(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。 % S2 o$ ?2 g+ s5 ^3 W) z, g8 E
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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”。 . d0 f; N! b, N0 c) N1 K% S0 F1 F3 [
3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 1 T; ?- G' u, t! m/ |
1 S5 A( e; {# f+ O7 X1 s 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。” 1 h0 x0 W: [+ x8 ~
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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。 X4 T" O1 Q3 }, ` 1 z) j( R* {" M5 ` 6 z9 q1 L, ?: B I3 W. I* c9 f- nSupermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years ) r9 _: M6 t* `' k& ?5 v4 {( G+ ]9 D5 e& C& R6 u
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After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.0 y: I: c% I# T$ X' B3 e
) J2 n3 J, E m: e6 o7 sBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. ' l0 j& O3 F' U- H4 R2 |2 \( f8 ~7 _$ s
Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. 7 d5 k0 F$ y' h* J4 f
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"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 r6 t- D* m' `8 r( z
: F7 j! }! I6 P3 L"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." + i& a( g0 i3 f% g4 O& y, a6 q. N6 T( f' \' z
The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. , V, `- T6 N0 C" ]) c' y; G
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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. + g- s4 B* U& z$ E) I+ [% g1 P & ~+ h. b1 F4 g9 F- X9 CAnother boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. ; V& j7 [+ E; j , I' i! |( D2 x& X; }! E' M2 ~9 YIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. : c1 D3 Y# c5 m( ~ R& `- |0 }& V( X2 \9 Y
Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. ' j7 D2 a/ q9 F3 Z/ d% s
0 j3 T# p% v* x3 n2 Y% e; y XShe had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. , [$ P# S' f5 {
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Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. , ]! E# e( Q/ P8 R# }. R
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But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. + B- j: @" V% Y- @9 b p % @( P. h: S) z, p2 G+ f"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. * }0 _3 g) T& [$ M O8 w. e7 \
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"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. $ N/ q J/ a4 A. T# w v
6 ?: i7 g# \! v: _/ f"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." - V3 o7 ?$ r9 G& w, ^! u! m& y% M6 R) W& _+ u9 N
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. 6 n- |! g+ X& \$ R
( r v; j7 W r+ P8 x, C5 UTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. 5 i3 T U9 D! _ h
4 i: x) ^) u8 VThey 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. k- V7 Z: F j+ F' `
/ W. S8 B% n+ L' [% lThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. 6 T# k- C1 `$ O' n0 K+ M6 K @, Y
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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. 3 O# W7 N8 V2 Q( [& m3 Y0 ^ 2 ?2 i4 r* b+ Y: j) F"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 9 O9 M6 H: b+ w' _+ d% }+ R& n
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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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