(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。 1 C" H; h( Z0 t3 Z B
1 z9 Z% ]8 i7 N$ g+ ^. M* t 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”。 & G S$ l0 L* G! w% K F. k$ Q. j4 d" B3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 5 M. v$ y: a7 y
s- e% e7 Q/ L1 W; p 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。” 4 R3 Q1 g( q! C8 U `6 l) o4 ^/ L 4 r7 T& V3 C" q, o. B. V 这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 ( k6 g' W. ]* }) P- ^& R) H/ Q 5 ?$ k4 c4 f T4 Z: A9 e4 v9 ]- T) l$ b
Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years " a7 N( W( u A8 P: d" K$ ? % U8 F: v- y) N8 A5 Q# Q 3 }7 h9 x s; \ M: tAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. & B+ `9 R& t; I, Y: f4 U4 `* [8 U
But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. . `, S% y# H3 h1 H$ X% w4 e
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Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. 3 D" L" {3 M/ H3 D% P: h& I) v
4 {& T5 C/ @3 c" m2 t"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. 5 I7 |+ H* U- D* B# X. X# s9 d' R, w% E7 B$ q x
"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." 1 Z# R5 o6 K2 N( y% h" v
" g6 w8 _6 Q! S% ^0 y, J# N e* U/ xThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. & X, J6 @ X# _. E% s; ? 7 R& w+ M8 J/ L2 E2 i% u' ITheir oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. $ w9 U, I* G4 B7 @) z! r- E9 [/ }( W9 M* d) `, B. I9 Q
Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. 5 K& c: Y& `1 s$ I+ R+ t6 V0 p8 v
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In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. ; a: i p4 _$ `) `3 V. I. ]/ m4 U/ V' ] Y
Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. + y( V8 r; ]7 @2 ~. d4 ]$ P0 A
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She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. 7 t" i# J& V$ A7 g1 n+ }
+ j( E0 t$ k f2 Z0 T- QMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. 6 R( W8 Q/ O2 I1 ?% Z& i* @# w
, o4 z* n# ^; cBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. # Y! L7 ^ L$ j# y3 K
) [1 ]! {3 d& J"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. 3 `& H. e$ N6 J! a" C' ^ 9 J, }/ ~7 Y- U m"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. . A. c, e' h' }' ~0 s/ \' D+ R$ A9 r
"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." ) d2 w" D7 X5 y. E+ v% q, G
( M! f0 P! `) TMrs 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. 1 d" J4 c) x0 {7 b" e8 D4 U4 O m
To accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. ' I9 K* C' j( Y* y0 p( H/ e; A, g/ S4 Q* {& m: O
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. , x' u. f3 X1 \! r: y R; [4 `5 p- x6 fThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. " S3 ~& L. e# m( Z# `: J0 [
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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. 2 `; ?1 c. O2 R9 K( Q, H $ C% `* T' q N0 z"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 3 R9 M+ G Z5 ^: c3 N. X( u, ?+ U! a# B
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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