(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。 * O) w2 Q0 ]6 j3 \7 e& ?7 u6 {5 t! n d# f* p7 T4 V0 E0 a
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”。 1 \3 F6 s) A3 F: i! E
0 r. ~; N% r6 ], [( t5 u+ S1 `3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 9 @2 c4 f# k* E( k& k
% c) N% g) l+ n6 A' i 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。” 3 U$ g7 S2 o5 v% C$ t# N4 Z; p
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这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 $ {5 e I* @9 K: Q0 \$ A x( M, y : t2 s- ^. K5 H7 R Z1 \- n5 ~+ m- B , F* l$ m( _6 {# |Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years 5 V5 f/ w! j* a+ Q+ S2 L" O3 t3 W# H5 _8 I+ W% A; J% n1 H
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After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. 4 w, z m/ [% @! V , g" X! k2 |* I8 V ?* W( pBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. ! Z" W+ ]7 V* t3 f' Z0 Q
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Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. ' T1 F$ o# v: E
% ^. C0 |7 e9 V3 P7 ~"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 b) p+ C7 u( X: x' i. ` b7 ^
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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." & h) f; r/ O6 K2 G# I, T6 Y7 B
The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. , O* @9 y1 M" f, R : X' `; Y: E0 C7 UTheir oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. . q( n1 @; O! [. J/ u* i2 x% ?: R, E' D( k4 n% Y4 V
Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. 7 ]2 h9 G+ m' ^, J2 C
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In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. ! ]+ S% C: X7 x8 V: J: |3 B) t% a# Q- G+ L- U. N
Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. r8 U! ], f% ?* k3 y
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She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. " e; f6 @- \. Y: x* v
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Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. / ?) B. M8 v9 J! V0 q) I + [; `7 S5 \( @+ O& Q6 c4 q( iBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. ) D. |, \; a( z
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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. # M4 X" }8 I- ~# r v0 u9 l4 p# B- H0 @5 o( X& h" b' H
"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. ) U" B, e Y9 s$ D% Z/ x' R# Q: S( j5 d% _( I; J* d7 m% u
"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." ' n1 X" O( X5 v* O$ {( } / p" w0 o5 J6 N1 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. " V5 B. |2 J- }6 L3 n+ I 4 n2 V+ ^$ X" OTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. ( f% ^( m; z% m( j6 r/ K
N9 ^! T- \+ R4 E5 eThey spend £170 a week on their food bill. And as a result of rising bills, they have not been on holiday for three years. ! M' Q/ M* \& W- O" W% ~9 j5 Q- I, S( q% Y: M
They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. ' a5 A- ]+ q2 {$ `3 g9 o2 H. I
2 j; m1 j& w) M7 n* L1 bMr 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. ) F7 {# d# C) {: v v& S " H8 n$ o$ I2 F2 D O"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." ' |5 }3 ?; N+ p! C* n2 l
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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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