(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。 : |" w1 u5 a' p- z4 B4 B9 u
/ w( ~( b" }. D% J0 p" V 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”。 & Z+ V! M5 J* O ( d- K: [+ W V8 x0 b3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 % h7 \% k' S4 }- Q
- P* G% R' _$ [% @9 h9 C2 U Q* u 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。” ( n) v( V3 a6 s t# L+ h" z 4 r- q: |' K1 s 这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。. V! f( }0 m( O: b: G+ K
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Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years- s2 l: m) [/ v4 m; Q
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After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. * j7 Y/ A( W5 B1 h n1 P. U8 @6 w J
But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. * W& p3 A. g% A4 R! \! K/ f. G. @( u n
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Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. 5 E% V- Q7 V" [3 Z. p+ t1 H9 F e* R, _. y9 {& Y& h
"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 g# r( H( w0 y+ Z4 \2 J) E3 A
/ ]2 S N" q, s9 b8 ]: ?"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." 4 r+ T# u A& |" t6 y F
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The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. ! T% l7 v0 p0 ?, F3 W: D8 H
1 {( _; @* B* K$ l X( y9 JTheir oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. ; u! b& S+ k' K I# g% A" |( s. ]4 x+ M
Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. 3 d. @9 I# C; s; I1 M) _. T$ [
& I$ Q# _) n: ]- V! ^In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. + _) a. p8 Q3 `6 `4 y: P1 k$ E) ~9 e4 w" o
Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. $ ~! V2 [4 |% O- F, b7 L. {' T! ]3 t, W
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She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. " d0 H6 N% y8 s' w
7 t1 c5 I8 \- q# U8 b" _! bMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. 1 F) L6 N9 i( @% B4 i- n 0 P9 k* F: X2 U0 b" a" YBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. ' S* K. X1 W7 h7 Q' S2 c$ }+ {( _0 B) J
"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. ! P/ Q |( C( D3 P
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"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. ; G" B# v' b& p5 g
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"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." % Y( ]; d k6 P `
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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 u, m! X2 p: w! G) p/ U3 o
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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. 0 e. Q. J# ]! }5 K' f 8 t. U0 B# A) j5 OThey 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 c1 r1 ?" b5 P5 b ( b3 w6 H, s" J5 P: A# T. x6 mThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. : a3 N1 p: J2 U& ~6 q3 d6 D
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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. " ]! E5 W$ p6 B- e6 {. Q( E* I6 X 4 _+ s; K! o8 m! B"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." + U. f( o$ r* V& n
) I9 W/ d* T5 ~/ ^1 JHe 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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