(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。 / |7 f# n/ _& C; ]" Z+ {# V' }# Q; T0 K+ v0 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”。 , M+ d0 e4 X2 U# h* T6 ]0 P; t 1 V/ T, v1 d. V% `3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 , C; {& p7 o/ K' B4 @ ( m0 X* O% v& C+ P# e8 i 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。” 6 i! W' X, Y3 c; V0 u : I) c J% ?- J" D1 y 这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。4 }* Y. I& E. W
8 t) ` E4 M% p% `' r + u+ P8 g: {" |" P, kSupermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years 9 [$ E; J6 v& N1 o! z) F( B8 Z* w9 i0 V: O& p
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After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.+ d3 X) R# b4 _ K, @9 [
2 x; n$ w# }2 Z; rBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. * \1 e% F( f) z* Y7 f8 p3 e/ y1 E' d( U: N, a
Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. ; h( S' P2 d4 f
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"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. 2 I$ R/ `, K t9 }5 `7 | % T/ V* @8 u8 ~2 {"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." , ?' s4 D9 e4 H/ C3 q8 P. J6 s& }: U8 I9 C: s* \+ O( j8 @
The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. 6 u" s# ]; S6 Z% F# O 2 J k M+ K7 k4 A9 ]Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. + p: \; r) H1 O/ s
, s, j2 D0 o' z7 `$ j- n2 v5 UAnother boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. " {8 i7 z( O: A) h& E" J
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In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. 5 G/ s9 B8 z& K
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Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. , x. u. W( s9 E2 y4 [, n: y' c * L& V$ ?* H# l9 h8 |She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. 2 O& J9 U8 ]0 C. P( `5 E5 E# r! [ M
Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. ( b z# K! v- p3 U
" T h+ c6 M4 t8 e) a5 {* t0 uBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. u9 k3 D$ E# E9 }6 j- t; J9 }% m: n' [
"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. + Z0 ]- K( e! e" D' p3 Q) \
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"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. ! u: M. D" F, }6 p7 ~' m' H ( o C0 ~+ v- T% M4 g8 o"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." ) \3 K+ C a; H
- U# |) P! U% d( [' E# t$ e# R, \- ?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. - c( k; z& e4 W4 M5 W8 {3 {& @ / Y3 H5 M/ m, BTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. " [' D* K9 b3 M# E f
# r& t( H' P* G3 VThey spend £170 a week on their food bill. And as a result of rising bills, they have not been on holiday for three years. . g: q: L. w0 L
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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. . W4 X. F/ [/ k8 }6 n a3 P3 X# ~3 @
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"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." ' Y9 u8 ]6 N; d# U+ I# m5 Q+ n" n3 d" v. ?! h
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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