(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。 1 a: J& I5 N. o7 U, n " z$ e+ A+ y# M1 c 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”。 8 D- V8 a9 x" M2 j# z% X1 J% G! r 0 {' q& N7 c. {) i1 A- e8 f0 a3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 6 `, K% { x0 l- h# E0 V% I. J0 o0 M( Z6 K
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。” B [- s& `0 {1 t. \6 A) k) h2 r$ _+ z; _8 g' V' |
这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。: h, Q- x1 C! s( c) D! P
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Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years ) i( n5 _/ ~; x 6 L7 ~2 C6 N1 c ' C7 q2 `& A- I- ?* u# f$ tAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.0 ]( U, C( m6 K( \
, y$ @1 ]5 g; _; N) j4 ZBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 9 S4 m. y' a* q8 \1 [2 e) r' s! p3 ~2 m; B& U+ L' O
Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. 8 n$ J( j- I8 T; ^# o
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"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. : C) f% Y) @: T- R% G
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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." ' ^2 l8 e% j; v
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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. ! q; {9 k( S' X5 E+ i' k1 J+ r* J; q4 Y7 x/ T3 K( M
Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. + _# I1 t. t% l
- f0 [. S* S$ |9 W4 S" ]Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. " z3 Q8 {* u( K# D, u6 L* D 0 _0 p" c' i/ f4 b2 ^$ s8 h- DIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. ; i# b# Z$ ~2 j; @! _; a 7 X2 {3 q5 h" V" ?Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. 7 p4 {7 W4 U6 o% W% _2 r6 ]9 }9 }, L: D! X
She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. + a& E8 }! F0 j
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Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. 7 x* \) Y/ h: W9 ^5 h3 L: T8 ^
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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. # L& r* d& T+ F! @ X) r, c0 n' a3 f
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"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. 5 t$ a3 O0 i5 Q ( X5 {2 ]7 o- L1 g"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." . J* X2 {0 o: |& t: B9 M
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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. 3 m0 o, |# [3 h* A
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To accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. 4 ~) q r- F. b; {% f5 e9 [8 \7 ~. B( O7 L6 e+ c: Z
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/ F# c2 |7 o6 C( F0 V: F
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They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. 7 z2 ]" M6 E* n# N: [ " X3 R7 r( q# Z, u% ~! P# {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. ' G% `2 o# Q5 B$ _) Z4 R8 y
5 z/ r% H1 ]- i% S* u3 X; K7 S"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." ; Q6 l( q+ ~7 r7 Z, |3 ^2 {- Z% O & p; c+ S) u; o# pHe 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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