-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Tot dubbed \u2018baby Hulk\u2019 after being born with ENORMOUS arms and chest | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A MUM nicknamed her daughter 'baby Hulk' after she was born with an enormous chest and arms.<\/p>\n
Armani Milby had to be delivered by emergency C-section at 33 weeks after being diagnosed with a severe form of lymphangioma.<\/p>\n
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The rare congenital health condition causes non-cancerous, fluid-filled growths in the lymph vessels. <\/p>\n
It left Armani with a swollen upper body, which mum Chelsey said caused her to look like a little bodybuilder – leading her to give the tot the affectionate moniker mini, or baby, Hulk. <\/p>\n
The 33-year-old said: "When I saw her, I cried because I had never seen anything like that. I was just shocked. <\/p>\n
"But I didn\u2019t care what she looked like, I loved her anyway."<\/p>\n
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Brave Armani, now nine months old, was born weighing 12lbs – more than three times the average-sized baby at that point in gestation. <\/p>\n
Chelsey said people regularly thought she was expecting triplets because of the colossal size of her bump.<\/p>\n
Late in her pregnancy when she reached 14st 4lbs, things got so bad that she cried daily and struggled to move.<\/p>\n
"My body was shutting down," she said.<\/p>\n
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"I suffered every day. I could never sleep. I was extremely sick.<\/p>\n
"It was getting harder to live life and actually breathe because I was so uncomfortable as I had to keep getting fluid drained out of my stomach."<\/p>\n
Chelsey discovered her daughter had lymphangioma following an ultrasound at the 17-week mark.<\/p>\n
Doctors were concerned about possible fluid around her heart and potential future breathing or vision problems, but the family held out hope for the unborn child. <\/p>\n
Thankfully, it's now thought Armani's condition is treatable with surgery.<\/p>\n
Chelsey, from Campbellsville in Kentucky, US, said: "I had never, ever heard of the diagnosis before and honestly, after looking into it, I didn't really like the results with some of the pictures.<\/p>\n
"I was devastated, I was heartbroken, and I didn't understand what happened because I had two other healthy babies so I cried every day. <\/p>\n
"Abortion was mentioned to us but we never considered it. We just wanted to know how we could help her when she was born. <\/p>\n
"[Doctors] literally gave her a zero per cent chance; they said she wouldn\u2019t make it and that she probably wouldn\u2019t be crying when she came out."<\/p>\n
I cried when I saw her because I was shocked. But I don't care what she looks like, I love her anyway<\/p>\n
But at 33 weeks, Chelsey had a caesarean\u00a0section, and Armani entered the world bawling her eyes out. <\/p>\n
"It was a surprise to everyone," she said.<\/p>\n
"I was screaming and crying. I was just a wreck, it was horrible. <\/p>\n
"In the back of our minds, Armani's dad Blake and I were wondering what was going to happen. <\/p>\n
"However, she just shocked us all and proved us all wrong.<\/p>\n
"Everybody in the room was emotional. It's a very magical story."<\/p>\n
After Armani was born, the family moved more than 100 miles away to Cincinnati, Ohio, to live in a specialist hospital for three months.<\/p>\n
Slowly, against all odds, the youngster began to recover. <\/p>\n
Chelsey said: "I battled postpartum depression really badly and I had to push that away to try to be the strongest person I could be for her and for my other two kids.<\/p>\n
"It's been a rollercoaster ride and I still struggle a little bit every day."<\/p>\n
Armani has had large amounts of excess fluid removed from her body, but she is still left with extra skin.<\/p>\n
She weighs 21lbs and wears clothes that are made for babies twice her age. <\/p>\n
The tot is now scheduled for surgery later this year which will see medics extract additional lymphatic vessels to help shrink her body.<\/p>\n
She will then need an operation to remove the leftover skin. <\/p>\n
'WE LOVE HER SO MUCH'<\/h2>\n
Chelsey is delighted with her daughter's progress so far and sees a bright, pain-free future for her. <\/p>\n
"Now she\u2019s squishy, I just call her my little squishy baby. She\u2019s doing very well," she said.<\/p>\n
"She has a lot of extra skin, but it'll all go away and she'll be a normal-looking baby. <\/p>\n
"She got lucky. She\u2019s not deformed or anything like that. <\/p>\n
"She\u2019s happy. She hardly ever cries unless she wants to be held. <\/p>\n
"We\u2019re trying to do everything for this baby and give her the best life possible.<\/p>\n
"She finally rolled over and she\u2019s trying to say \u2018momma\u2019, I\u2019m pretty sure, she\u2019s getting really close.<\/p>\n
"She\u2019s doing wonderfully. She literally is my miracle baby, and we just love her so much."<\/p>\n
Lymphangiomas, also called lymphatic malformations, are non-cancerous cysts that occur in lymphatic vessels. <\/p>\n
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They most commonly appear in the head or neck. <\/p>\n
Healthline estimates the condition affects one in 4,000 births.<\/p>\n
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What is lymphangioma?<\/h3>\n
Lymphangioma, also called lymphatic malformations, are non-cancerous, fluid-filled cysts that occur in lymphatic vessels. <\/p>\n
These contain a substance called lymph, which helps properly regulate fluid in body tissue and fight infections. <\/p>\n
Lymphangiomas most commonly appear in the head or neck, but they can affect anywhere in the body. <\/p>\n
Initially, they can show as tiny red or blue dots, but can develop into significant and deforming swelling and masses. <\/p>\n
They are usually apparent at birth, or by age two. <\/p>\n
Several potential health complications exist, such as speech difficulties, double vision, breathing trouble and chest pain. <\/p>\n
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