& j3 D5 i! r$ G5 {! J( K 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。” : B: ]/ f* ^; u( `# Q1 s( I/ F8 h7 ], r# U6 Z1 R: C* [' ~: ^! {
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After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.0 P6 f/ J2 ?9 A( L/ R$ {
( X9 K% I9 \) {8 M" p( r9 C. OBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 6 ^& ?) }2 Y$ W% Z3 l6 r" B0 |- I, f. B8 @: _" u0 I4 b
Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. ' ?* u3 ?2 D9 r7 D3 c5 O0 Q$ g/ V* f, r# K, S
"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. ; J1 V: L' U) f# `/ _" Q6 \/ f+ O( x8 W1 j8 S. P
"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." 8 l* V; R3 P3 W+ p4 e) w/ g& {& _- h! E
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 u# W/ ^3 ^0 A6 z " ^9 i( t+ j1 L# Z+ r- vTheir oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. # K! d3 u5 Z( F) U. ?, ]1 U 8 _' T- M* k; Y- LAnother boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. W/ u- `9 [9 v& N. Y / F+ Q; ?+ C$ B+ `In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. , {1 d+ C" w; s- v! l! }. L0 v
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But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. 3 ^8 u" n% x$ u0 Y$ d( u, N- h! y
# g C; V4 ?3 s% ^$ A N"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. $ S0 R% v+ d# L. L9 P . N& T4 j3 A6 t7 D- a! b6 U# I8 ?5 H. }"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. e! \/ C4 V/ x4 S& C 5 m; U5 [) r! T"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." 3 {6 p6 F3 k2 F' e; |- K + [! a! y3 n( G$ bMrs 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. / E1 E6 y4 A! B5 Y, b6 g $ B$ q% R6 x0 x# k+ R$ z6 z1 m0 \To accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. $ J1 i) E7 A: K" A: C7 _! L' ^9 k& H& d8 |& f
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. + k' m0 n/ j+ I4 S3 I
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They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. ( u6 c6 E. T6 a) a5 c7 N* [+ s9 v+ Q6 [, P. L$ p
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. , _ C) D' u- O3 Z- x) D0 P4 x5 o8 z. G1 l( E( i7 N
"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." # k2 w& L$ J$ i( ]. R8 F. M
& T" _7 _! A* V# u$ O5 B* RHe 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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