Credit: SWNS / Dennis Marquardt<br /><br />A double amputee mum who is the same height as her toddler after she lost both legs to sepsis says she "doesn't care when people stare".<br /><br />Hülya Marquardt, 40, had metal pins inserted into her legs to straighten them when she was a child.<br /><br />But the tissue around the pins got infected, Hülya developed sepsis and she had both legs amputated above the knees, aged 18.<br /><br />Doctors said she'd live in a care home but defiant Hülya walked on her hands and used a skateboard.<br /><br />At 1m tall she said "people thought I shouldn't have a child" but Hülya and husband Dennis Marquardt, 39, became parents to Rangi, now three.<br /><br />Hülya said she has been able to do everything an able-bodied mother can - just "differently".<br /><br />She is often stared at by strangers when they see her crawling on the ground - but says she doesn't need "pity" or "praise" for living her life independently.
