Mum With Virtually No Muscles Miraculously Gives Birth to Baby Boy

A young woman with a rare muscular condition has miraculously given birth to a baby boy.

When Sheree Psaila, 22, hears�her baby cry, all she wants to do is pick him up, but her�rare genetic condition means that she can’t possibly do that as she�has virtually no muscle tissue in her arms or legs. “Sometimes he’ll cry and I can’t reach him to pick him up. I have to wait for someone to pick him up for me,” she said.

Ms�Psaila was born with�a rare congenital condition called arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, meaning she has little muscle tissue and is barely able to bend her joints, and�doctors warned she would not live past her first birthday.

She underwent over 20 surgeries which only�did a little to ease�her condition, yet�she remained determined to lead a normal life.�Doctors suggested to her parents that she be put in a wheelchair and sent to a special needs school, but she�defied their expectations and took her first steps at five years old.

Ms Psaila�met her husband Chris, who has a hereditary condition that caused damage to his lower spine, before they got married in March 2015.

After suffering a miscarriage, the couple tried again for another baby.�Doctors were initially concerned that Ms�Psaila, who is just 122cm or 4 feet tall, would be too small to allow her baby to grow normally. “The doctors told me I probably wouldn’t be able to have kids, although they didn’t give me a reason why not,” she said.

At 29 weeks pregnant, the couple moved to Melbourne to be closer to the hospital, and rather than give birth naturally, Ms Psaila had a cesarean under a�general anaesthetic.�Thankfully, baby�Hayden was born, measuring 47cm tall and weighing�2.5 kilograms, and�has no disability.

“I love being a mum, but it does get frustrating at times because there are a lot of things I can’t do.

“People mistake my condition for a disease or intellectual disability, but that’s not the case.

“I’m just a disabled mum who has to lower the handlebar on the pram. That’s it,” she said.

Source:�Dailymail.co.uk

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