Jess Ellis, a 29-year-old facing difficulties conceiving due to PCOS, has turned to collecting and making hyperrealistic reborn dolls as a coping mechanism. Feeling isolated during the pandemic, Jessica finds joy and therapeutic solace in her collection, which has grown to include several dolls costing over £6,000. She defends fellow collector Katie Price against harsh criticisms regarding mental health, emphasizing that these dolls provide comfort and release similar hormones to caring for actual infants. Jess expresses her desire for motherhood and the emotional support these dolls offer during her fertility struggles.
"Making these babies has been an outlet for any fertility worries I've got. I'd love to be a mother, I think I'd be a really good mother."
"It's such a shame that some people are being really horrible to her about her mental health - and calling her 'crazy' for collecting them."
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