Hateful trolls call me selfish for having a baby born without arms or legs – to me she’s beautiful no matter what
A mother has hit back at trolls who called her ‘selfish’ for having a daughter who was born without arms or legs.
Kiara Duprey, 24, and her husband Javier Floreniani, 21, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were told their baby’s limbs weren’t developing during the 12-week scan – and think ‘she’s beautiful anyway’.
Eight-month-old Arianna can already hold a bottle and sit up unaided. Now she is waiting to see when she will be able to get prosthetics.
“As long as she’s happy, so am I,” added stay-at-home mom Kiara.
She revealed that cruel comments from strangers online were initially difficult to swallow.
A mother has hit back at trolls who called her ‘selfish’ for having a daughter born without arms or legs
“It was hard at first,” she revealed. ‘I was bullied and I have all my limbs.
“I’m trying to teach her that not everyone in this world is cruel.”
Kiara added that she thinks many trolls have the misconception that her daughter is paralyzed even though she “can move.”
“She does everything a normal child does,” the mother added.
Kiara and Javier, a handyman, were excited when they learned they were expecting in November 2022.
But a few months later, Kiara was told her baby had not developed any limbs.
“They tried to pressure me into having an abortion,” she explained. ‘I was immediately asked if I wanted to cancel.
“But God did this for a reason. This is the way God decided to bring her to us. Just because she comes out a little different doesn’t mean I should abort her.’
Kiara Duprey, 24, and her husband Javier Floreniani, 21, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were told their baby’s limbs didn’t develop during the 12-week scan – and think ‘she’s beautiful anyway’
Eight-month-old Arianna can already hold a bottle and sit up unaided. Now she is waiting to see when she will be able to get prosthetics
Kiara and Javier, a handyman, were excited when they found out they were expecting in November 2022. But a few months later, Kiara was told her baby had not developed any limbs.
Doctors initially thought Arianna had Roberts syndrome – a genetic condition characterized by limb and facial abnormalities – and thought she was unlikely to live to the full term.
But miracle Arianna arrived via scheduled caesarean section at 9.40am on July 28, 2023, weighing exactly 2.5kg – and Kiara admitted the moment was both ‘exciting’ and a ‘relief’.
Doctors initially thought Arianna had Roberts syndrome – a genetic condition characterized by limb and facial abnormalities – and thought she was unlikely to live to the full term.
“They thought she was probably going to die and be stillborn,” Kiara said.
But miracle Arianna arrived via scheduled caesarean section at 9.40am on July 28, 2023, weighing exactly 2.5kg – and Kiara admitted the moment was both ‘exciting’ and a ‘relief’.
She was diagnosed with transverse limb deficiency and remained in hospital for a week, where she was monitored for a heart murmur, before going home.
“Right now she’s trying to lift her head while she’s lying down,” the mother said. ‘She’s doing really great.
‘She’s very determined. When her pacifier falls out, she tries to put it back in her mouth.’