(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。 % n, G3 f. V' D$ ^- W1 F: @4 H6 Z ; y( o, g D9 l+ g0 Q+ U) v/ p 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”。 % T9 ~) I) x) G
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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。” # e6 v: x5 ~) y4 R' i9 _# \! Y% y' O- }# e
这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 ( P( g7 p( e1 e! F+ H2 w: k ; o, ^: Z( T7 `) c1 k$ Z3 y6 s. h' @+ n4 _3 H+ S, d8 A3 [
Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years ! [2 u% E3 X- n! t$ n/ E , X4 J9 Q7 `9 H; q5 a 6 ?6 |1 r7 v( x: N, {; gAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.7 J0 @: H1 k4 _& v9 l/ z
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But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. ; m' o+ I) q; w% C" ~
9 m# h/ J! r% i3 K' ]1 ?+ R8 [Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. 9 @. B1 p9 d1 U. E9 S
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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 s0 n Y1 s9 u4 W7 [
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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." ( Y- a O! b9 N+ \* b + ~& L' K- Y# |9 ]/ _4 S& hThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. & x. V5 c9 P9 d- C& T4 N 1 X3 h& p6 e2 b3 i7 o Y O" j# RTheir oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. % I3 O: N2 A" l
$ Z8 F7 R e, fAnother boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. # l6 B+ {: j% f8 B
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In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. `. M j3 e# `- i9 e, U9 m% g5 ]( H" ?, [+ E$ W
Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. ' Y7 h. \& H& c2 s P& G: E9 {) s* H0 E+ gShe had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. 8 w- m1 C! s4 c6 m- z# G2 y4 Y* y6 t& k; o2 n6 W) r2 e: l1 D- P
Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. 1 i) D: m1 D' Z9 o8 B; v
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But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. 0 n; k, e$ E4 F# ]8 R: E' p( I& X) B# ^8 y% j) H) \5 F2 U
"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. # c7 m r6 h2 J5 Y W
, c. @& C p4 C4 \# M"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. 7 r7 A/ f. g S. n2 ^; t
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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." 4 O5 t8 O- \& Q' F0 Q. Q
r# B3 d' f5 V# e# kMrs 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. : e( |' U5 `/ h3 F& D7 g1 s& O
' u( V6 i7 e4 s6 r0 hTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. / K$ q7 E- S9 K$ s% \% a+ x* P0 K- L
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. 2 L, d0 W- I. b9 v9 Z( f, {
; H+ q. l. O4 p* G$ N& OThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. 2 n4 w& {# b/ p8 ~ % J/ P/ C) e8 O/ z$ e0 |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. ' g- z; P; I" [ H& Q/ T4 f: C2 X. w! k( S. j: B5 P
"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 4 d% E5 M0 G- W( d( L5 ~1 M$ e. r; u1 W7 U5 ^
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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