W0 C8 q" j; Z# H) O( \ 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。” $ k2 L' f1 s! b! ?
4 e) O- h. }9 e9 w; A 这对多仔夫妇说，未计划再生孩子，但是会随遇而安。 ( Z# t" J9 g" E6 n. t) @) ^, }7 D, ?& `2 U
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+ ]: v% E# l4 H- I: MAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. ) C$ _0 C; }8 @ A8 b% ~' q1 r6 V- n8 a( e/ H w& a2 |
But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. ' G( ^' J8 G( R6 S! g. @, k4 [
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Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. , V, v2 ~& ^( U* f& Y; U0 u' w( H& U$ v+ W) S
"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. c. [4 E- x% v4 ~2 W4 C- i9 l
4 n' l0 C9 x0 J"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." & O2 t M, G- u% f
; O8 G4 b7 U# }# x% l% vThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. 1 h/ z: p3 |) F, C
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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. 0 p, `( @$ c; C & B6 o$ l' u) KAnother boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. 2 H0 }/ ~) F9 N i# r* \- h
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In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. 2 B0 _0 |* O9 a! `5 k+ M: U% j9 Z# G1 G! v# ?; l8 U
Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. : o' U: @4 z( c+ r2 F) m; _7 R7 @& Y& ~% [5 C t
She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. 6 }. }) R' b4 R
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Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. / E% S) Q( W4 t7 g
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But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. & ~; ]) |( ]9 a1 u" R
- x& ]6 E9 R% j6 ]6 e1 F"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. $ M/ ]$ V2 W3 O* v" c& e( ^8 {/ I
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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." & ?9 }* V) {+ p" _9 P1 ~6 ]: y2 u $ G; O* |, K8 x8 q: nMrs 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! c Y2 k7 E8 e1 g, ~! ^+ | \
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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. 8 U) |# l. m8 `- @
4 M6 P8 b9 t5 Y R* o. D6 \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. 3 U$ \" D2 | }/ c- u
5 ]4 J7 D7 ^2 T- \' y# A4 n& CThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. , j5 ~1 \8 l5 G1 p+ q
4 q# @. u; D" 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. 2 A9 K: i# O, ?' U
0 d% A! y+ L" B# o"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." " m3 I$ u5 |& b/ \! ^, b ) p2 @% P' G) o. K; r2 kHe 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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