(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。 0 O# M0 t( h; V8 u9 m1 L
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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”。 + w, v1 z, H. L5 R# S8 c4 R/ y; J, E' O3 N9 ^0 O1 W% P
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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。” * \5 T8 O2 ~. b t# w ; N3 z) i+ P$ L- g! Z2 @, }1 _ 这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 1 w$ b" f, z# K9 @! E& \) @$ c
# s9 O$ Q9 c' o2 A; F- S) `4 ~Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years& v* @& x+ n% i4 T
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8 f& G% p+ Z9 V. PAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.7 v) U) {! J1 o1 K
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But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. ( O2 ?0 s: Z# S. d/ {5 T, | J F( e7 [
Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. . O; T2 M7 `' L" R& R! Z1 w" E # T, }. X; l7 B, W"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. : k7 R5 `& D3 F( w* R! t5 W9 [; ]+ L; W
"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." . D8 s! E z5 j* S 3 {4 r, z* c, x9 j8 Y7 x6 gThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. # f4 U/ X7 C8 t5 G4 b* f5 M& E# p5 i/ | ^: d: @1 H6 U7 o% q; i
Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. : l4 c$ k$ }. I) W
* U3 O# Z: f7 ?' n$ \" q6 hAnother boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. 0 `- L# m. E) `, J" s
! Q i: F4 W! e9 Q* e& ^9 Z4 ^In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. ' H; n, h8 k- G5 { a G9 P5 C% L K
Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. , O# B' @7 y6 b5 }+ E; E) p, ]- @ d9 ^8 D9 A! P
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% l+ C( t8 F |) K" r3 \! Z9 k, SMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. # j; Q% a9 f4 K8 ~* { J% h$ p8 X$ U% m5 c# E7 h
But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. # X; G/ W- l9 H0 i* `2 q5 S2 G 1 k' E: r7 `3 j9 V2 K: z"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. * R1 H2 {$ L3 x! A: z2 f 9 U6 N4 k. }' v7 _"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. & j# v2 E6 F' W7 t
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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." + e# f1 F# N9 {# {0 ^4 \$ N: v: D8 C) r4 ?
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. ; N+ k. s6 N% n. o" N ) }! e4 O U3 }0 q+ lTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. * ~. K3 {* B3 P' A9 p Y7 _6 f- {, S. z+ q* D
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. . i/ u+ e% q, E+ B2 B# W6 O8 h7 q1 `
They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. . r* {0 I! V9 ~; b/ d
! ~9 S# Z7 L$ L2 L, aMr 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. F- M z! ~( F1 s" i3 y + H) P5 R$ P1 E0 r' ?( H: M"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 1 F; \+ [; b4 Q/ c% y8 ]+ r6 d
+ r" ?) M" C' y7 k7 @# k4 G' bHe 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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