(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。 % s' y) [6 N4 h! M& J! \" C) r" f) J% n1 ]" x& P$ 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”。 3 d( T* V4 q- i! P& R8 v' Y; i# { 3 @- M" A" r" I6 ^1 H) b. z3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 ; ]) h" _: \% V$ T6 @$ V * Q2 Q% ]/ R" [' i3 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。” 7 G, q1 R# D s! T; {0 r 9 R* }7 e% U9 Q) L! M! x5 @ 这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 " g2 K* S7 O3 ~' {8 ~ 7 H- q* E, n9 i% A7 q / l2 j0 q5 ?9 a4 i k. G) ySupermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years # L5 n- |* y1 D& I G( |* p( d" j8 k- B5 c
, {- I* B: a# Y0 bAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. , D' J# f5 @! l H 1 k8 n6 f1 ?0 D- D V( X5 vBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. ) }; u5 b, |1 ^
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Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. : ^. e; ?) |8 ~8 M+ V% d- h$ z" W" p( @7 ]& c, g
"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. + d0 _; v% l; ?6 [9 a 1 D- k' O- C! d3 N) m, T"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." ( C+ I: I1 {4 |0 F2 G6 C* a
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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. $ J. M; ~, k: J0 w* 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. " I2 p, _& _. \ T
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1 y p3 Q9 K$ N1 Y2 e0 W- OIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. 8 y! Q! K% ]& f# T
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Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. # l- k6 n0 H" W; P: T7 p' a' O% | 7 O8 l0 M; F/ @8 j. j. SShe had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. : l8 n6 P1 m/ }! B8 v; R2 Z
. U, Z( T1 X; r. y* S* qMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. , l1 b% F8 M. N5 T7 u* x9 G # A; r8 k$ D; Z: W6 m: ?. zBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. # u m+ o( f" |+ x0 @% j 4 x& i! }2 t# S K$ G+ \"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. " @# [9 Z# o% y
+ C- F5 `4 Y C' Z8 [3 A: R"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. 3 c6 y+ M4 p9 \. X( I
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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." # F9 k+ u0 m' p# V* k + L/ U7 @0 D% S6 ~0 eMrs 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. ' l: u! l, M$ G# {5 I8 { k) [ 1 Q% R3 ^& @. l1 U! jTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. : r) `' }/ g* L, r& m- g4 L O' J# s, n: S: l
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. E0 Q2 P$ f. N( N+ q 9 M) j5 b- n5 L2 d* g) DThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. d- a9 o# ]+ K5 S' B% j
' h( n5 l( {/ B* b+ S i3 C9 fMr 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. ' b5 L; r. @4 q5 x ! |0 b5 X' l, o. E0 [" ?$ p' _$ |"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 5 ^9 `9 C; ]. O- D/ c8 R3 [ - j! u9 d- ^; Q3 \& g2 O% G. SHe 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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