(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。 * E& ~ i# o7 B |3 e
/ w; `* Q+ S% f- O 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”。 X2 V& p% Y# H: q h8 l
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3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 ( G0 V, l. A2 E0 R$ y/ ~$ l6 y M+ |7 R7 c$ 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。” 5 g' J4 Z- N+ v# `- r
# Z( Y3 U' e7 D 这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 / q* C) c. l9 N, B5 S4 z) c 4 i9 Z* A5 r. K ( f) N7 o2 Q8 v2 j# X7 R. b: @3 mSupermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years " ]/ Y/ t0 Y! }' o 1 T9 E- G4 _2 o% A7 P& s/ S * _" Q( W3 N; G; PAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. 7 L( P( C0 U1 X5 D0 R8 { 7 A0 @' a* C( [/ g9 R MBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. & U+ O$ [/ S$ a# Q# m- j1 a
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Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. 2 U6 j1 z% T. Y! L" u3 [: v ]8 s1 o7 Y. W% p
"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. 6 G/ Q5 N& Z9 f H & Y! ~( d* f* W2 I' P; x! B9 ]"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." ! I9 _, {* Q( G) H
5 ]; U( m8 U- G w: pThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. 9 E* y! a/ D: T2 f5 t+ m
( E' Y7 J* f6 T$ MTheir oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. . E1 p; q( D |& S/ y+ [. Z) J) }7 L. D' ~$ c9 B8 o
Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. 9 F* d/ Z1 f9 F# U& v
$ s, N1 C- \- R9 Z/ p2 K* @7 rIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. 8 v6 D0 j2 z% b1 D: E- K- \8 e ) \* S5 L. Z) `! ~& x D( NThen on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. , s) s# C) w" J, ?+ A
- ^, ?9 H* H0 U, d3 OShe had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. 6 X3 F$ L# _* T+ I6 `3 h/ [/ Q/ I8 D% a: c V: J) {) W
Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. ( f) p, O/ F7 V, I: U# m . f+ E! n( ^; s. S9 `; RBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. : ~& V8 n+ `' I2 @( `: p3 d, l. U6 U1 U " A) i* G6 J% s$ v! o% v"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. 5 W7 G* \% j, N1 g
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"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. , L2 k# k- i' @4 A
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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." 4 Q, [+ X0 F# f9 Q) h) y% b; p: v
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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. , g7 }5 Z8 \1 O) T6 g, o 8 S- e- x t; B w# ZTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. . r% e) `2 H4 r: G
8 D0 H" o4 G* L9 k9 M- E& GThey spend £170 a week on their food bill. And as a result of rising bills, they have not been on holiday for three years. . V, o0 B6 d& U. P A
1 \' e1 H0 _/ c" K% \- wThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. P9 r# W4 u5 k
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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. 2 f, x( J, \2 {1 R3 y" H! z- }7 |9 b
"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." ~6 M! ?8 U+ O
! W/ `/ X; ~3 T9 g" H& n+ m: DHe 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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