$ V* {* D) @3 @6 N 这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 3 W8 b; g& C# X" [+ v 2 O2 ^1 x J( k ?4 E7 T$ l- P9 G$ g
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/ h6 ^: `% L4 O; B6 K0 F2 q nAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.* h: j) g! h& Y K0 {. C$ o5 d) Z$ Q
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But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. C; K' x' n6 o) w
Z) {; s& a+ J! u8 wLess than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. . l9 \# l# \- ^' \1 D1 ~$ g 2 ?# i% U( c& n7 `: z/ R- w"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. 0 x4 y$ @1 p- F& R
( g) G2 u; w. |: y+ Q"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." # E9 j2 U& Z5 ^+ @- z! L' L8 Z7 ^5 o9 J/ ~' f9 A5 ?9 @& J
The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. 6 L( \( X: I4 [" W) p: E0 Y J) |1 { I/ y' S, H, j
Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. 5 Z; E5 E* T& Y& ]
+ d6 V0 |3 Z8 h1 \$ I) fAnother boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. ' E, v+ T& t3 x2 [1 E6 k ! e5 c, F9 _% i# L% EIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. ( S0 H9 l$ g! ]9 f5 h1 n' S 1 p- x1 o @. fThen on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. . X2 v; I6 v: T4 v+ n ?; i4 X$ c; R+ a- uShe had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. # j! S! C: Z! f" N0 M, f) W
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& h1 }! O5 Z1 n, z9 }8 rBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. ' [! c. ?6 W& Q# A3 t4 l w/ a 0 L+ d$ C# D) T; h& f$ Q' k, W& E"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. ; {7 v2 j) B2 e& O+ y
% [6 i; f8 \" x [) Y. J" b"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. 7 G j J+ i. L+ }: k0 n+ ?" |* q
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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." / f q, J1 K9 T. H
4 c. ]& r8 `' T- ]% }; T+ A! \& mMrs 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. & O# T- s. S, k& z! U3 x
( C+ H) b# r% s( wTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. * F& g& i# r. D2 i! `% ?/ @. d- O; r j/ R
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. / k1 m4 s: T T6 \/ x ~( A
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5 j/ @+ h7 P4 l0 d2 dMr 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. 7 v- U0 i3 F! @
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"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." ! M' |! h3 C% R: o: [( q" Z1 |
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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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