(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。 ; A- p; S6 D6 S8 Q; f 9 M+ h$ ^# w: v s- v' Y* O, Z/ I 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”。 : |. I4 h+ N' u( E: @ ; e1 p6 w! ]: E3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 - b7 K: @4 s0 O" M
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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。” 9 W" Z. G$ B x u/ H: i4 o- [7 {7 z2 B: T! U7 \. K0 S+ d
这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 # O2 U, o2 y3 `; _, Y F. u% M. R4 Q. k/ ]
: X3 V! j3 b) |; S8 h4 zSupermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years6 e2 X8 ]' Q) X* m3 D
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After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. $ L, q# }) e* Q) W: G" C- p * j! @) `2 z; g) Y1 F7 ZBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. ( p- m5 P% t) N# J9 J. o8 U1 Z
5 B1 }7 d, N9 n# j/ v/ ]- ZLess than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. : |; H) ?5 q5 P: X# a% N, k. y ; }, H8 f) e: c- h" I"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. - L1 p5 O2 I) L0 Y1 _! o9 v+ x
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"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." : B! a1 u3 Z$ x 8 i9 }- X w% q& Z6 a7 XThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. " q* e- g2 L* [7 | & s- S! Y6 j) C% t+ e( E( I9 \! j/ STheir oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. # ~/ Y* e/ p$ j* O- l
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Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. # D( \. g" Q$ {' u" ^! J2 n4 n6 L& m$ ?# r+ c) `, u7 m
In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. ( C! F; q/ I9 g9 V( ^' [) P1 x% F: s
+ Y: Q* \. A4 X) D6 \Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. : `8 n7 o4 k1 @1 q& q( h9 Q
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She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. : U3 {' b" g. }8 }) x+ [# H
$ `. }! Y0 C8 r, | _9 sMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. 2 Y. {& u* [5 P; | 2 S" t: |% R& S5 QBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. ' |4 g$ _. M: f: V) j9 H5 s x( y
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"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. " @0 ?; T) O; x7 p + ?; d% y4 L! U4 X# {8 W"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. ) g+ k4 b& r4 I! ~! R7 G8 q- n Q* M1 L* z/ q# E7 [* r9 G, c
"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." , f; V2 Q; k5 I$ P9 W6 y7 V$ T U0 @0 B- i
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. 3 \% `) k' `* L; n+ A* w
5 b1 {" P8 w: T7 o& ^To accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. . j" n2 K" a' t
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They spend £170 a week on their food bill. And as a result of rising bills, they have not been on holiday for three years. 9 N" D- E7 r) `
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They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. ( b$ G' {' V) ~. R7 B* a+ k- u" o. m4 x/ A) Q
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. + G! Z/ W0 c3 t* o5 X* I $ r! f V* i8 L4 f; u5 O+ h"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 3 u2 a V( v) A D$ A- \0 g( l: m7 ]$ o
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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