2 f* _. y6 k1 _7 X: X c9 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。” 1 {( s7 u1 ]1 l5 K& J& \" H; s9 S, u; `* k
这对多仔夫妇说，未计划再生孩子，但是会随遇而安。 # [4 N/ K" i3 a% `# R ! W9 V. _/ U; C7 b" F9 t3 P 3 p6 m& I/ t7 @0 N7 tSupermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years ' t; T$ u6 C- a) I; H) R 5 s+ ^1 \, y; W7 U p6 O * ?# Z, w# N8 w s8 ^( ]After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.# ]8 J t3 b( _. H$ K
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But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 9 ?$ ?- Z$ N K) _
n ~1 K, t0 E: lLess than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. 2 n, V* _- O# \) j+ p; E4 F# i
' H4 x/ v* |- R"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. . R6 R) w4 B6 M H" S8 _2 w$ m4 a9 _5 c# K' T2 e
"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." + h" p4 E8 P" |. h: K6 C
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The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. ( \* ?( i% H! n" J) z6 T
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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. ( M( l/ ]! X- {7 g" S " a" w; W1 N* c$ t. u4 y: XAnother boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. 6 l, }5 z0 h* E: d# l1 [ 9 {4 m5 p5 G. U; {" VIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. . n6 W/ ~3 I# A( J! o. J/ P) [! X# ` , U( }9 N5 z/ ^Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. 7 t: G& m+ U: A& k* t. q* w& h5 L8 z2 n7 D/ B, E0 }
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7 x% v: X. {) a) Y5 E( MMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. ( _8 {5 t6 ~. o9 u. e$ ]; C9 M, u# ] $ ]2 W0 ?- q$ CBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. 8 J, h+ [7 v! R0 S( T4 I2 N% w$ Z% L, }8 ~! b
"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. ! p0 m. e* l7 H) o @& R
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"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. 6 @4 N! f# X4 q0 k# A' O' a) O+ 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." a1 W. w+ @+ K/ F! f* |
( d& c7 d3 i" Q: g1 mMrs 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. - O0 `( E* q$ E% [6 m& X- b0 S5 x. w; m7 b. ^" `" w6 C7 L; x0 J/ `
To accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. 2 v& p3 M, B+ N# ?3 e # {; `; }* f0 x; 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. $ |6 y* w8 b7 Z1 ~& L / ]# `6 R& W( o8 p: e" M5 dThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. $ m& x* ^" {1 K 2 C! E+ Z% O/ h* p. 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. $ w8 b# \5 J y7 o7 I0 C
6 _+ H& S8 e3 C9 ~1 U"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." " @# b, A8 J* h" f& u. |4 \# ]. W* U2 ?2 a
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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