(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。 0 T. \% F) N# x# |, h3 ~% R& Z+ w
' n6 s& k. c+ z 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”。 # ?, p) H2 T: U- N- g9 D+ I/ g z; w1 E; Q
3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 $ A( {% T3 I4 I- T. z) I: [1 j$ F1 M& U( ]9 ^4 F9 M) 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。” ) ~( d u0 \0 l( @. v6 ]% {" U3 n+ @/ |& {9 c4 @
这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。' D# S, H- m2 Q6 }5 i& r
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After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.0 l* K8 g' X& [6 g# P# k
7 m4 f9 ^ U0 ^& N3 U2 aBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 9 |, H8 w9 Y% b3 \ _
% I1 f. g! w- O2 JLess than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. ! z5 m0 a5 Z. i& o1 R9 i7 {3 u 6 o1 a% U. e; B"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 {2 M' G. P% z R4 z* s0 J" _
) c. N$ J6 d |- B/ n9 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." ( a, Y+ `8 c+ P% I! t/ B- @" l! c6 v& p" I& g
The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. 0 n' n$ ]3 B6 u9 o& G7 K. k% i* o
Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. 3 o0 y1 l3 y4 [3 D2 r3 x Y- k( W g* M" ]" w' ?! }
Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. + A" e* i( c1 c. E1 K: R7 y H9 i8 ]! u/ J2 G i0 E6 |, y3 z, {
In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. 6 w8 W) t9 A. a
& x9 @! x; \( h& z RThen on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. 3 r5 o1 D+ \4 z8 B9 R2 T5 T9 K
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She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. 0 Q' p- Q. p+ W' r1 h3 H( p+ i( C3 P* _8 C. T0 p( L+ j
Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. 0 \' y3 H/ O( H 6 V( N/ N0 y( F# g4 S* G& z# ~But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. " }3 [/ J9 B& m; u% U6 F" l, e# M$ v% y/ d7 D: n
"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. . e' c" D3 |7 M; | : u& @$ N5 m9 z$ I$ ^ M9 q( a"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. # r, T& Q4 F8 J( s% V
, c( ]) V) Y# d2 h$ T0 u( f" D"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." ) Z2 q3 M L0 k" d 1 g' \3 Q V: I3 K( ^% V: hMrs 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. 9 ~ _9 p, w1 q& g) z9 Q
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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. + o9 M' E4 r( x, I3 I$ U& F ' a7 K* b( s( AThey spend £170 a week on their food bill. And as a result of rising bills, they have not been on holiday for three years. # @3 ~1 X& E& t- f: ~# o5 O
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They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. 5 r3 k- G! p2 R5 F 8 [$ m h9 _& J* f9 FMr 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. ; g, K. o5 @5 m3 f
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"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." & S4 X) l/ |" t) @; Y5 y! e) h* U9 }
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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