Kashmiere Culberson, a loving mom, was born with a rare congenital disorder called bilateral phocomelia
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- One woman is proving that a mother’s instincts have no limitations
- Kashmiere Culberson, a woman born without arms due to a rare disorder, is sharing her journey of adapting to motherhood
- During an interview with WFAA, the Texas-based mom credited her parents for teaching her independence and hopes to instill the same values in her daughter
One woman is proving that a mother’s instincts have no limitations.
Kashmiere Culberson was born in 1997 with bilateral phocomelia, a rare congenital disorder characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of the proximal limbs. While some patients are born with shortened limbs, Culberson was born with no arms. Despite her circumstances, she didn’t let that stop her from pursuing everything she wanted in life, including becoming a mom.
The North Texas-based content creator is a mom to 1-year-old daughter ZaNova. Refusing to let her disorder get in the way of being a mom, Culberson has learned how to change her toddler’s diapers, dress her, fix her hair, put her to bed, feed her and wake her up in the morning using her legs as arms and her feet as hands…