Thought it was impossible to survive birth, but a miracle came to a 9-month-old American girl, especially the child who now resembles a bodybuilder.

A rare congenital disease makes baby Armani Milby (9 months old, living in Kentucky, USA) have a bodybuilder-like body with swollen arms and chest. He is also nicknamed “baby hulk” or “mini hulk” – a tiny giant.

Armani has lymphoma. The benign growth of this type of tumor increases the size of the chest and arm area.

Her mother, Chelsey Milby, 33, has gone through a difficult pregnancy and childbirth journey. At 17 weeks pregnant, sonographers were worried about a dangerous buildup of fluid around the heart — a rare condition that only appears in 1 in 4,000 births. According to them, the baby cannot survive birth.

Chelsey didn’t think about having an abortion, even though doctors had mentioned it. Her family still believes that miracles can happen when her child is born.

The mother shared with the media: “When I learned about my child’s condition, I was very devastated and heartbroken, I didn’t understand what was happening because I had previously given birth to 2 healthy babies. Every day, I ask God why.”

When Chelsey was pregnant, people often asked if she had triplets because her belly was too big. At 33 weeks pregnant, Chelsey became even heavier with a body weight of 91kg, and her health was getting worse. The large growth of the pregnancy made it difficult for Chelsey to breathe and lose sleep every day, even having to constantly withdraw fluid from her stomach. The doctors decided to perform emergency surgery on her to get the baby out.

When Chelsey walked into the operating room, the whole family was outside, waiting for a miracle to happen. The baby’s father, Blake, was on duty outside the operating room, praying for the mother and daughter.

During the C-section, Chesley was scared, but also very happy to see her baby’s face. “They had to give me something to help me calm down in the panic. I screamed and cried a lot when I actually saw my baby born,” Chesley recalled.

The Armani baby was born weighing 5.5kg. After the birth, the family traveled 160 kilometers to Cincinnati for the baby to be treated at a specialized hospital.

After giving birth, Chelsey suffered from depression. The mother of 3 shared: “I had to fight severe postpartum depression; I have to put it aside, try to be the strongest person I can be for Armani and the other two children.”

Armani will have surgery to remove excess lymphatic vessels later this year so that she can become a normal baby. In the future, your baby will need other surgeries to remove excess skin. Chesley thought that her child might have a normal life.

“We are trying to do everything to give Armani the best life possible, he will soon say ‘Mommy’. Armani is my magical child and we love him very much,” the mother confided.