6 d; L8 w4 q+ f, W: s$ y8 j4 ? 这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 $ o- L( I: @% B' @* ]2 N! b0 _) g3 D" v0 C7 g& B+ C
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Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years 2 i: E- C; i: L# `( u/ Z ; m2 k# ?% D9 ]' M" S, K: v- X* c0 I! L0 C
After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.# @ C, S, e u
- S7 ]. o$ v" d( RBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 9 H; p3 h" p* O1 P6 r/ f c D6 o# @/ S7 B' V, j
Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. 0 d7 ^$ ^- B# r4 F2 M- M0 j- r7 @8 [( f2 B+ `, `. w3 ?3 \
"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. 1 a; e0 r) c, ^; ?3 s: ^" i6 B. e1 o/ f$ B
"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." / G+ @) T% Q: Q/ w; t3 R2 Q: c ) n, [( O* D: t( Z% u E$ dThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. ( G+ b# z+ ?( o T9 p' c3 l; T9 }, s
Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. , \: t: r t4 I# I+ ?9 [ @
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Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. # V+ w! u2 S; q1 O+ d & x* a2 Y7 E7 [7 U# @In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. 4 J+ _! `5 a4 o0 @, o6 J( l) B
% }6 a( G9 T! a- I2 t) l4 @: t& fThen on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. , N, d/ ^" c0 i. m
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She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. 5 h. J3 U% W, U! t8 U% z
0 R8 E- E. b& j( M$ |Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. 4 P; T8 G( o8 E4 J3 G' Z% t3 w1 ~! P: G" O" C3 _
But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. - h0 B4 h% B: U* Y& _3 O5 B4 b h; L7 y8 i, i5 i
"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. . i! s: b! ?6 F1 m: k0 G$ f
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"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. 9 Q6 \1 y" K% D: h# M3 r% c) r
3 g$ F" e& J3 k" O5 _* @) h- d"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." : X' X! P \7 x: a. F% t5 Q+ E - q' v$ b% }5 v- cMrs 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. " W; M2 \7 L- S
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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 T* \6 [: V: g0 l5 y1 B/ d! L% e
; d7 m4 l- f) D2 D8 O! 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. ) f$ E* J6 Z% r: m3 D2 S$ p 3 D5 j& s- d& i. B+ \They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. / {% R( I8 N0 _+ R6 u2 h+ H
% e. [5 z9 v. d- S# {8 GMr 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. " Z2 `1 U" b) G3 b4 [, h y3 T+ B/ B0 _
"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 4 i" T) ^# { S% X8 X3 j) u$ {6 S, Q+ N0 f0 e- G. v. }
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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