(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。 + u: Z- I! F. A. ?) v. k, a
) P. V u7 f' f9 [; t/ `- o 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”。 3 L- D& a( o( O1 S4 Z6 [! T9 K
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3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 ) x& [/ f* n% k% j5 {& R: K1 q$ `3 i& b V% q: g3 d0 w
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。” 7 M9 k1 W. w2 v( A" O
; q% M7 m) w' |' Q 这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。( G( a6 U6 L$ V/ ^; z- x. s
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Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years " @/ I9 U& \! i3 c+ ~. l; I c; J0 I; _
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After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.$ o1 v! q+ m' ?
7 n& D) j6 T4 N2 @ oBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 4 F) Z. B: }8 S- y0 r: ]6 u3 D
" o. F- S5 O, P' G- ILess than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. # R. i- c+ @6 M8 r
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"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. 6 z) U6 V% j) r
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"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." : s! j5 z, z0 q: J
+ A* R' T1 ^3 ZThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. & m6 [4 {0 C1 I+ I% j
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Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. . v3 e% v6 y$ m; r8 I" d# v: d
% m4 E% D& v: R! U7 eAnother boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. 1 z+ }4 z5 R/ m% F
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In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. * T( P. ~( b7 n6 B$ T: ^) Z( c' J6 ] & n6 s+ ^4 p9 e& C# A( TThen on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. ) K/ D1 _1 Z. P4 w! G2 ]$ E- K) A" W4 _. n% g; I: n. w I
She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. . A( w$ i4 T5 Y4 R1 Q % E9 R3 M. G1 h7 q4 ~ uMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. * z2 }/ Z& l$ _! s P G1 e, N; Z8 MBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. 5 y& L- A5 c0 X9 G! S: r
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"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. # Z2 U9 U1 S& u
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"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. 9 I# X* U: E" r& ?& D' m5 G# E4 t6 i+ ]1 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." & f2 R4 n2 p8 F" m1 r7 j6 h ! g1 F3 _ d' t% o5 ~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. ; R5 ]' m ~* r$ k
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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. ! c! ^1 \7 N7 L9 X {9 q C6 R6 N+ w, O7 _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. 6 u/ `9 M9 }0 z) x" W7 X( o( _, M9 t' y$ U8 y3 d$ ^ @
They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. " y! k+ i# ^8 K/ e {4 S0 N 4 ^$ e' h9 U# ~* \- Y$ i+ \! aMr 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. 0 ^% W6 `# v9 D j: T2 T' @! K0 }
"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 7 `2 t$ a, M& y( A
$ A- V5 T" r' N; e4 Z' O- \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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