(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。 8 j6 N2 C( {' O% ] 4 J1 K4 ^ e) X5 ] 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”。 ) ^ ]. B1 v, I1 t# f2 n0 ]# F( L - w* W7 N! ^- i/ e/ x. R! {3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 + U: e" p2 ~! p% _- Y% K0 W- w8 @
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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。” f$ w! j5 o. M8 A( T1 k. r
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这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。' u2 w. h% t* I6 u ^! F; B2 l
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Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years6 g6 t2 s7 {5 M5 ]
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% D6 ~" j. D2 S* G1 w' p, DAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. ; r! o1 X0 q7 o, Z9 g2 s: m9 v" o5 c; h1 v
But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. . Z, ]( }1 h8 x' q5 l# t* Z' ]5 ^. S, T
Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. # u2 D( J5 X6 Q* h+ U$ E # b$ L0 O( H1 q7 e j"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. % W# I! N6 z! @
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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." - C( Z4 i, L6 t' T- S9 M- [- p0 c
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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. ' y) ]% H1 C/ X5 `5 C( | - d* t6 }) T4 _0 j3 K. bTheir oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. ! m' \% V! `2 r5 D2 K* I* U, d( W0 d
Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. ) ]7 j1 j; k- V) L3 e0 z! U
( e: Q# f7 d$ q5 V. BIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. 6 b. {! h6 L, W6 W5 g- r' H0 J. g- p; Q% [. M
Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. 0 b* C. U/ @5 _& a ' M& t3 _: {7 G/ L. S5 [7 ^' uShe had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. $ P2 G" F9 D2 d; I1 D9 ^
( U& g5 r, |4 J/ ?/ KMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. ' F( J3 s+ H' ?0 a: T0 `# { . z; [# e& X+ f' P. qBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. 4 h9 l6 H9 O2 p. h8 s; E
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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. 9 y5 W( m1 s7 C 3 @- e8 U- m2 T4 Y"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. ' n% W. R$ [. B4 Q9 f
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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." # Q9 o( E- f1 u( q+ Q2 P 4 X0 ~! H0 c7 N, Y7 Z: W: IMrs 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. - q4 W# _5 R3 V- v5 m
/ U5 t' v9 t: jTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. / _2 { r% l ]* s y
, r0 K5 H9 n" W7 X& M3 n# `9 AThey spend £170 a week on their food bill. And as a result of rising bills, they have not been on holiday for three years. 8 H2 o, R+ b/ f, j+ U3 y+ o 7 C3 F+ L- E/ C; nThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. ) |# O0 I5 h, H0 p& y
: I8 `( R" q6 {' l4 M1 t& HMr 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. ; x8 p- \" J& U/ K$ H
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5 s3 z) p0 I' o1 KHe 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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