See How This Woman Born Without a Womb Eases the Pain of Being Childless

A woman who was born without a womb or a cervix, Toni Kimmings, 43, has reportedly spent £3,000 buying ‘reborns’ – dolls designed to closely replicate newborn babies – in a bid to ease the pain of being without a child.

According to Mirror UK, Toni has MRKH, a rare condition which, depending on the degree of severity, can see sufferers born without a womb, cervix, ovaries or fallopian tubes.

As she cannot conceive naturally, Toni said her doll children, Sky and Molly, help make life easier. She said:

“I’ve always wanted kids. Over the years, I’ve tried to go down surrogate, sperm donor and adoption routes but each time, there were lots of complications. It got to the point where I was up against too many obstacles. It just got too difficult in the end. I’d been knocked down so many times.”

Toni did not discover that she had MRKH until she turned 16 and had still not started her period.

After a string of tests, she was diagnosed with the condition, the cause of which is still unknown, at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London.

It has led to a number of other health complications – for example, she has two urethras and her kidneys are fused together on one side of her body.

After giving up hope that she would ever become a mother, Toni, who also has a facial disfigurement as a result of MRKH, discovered reborns through a post on a support group. She said:

“I’d seen adverts for them in the back of magazines before, but I didn’t really realise they were reborns. I thought they were more collectors’ items. Then, I was talking to somebody on an MRKH site and she said something about reborns. I thought, ‘what’s that?’ and she explained a little more, then it just went from there. I ended up going on eBay and searching, and there was absolutely loads of reborns being sold.

I’ve got a Moses basket, clothes, a bottle, a pram, a car seat – loads of stuff. Everything you’d want for a real baby. I’m getting a new crib with drapes across it. I’ll sell the Moses basket so the babies can sleep together.

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I take my dolls out around twice a week around town or to friend’s houses. I remember once I noticed a lady staring at me, and I thought, ‘In a minute, she’ll realise she’s plastic’ but when I told her it was a reborn, she was just really gobsmacked. People are more interested than anything else. My friends are all really supportive. A few of them help me take the babies out. I don’t think people should judge those who have reborns. Everyone has their own issues and it’s nobody else’s business.

People have them for all sorts of reasons. I’ve seen posts in Facebook groups from people who have reborns because they can’t have children of their own, or people who do have children, but just miss having cuddles with a baby.”

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