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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。” ; W% d7 Z4 B# b0 |( f" ~) z ' z# b$ @( T& s' p 这对多仔夫妇说，未计划再生孩子，但是会随遇而安。" y8 o: b6 g/ F& Q
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Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years % S$ |+ x9 K M" { , q9 x# n X3 C/ W1 u' ~ ) q" @8 J& l6 z8 @) B5 kAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.* d [$ R; A+ n9 k: b2 d8 r
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But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 0 O8 e! w" E! A& T6 ~0 l . U: L! h) L9 z1 H+ NLess than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. + d& t* k& p- e! K+ ]: A# r5 F$ V/ v5 B9 H. q; L
"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. ; V. B* p0 ]0 S( ^$ y
" U2 j7 O& K% U"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." ! k) l" Y; P7 s0 W1 C! g3 @ ! e7 u7 z# t: H! c' zThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. 1 t+ H- V! ^2 x& L( r+ l : N1 S Y+ x1 b9 e9 M i3 B9 _Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. 2 {; I/ h( S% M8 Z/ A( {" w; Y1 o+ ?1 M: \! K& V
Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. , d& U9 R* ~3 x4 g4 Z
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"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." ! f+ Y6 {( W& P " i* O/ c' I3 i7 P) [0 }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. 3 ?; l8 W" [" u6 E. H
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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. / x3 V% E. r9 T" p) M
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They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. 3 j, P% H! Z* Z8 c; O " F( N u( |6 C4 {7 oMr 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. ( x! O1 s8 d* i* |9 V7 _) b8 W" O/ E; D7 s6 B& y: w1 l
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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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