(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。 . u$ J2 M& B& n / ? {: E8 `7 n* }' p, @/ i# w 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”。 + B6 ^; G% `% i( B2 L' N7 q6 `8 Q' l6 |$ ]
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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。” 9 I5 |3 g; y' F' m9 K9 S! ?0 H4 V
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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。 / y; Y) Z, ?' n) }, Q . H# r, S, F& A5 V' K; c1 w/ [# y$ m1 [3 x* M- k+ k6 D+ s, C
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, |2 v, Y- {3 W 6 }$ c, h4 e* aAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.1 w) i: @. j5 [' X5 E
7 |: U+ Y. }. X8 o$ XBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 8 R( i* a5 S- _) Q. ^: x5 j" [& }4 Y. I$ r! S! e) z
Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. - y' `. ~0 O4 J& ^6 t; ?# l: W* W4 A Q7 i# |
"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. 3 S+ ]9 p9 z; w/ h- ^; U9 C+ ]- n4 I
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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." H1 N8 f5 k' a* ?3 N; S1 f$ [ F - |$ c' O# x8 Q' n9 Z2 _The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. 4 G+ D! P# M+ L 1 e& Z, ]7 X1 i: ]( e4 j! T8 }Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. ) N) s7 O# E: h8 o! {8 w
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Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. $ N& R1 e. A1 M X5 R+ d3 ?' d T
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In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. $ I' P8 D$ a) i
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Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. 6 m4 I8 g4 U. z! d6 l; k
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She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. 1 w0 Q3 ]: M: s* s* x5 ?" S9 k1 y0 ~1 C4 F& {4 E
Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. 2 L7 E, n4 N3 B+ C8 e, K ! Y8 f Y5 N6 j5 A# N5 V2 i, }, {# LBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. _7 s. u0 R, S: S % ^; g I" X9 B& u" H"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. 1 c3 E5 }$ V7 D( O: [( h/ ~
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"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. : S; \+ F" P$ `5 s7 H& h 0 S: O% g& b/ 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." 3 ^1 O0 Y; t; x9 w
( C3 B. ?4 o) m C1 ZMrs 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. ( T2 d! o% c8 A& }
. X. w" R4 z% j6 a! l3 i. ?$ OTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. $ G/ D( b' C, W; A : j0 Y; j( a( R, V9 J) ~' RThey spend £170 a week on their food bill. And as a result of rising bills, they have not been on holiday for three years. % u" L. D( s; W( L3 X / R y7 i. n7 oThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. ; e7 R S* I" u3 C + R9 G& ]8 i, w( Y# E' L$ vMr 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. ! r4 V- L; r7 ?9 }* n8 O- w8 M! g+ g4 w7 x( k" r/ m& o3 _
"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 9 c& W1 c6 B+ V( n0 T 6 J: S- m- _9 ]' rHe 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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