(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 y9 K/ R- T* A- O 5 M' {9 y. }( D 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”。 * Z. v m5 ]$ n6 ^" N1 m
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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。” 0 Q" f8 r4 m# m 0 e/ L, D" {7 |2 b) ` 这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 3 d! I9 G" U& | ' e" ]5 y$ r2 k) D; i6 l C/ K+ W" y7 y' D+ cSupermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years * J0 S ]+ ^( y& J# ?; Y# G E8 h) n7 k/ w/ i
+ O% i9 e N* X0 [After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. 6 N3 ^- V: a4 K& i9 P; V: [& J& [ & y9 Z1 t' a6 \$ j8 q: s. iBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 7 X+ ]8 ?/ \( K D3 ]
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Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. : K; W) L7 d9 J6 z, |8 ]9 J3 @# U5 j% \1 Z5 }# x" g% r9 z
"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. ! Z1 A" f1 p/ J . T' T) Z8 C+ e4 O5 o* n6 o+ w"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." + E) j8 m5 X! B0 X C* E5 O
7 k6 |. h u7 c1 h- \The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. ( S5 r5 R. C: d u
1 [- B6 _' @0 d6 Y: d) KTheir oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. , l" d% V/ G( p9 \( |
# @! \7 z: p; V# ~* \4 @9 CAnother boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. * O2 D9 ~2 u _, n6 A c! C
& E, t4 P P( @; z5 T' f. S+ J- gIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. 8 f9 u! @- {0 r4 |1 ~
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Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. * v3 D5 i. b& |0 [ # P: x" I# j' M& U P; TShe had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. 5 x3 ?: n: r7 h$ K6 M( y! Q, x% C* R: \! y
Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. 5 Y5 A3 R+ ~+ a# q. L7 u {6 w6 x }# U
But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. * G; j/ Y; b3 M; \6 c& s2 y
6 h& X; U/ d. J; S& \"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. 4 r8 G" F" X, J $ M/ r$ z7 v) U" \6 \7 k"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. 2 L: d+ x' L# W( T. Y# p) |: D; ~9 O: w$ `/ f7 B! U
"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." 8 m4 R7 P1 f3 ^
- Z- I' c9 V* r: T" P+ D1 GMrs 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. L" H* k+ D# D% x% }6 |3 Q* S% O0 y3 i. k
To accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. 5 |- b3 R$ k, R# H, i, {4 a9 ]) N' t
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. ! g( _) ]4 k( K/ r! }5 r2 g7 L3 G3 r( I B
They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. 6 f9 K0 h" g% R2 X. Z
1 E/ [/ n9 l: R4 {: vMr 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 V0 M- z% J, [* o5 N
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"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 9 r S' P, D0 B" ^! k4 d: Y! p
4 Q2 {& |0 X/ Z# UHe 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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