(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。 ) N8 o, K( v# C" O' q $ r4 }% x% F% P/ a: `; D 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”。 l2 B4 h3 `4 c D
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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。” # T( \: |5 ^" R9 z
! T5 l8 J" O6 J. A) z2 ~' i 这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。' h( F. ~/ Y; E
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Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years . L" o$ n7 [& R8 L# `) }6 z3 M/ T1 u7 v
2 t' G' ~- u0 J$ NAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. 7 y ?6 I- J; Z9 T% P6 p. M2 G/ \3 h0 A9 u( T+ _
But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 4 y& C/ p: z: e 9 B6 [% T) j4 K$ e. j- \Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. ( Q3 o1 B3 O/ ~9 |
- g5 m! _: r8 {) {"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. 2 W1 \! M* K/ i9 z v1 J! l
7 O& ]* D3 f& G2 f. t) s"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." 8 _3 T* P+ G/ d" B4 Q
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The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. " K8 J, V" F5 p8 K
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Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. . \) q6 e- H; U$ ?6 `. Q/ k
" v# ` p+ w L A2 ?Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. . {8 b- S E6 z4 S7 ^ 5 h$ T ^ [0 w( rIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. . g1 |1 j$ S. o( I& [8 L
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Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. $ ^- p0 q3 \$ m. e
3 F0 m# G* ^ J6 cShe had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. $ b# X# Y6 o. b% Q ~
+ S7 W+ X/ [) S; N% `Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. : e- q2 T! i8 l% R1 I3 Y' E' R3 b1 G7 y
But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. 7 {9 Y* C& [7 K3 a/ O
4 L1 }- _+ h& ^9 S( P"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. ' q# e! k! M ]5 I( m, M8 F
) t3 P' ]- I3 b. ~3 I2 W7 T, n/ Q"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. U. ^& I! i+ w% E; m: g: ]5 [. k7 m! W z
"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." % D5 Y( c9 D5 M, p! Y" n/ R2 N A* O4 Y/ }$ ~- iMrs 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. ; ~* `- S2 g. G: n $ n3 w: _; U, u- qTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. 2 N U* h+ e# t+ z3 [3 f
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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. . R8 I9 T- }: o$ Z1 t( q0 m 7 z4 _2 y2 z _& M" }" [, L6 _7 M) FThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. 3 h) r6 z& i% u% K) m4 B0 |* T 6 \5 g# I+ ^( F \4 \5 H- W3 mMr 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. " [2 k& f$ V U5 l( ^) S/ ` 6 Y4 z0 W' I/ j% X"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." , g; m( Z! I" x) v5 R6 @
9 U. {: i0 D# \He 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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