(每日邮报讯)生一队足球队,不是天方夜谭,住在英国伯恩茅斯镇的沃里纳夫妇快将做到,因他们9年来已生了9个小孩。 * B. O) z. f0 g t) x ; r z. ]) i3 o2 l& E* F3 [ 今年45岁的沃里纳与现年32岁的“好生养”太太雷娜,育有6女3子(包括3胞胎女儿),最大的9岁,最小的还未满月。结婚时他们协议生6个,没想到越生越高兴,雷娜坦言自己已经“生上瘾”。 : C. I. c0 N8 D7 ^ N9 {/ R' g& l. Z
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3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 : ^% A9 {& Y8 M; _. I* S2 M* g4 K& U 6 b% F$ @" W" B! }0 S1 \ 小生命带来快乐,但是,照顾孩子相当辛苦。雷娜每日忙足了17小时,要接送孩子到不同学校、每天洗衣服也要洗上4遍,工作量比一般主妇多几倍,一家11口全靠沃里纳的一份薪水养活。夫妇俩已经3年没有放假了,也很少见朋友,但是,沃里纳说:“这个家是我们的命根,我不觉得缺乏什么。” $ R/ L) g# d8 }8 T; d9 {8 l2 q" e. @4 j+ [% s) h7 e- p P
这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 + |5 L4 L# d+ w8 r% P$ {/ X( t" I; d, A+ Z
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Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years 6 v* ^; e/ C- A3 Q% y$ x# H% f2 h* [
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After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.. L: n- C, U* k6 N9 }/ B
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But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. * z; ^5 B* Z7 B: Y , n9 V' g! n U! t! ?( C0 JLess than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. 6 V) ?+ w( B. |( n( e; |6 F 8 M. j4 {& {% L( E5 b/ G, d( F"I’m hooked on the adrenaline rush I get from having a beautiful baby and it is a miracle that lasts a lifetime," said the former nursery manager, 32. ; t7 c( ?9 j+ E, A/ Z ; D$ u0 `6 q7 L9 }"We have one more seat to fill in our 12-seater minibus. If my husband said that’s it, we would stop, but we both enjoy having children so much." - T( y9 m" m7 A/ P. P1 m4 x0 g8 v7 m& [
The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. 4 B! l# I4 j& f! \4 r) R- ?2 x0 B ^: {# S4 {8 z1 L- J
Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. " n* |: p- [8 U% Z" b! c+ Q& V
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W4 |0 V ^, }) @5 NIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. + u/ q8 }4 W M" ]2 z# T
5 H, S4 J1 H& c2 c- ~% Q& iThen on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. / p$ g4 P q9 o" N* c * N# a( T/ o }% p' d: XShe had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. 7 g" i$ ~2 g# r, q * Y' k) K4 }" O0 V, h TMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. " v/ P$ e9 K2 A4 \2 H- E/ y z
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But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. ! c/ [; h( ?* P2 \% k% h ( j$ J3 V/ w, ~$ K, ~. J" y* }"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. * ^7 Z4 r. I( {6 C. ?/ V, ~8 ` l2 D$ T
"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. + Y4 N7 c% u1 T7 o/ [8 [( T' ` S" b, l0 U+ b P. I
"When we married we said we’d have six, then my husband joked that we’d have eight to wind my mother up, but we’ve gone beyond a joke now." # e; \2 M8 Y9 y% I: t7 p, b1 Y6 y F+ y; C9 P" B- C" N
Mrs Warriner spends her exhausting 17-hour day ferrying her children to various schools and nurseries, doing four loads of washing, shopping, cooking, cleaning and reading countless bedtime stories. 6 \9 }6 i( H, f
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To accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. - y7 {& n# B7 x* I: ?5 \
# L2 [; k( x. V s: mThey spend £170 a week on their food bill. And as a result of rising bills, they have not been on holiday for three years. 3 H: o4 W2 q5 W4 {% E" |! E- F% \
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They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. / z H% g* u4 {( p- |7 R. x0 B 2 h& W- g% b/ R6 S" }Mr Warriner, 45, who is applying for promotion to inspector to help support his brood, added: "When we got married ten years ago, Rayna said she’d like four children and I joked that I wanted eight. ( m) c5 a" U, i0 \+ {" T6 K0 y4 u f/ S5 N+ O
"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 5 c# M/ s$ \% H6 B: J/ q9 A2 h# G3 ?! i3 s& ?
He added: "We haven’t had a holiday for years or a night out together. We don’t have a social life but I don’t feel I’m missing out."
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