(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。 5 d1 o3 ?% I, f7 t+ ~. h# E' _) t$ o' i+ R# i
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”。 ' D0 S) }8 [# @ 2 B9 t, |7 h. f' p& z2 \$ M8 \3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 ' j# o2 Z o! @
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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。” / V& N- u4 W6 [. R, s+ I! y) `3 T: ~, ]$ ~1 R+ p3 l9 O
这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 4 r" w6 [" _; S% `; C& y( e+ @ 1 x) ^4 r9 y) X0 O2 U; ~) x. _8 G7 Q
Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years+ i/ ?- |9 n( a; ?8 V |- W
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1 T' O s f$ e9 ?; |After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. # X L# w: K4 u. n/ y 2 h- w! R r, Z4 d; s GBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. & D6 b' J4 _. a! @ 8 o! M1 Z. \! ^1 SLess than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. , T2 |1 R" G; |/ p& n$ E, u5 v / v6 z% j2 Y! 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. # t" D7 J( n- c |- A* |6 O0 D% y
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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." 9 s% A3 F2 R$ o b, v
& d2 d$ t; C6 fThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. 3 O5 o3 ]/ y: u7 p6 a1 C& ^7 n# G' T5 h( a$ 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. , d2 @- ~8 P. m: q9 o3 Z1 U! h . k' N- e$ {( W& c% @Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. 6 d3 _) u; P$ e0 c# z4 S8 K. u9 D) y" ]! H
In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. 9 N8 O: C% j. J ?1 G5 h/ e/ ?7 h$ |9 w$ q# | j }
Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. 9 o! ~- f$ p5 Y! O7 ]
6 D* K9 m* e) W) {* ^9 q) A% C/ @She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. 1 U* N9 X7 z0 J s
* m. u! ^" ?/ [* }$ A4 S H* \$ nMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. . c& Z0 s6 M# z6 L
) M' h: M' }! g5 wBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. q; s: |2 ]7 e& b" z# I
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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. * l1 `1 ?- O+ e . I0 L5 Z6 X' w% n2 S"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. : d5 [3 x! g( m J+ U9 K# N& |: z6 o" V! l# Z# H
"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." ) k7 @& F; W- c9 n- G! Q5 f( e0 P" I0 e; v) }1 q! b! P
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. " c2 o% v. C% Q* ]( D' o) G: U2 A$ B5 G
To accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. . |8 q3 J4 w4 D0 v8 W3 o
3 F( {/ k+ B- {4 J$ G! xThey spend £170 a week on their food bill. And as a result of rising bills, they have not been on holiday for three years. ) d5 q$ a ]+ M7 X, K( S+ y3 F x
They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. : ]7 v5 y8 u' _6 s E+ q; i [7 G- _* S" 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. ; Y+ j3 ]' t# I
& X) K( g$ W2 |"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." * W: g3 b; z& K5 K. Y * o( p# B: g0 s4 S& O3 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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