) L ]1 A3 [, }. k: n6 Z5 G- c 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”。 6 m& X3 Y0 s9 |+ z+ ^* [$ R
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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。” % o; P2 L, e6 _8 H# j b2 z! J! Q ' X0 Y8 g7 p" _$ o6 |! u' U) L5 W 这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。+ i8 `. F* s3 I# g9 L: R9 K
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) Y* A+ K3 d- R9 M WAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.3 o# V1 g5 v/ w2 C! I
! e% h( ~' Z; ?3 s: o* rBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 5 f9 P; D/ d+ k& H# V, P }+ p- N! K5 [! V% N" h
Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. ( ~5 l( u/ w- h+ _5 b- @
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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. + t; B2 U. s% o q4 t X5 g8 O' @) g0 ]) w# }* ~/ L$ L"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." ' t3 T' q H5 _, ~7 W! W' u& b1 ]: V `
The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. : b' @4 c. z* z' s; c. c 9 r, H/ t% |$ Q8 S, }; X7 n( zTheir oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. 8 ~2 n: L$ x, {
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Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. 6 c: P( D& x. P 9 O' ?5 W$ o( zIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. : |; `+ X& q, g( A4 Z% J1 C# t
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Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. 5 w6 @2 J, R$ C7 M3 {6 b3 L# J/ X/ ]4 b: N! _. F8 x! m
She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. " h- I# _$ u( O6 T
$ x% x0 ^ s. t7 DMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. 3 X3 J1 S" B' Z2 g/ i. ^: |- X $ R' k, Q7 e/ G( Q7 W9 z) A+ ABut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. 9 d1 x% q4 X j
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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. & ]! ]+ y# S" @7 ~- b1 r2 j7 W$ ~& I+ O( b
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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." / ^: V* u' ? ? n. ]7 Y
7 b2 `" v5 ^- b: M6 qMrs 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. E) Z1 B% A9 r9 n5 N; l) I! u; G% `- f" ~
To accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. j0 K! P( o2 j, b6 [
- F$ l$ K& X# Z) A, N$ UThey spend £170 a week on their food bill. And as a result of rising bills, they have not been on holiday for three years. ; \$ Q! |7 j, q- d, K 6 ]* F- f! ^# ?) cThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. ; V$ [, e: b* d6 G
4 D: q$ Z4 l1 p" ]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. 6 v1 j# H3 u8 x8 `" P ; I) ^9 l r. c1 V"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." & a( c$ Z5 j; m4 N2 M1 k3 Q - Q5 M# D. O) L, o2 oHe 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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