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Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years 5 B4 ~9 H9 p. k1 ?+ c! C5 U" M( u ; [ _1 i* Z: Q h ) V* \: }9 C p. Z6 \1 N: y5 y6 c- rAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. - ~4 }; }- Q+ X- `0 o7 n- @/ t* S- n
But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 0 E5 \' F1 }# _ _9 p* _0 H1 C. I' Q# }7 n. o
Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. $ e& [) T( H7 y% R9 t! s; y$ w: ~* R w; U
"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 m5 M: J: O& f. o8 H # H& q9 l7 `( O"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." + A! u9 q, Y" X- T8 g% L* ~ * \: C- O l! }The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. * u7 j0 `8 w6 a! i5 m 5 N" L3 t. F; S! k# V' f$ @Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. . a% q. ^5 |3 H$ T& t
1 z7 ^; y2 D- A" B# Q7 bAnother boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. 7 `- T K" L+ T0 p+ w5 Q" [% T4 D" c5 ?& C/ ^
In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. ! k+ J4 U# L; M* N9 O& \ 8 b, H+ T# K8 l# e+ @" z, WThen on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. 1 J% b5 y, h7 R2 v) J" [- J
6 o n; n+ m7 I# x+ ]- g6 {+ _She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. : w% j O- O& ^- Q" v3 O0 { 8 ]# H8 c# C; J' U; |9 {7 d. cMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. 0 z6 p! M& J. c0 D4 p3 V& J9 X( y" \. }' P
But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. & g5 z$ \- b' i* O: G( {$ Z
5 R0 r) V( p3 j( O( `"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. " ~/ L: h. p1 V0 N4 b" {# ^8 K0 q l6 b; g7 m! a& j8 a* K1 m- q"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. - r7 P& E! T9 V6 `' w, @
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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." ; ^# S! K6 j2 n# a1 K" S! L1 V) W/ ]- R
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. : J( c( U, P5 x2 Z% u4 P& v, I% i& ]
. w8 k1 M7 q8 {( K9 D$ LTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. 7 ?" L& v2 N. o
! S8 t! ]# N6 z% M; PThey spend £170 a week on their food bill. And as a result of rising bills, they have not been on holiday for three years. + Z7 T5 z. l" N# m7 T: f% E* ~9 v: \* o$ c* J. |2 p& a0 {
They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. - P) M2 ?/ R$ N) J8 n$ j
; W9 W6 t6 r7 E" O% `& i) w5 ^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 K8 s8 x- p/ _! l/ x7 z
3 a4 _) V3 |' g& I. _! X. F"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." c9 _$ F- _$ j
' c! s, B$ I5 S- qHe 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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