(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。 9 f) ^8 ?: k0 m9 w' F 1 D, i0 X: M) J7 ~ 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”。 0 r* | l' J2 E: F" D+ _+ t3 a& w- L9 Q3 K
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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。” : [' K, f2 C. N8 k) b8 S) g' y* r& f2 A' }
这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。: Y1 u# H6 Y2 [( _& d6 H
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1 n; z p+ ?3 M* Z6 F! c; M+ ] $ T7 m! ?" N. n! f9 K! E# LAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.0 L3 z6 a/ R) _0 w, R6 ~
7 R% U9 X/ ]2 pBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. $ T( N+ R. I& r9 I$ K' u# z5 k' ^- h- _1 c- |# V* K* b. Q
Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. 9 i7 B ?7 U5 t6 e* T% L8 j; q! V1 h
"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. # t* ?0 y0 W/ W0 C : u5 U. }9 O( K* ?9 m$ ]"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." 2 i' q' H0 s8 r
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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. 8 v( z* ?1 o2 z" X( g/ M7 u C1 ~2 D7 C8 m6 b8 \3 c( N
Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. 1 o0 h. Y' z6 y 6 x; v4 z# O: wAnother boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. ' d9 e8 p# j3 A& y* p! R$ r% [ 1 D5 b$ |- `: O3 A6 sIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. ) S9 k9 ~1 S1 A: `: l0 Z" A 0 v5 ]1 Q v C& P/ p6 ]0 _5 K, T* LThen on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. ' N3 }# G4 e) P1 d3 h _- F
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She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. # M! z7 i# U3 i% K j4 n' O* V8 B7 X" A$ l
$ f+ r1 [ C: G N$ T w* W- uMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. 6 A: ]$ h) N) Q$ Y
3 ^* ^0 J; Z& v5 r V, S1 IBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. c4 W' G+ P+ \ [1 \( v
% s/ w. P- u, o"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. 1 h; [% O7 F' c. R8 d " r# G) A M; p* c4 w& u! p- x"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. ) m6 F3 c8 `1 r: C- h9 ]0 p
3 n R8 x6 F' O$ u* w/ S+ \"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." , M$ @$ |9 s4 @3 }# m " f7 }. l9 t3 v3 o! 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. $ E5 H( ]* L' v; [/ `% |: v( j6 F6 o+ `7 e+ ^
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: ^! y- r1 B3 q; K5 e
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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. 9 `- V7 G. l7 y5 ]3 I4 r; g U3 r
& w5 x- ^8 N. O) KThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. + s m) m. X4 h - Y( ], M; J0 g7 n( \# ^, CMr 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. & q' @- D' U, l" H: D9 {& L, }9 A2 h# o/ O
"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." $ G1 P1 b4 V6 C9 V3 Y
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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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