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A baby has been dubbed a \u2018mini Hulk\u2019 after she was born with a rare medical condition that causes an abnormally large chest and arms.<\/p>\n
Armani Milby was delivered via C-section at just 33 weeks, weighing 12lbs \u2013 more than three times the average size for the gestation.<\/p>\n
In fact, her mum Chelsey, 33, said people thought she was expecting triplets because of the size of her bump.<\/p>\n
When Armani was born she was diagnosed with a severe form of lymphangioma, which causes benign growths in the lymph vessels \u2013 causing her to look like a \u2018mini bodybuilder\u2019.<\/p>\n
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Chelsey, from, Kentucky, US, found out Armani had the condition after an ultrasound at 17 weeks, when doctors were concerned over suspected fluid around her heart.<\/p>\n
Despite doctors giving her unborn baby a 0% chance of survival, Chelsey still wanted to continue with her pregnancy.<\/p>\n
She said: \u2018I had never, ever, heard of the diagnosis before and honestly, I had looked into it, and I didn\u2019t really like the results with some of the pictures.<\/p>\n
\u2018When I found out, to be honest, I was devastated, I was heartbroken. I didn\u2019t understand what happened, what went wrong, because I had two other healthy babies, and I cried every day. Every day, I asked God why.<\/p>\n
\u2018We never considered an abortion even though it was mentioned to us almost immediately after it was discovered there were some major concerns with our unborn baby, but we just wanted to know how we could help her when she was born.<\/p>\n
\u2018They 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.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Due to her baby\u2019s unusual size, Chelsey experienced an extremely difficult pregnancy.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old mum recalls: \u2018My body was shutting down. Something was telling me it was time to get her out. I was almost 200 pounds (14 stone), and my health was getting really bad.<\/p>\n
\u2018I suffered every day. I could never sleep. I was extremely sick.<\/p>\n
\u2018That\u2019s why I had them take her at 33 weeks because my body was shutting down. It was getting harder every day 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
\u2018To everyone\u2019s surprise, she came out crying and everybody in the room was emotional. No one knew what was going to happen. It\u2019s a very magical story.\u2019<\/p>\n
Shortly after Armani was delivered the little one began treatment at a specialist hospital. Since then, she\u2019s been undergoing constant procedures to remove extra fluid from her body, however, still has lots of excess skin.<\/p>\n
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The youngster, now nine months, will have surgery later this year where doctors will extract extra lymphatic vessels that should help her body shrink down to the correct size. Then, over the coming years, she\u2019ll undergo surgery to remove the extra skin.<\/p>\n
Chelsey also believes that her daughter will be able to live a normal and pain-free life.<\/p>\n
She said: \u2018Now she\u2019s squishy, I just call her my little squishy baby. She\u2019s doing very well. She has a lot of extra skin. It\u2019ll all go away, and she\u2019ll be the normal-looking baby. She\u2019ll just have significant scarring from the surgeries and everything.<\/p>\n
\u2018She\u2019s happy. She hardly ever cries unless she wants to be held. We\u2019re trying to do everything for this baby and give her the best life possible.<\/p>\n
\u2018She\u2019s doing wonderful. She literally is my miracle baby, and we just love her so much.\u2019<\/p>\n