(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。 $ \+ V* V6 k8 O1 T, u ) P/ R2 x0 r8 Q& ? T7 W 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”。 4 z* @9 ^) f% W/ f, B5 p9 j ' C. `1 `& W% i1 M3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 : s" J( Z8 f8 m; u h: @" E6 H ( U; ] M) n; }: h0 S0 G& N! z9 p7 ^ 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。” - u/ n' c' j: R+ T! ^8 m) P9 S- ~" B# w/ S2 Y* P
这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 5 K4 a* O8 p" p9 }4 r9 ^7 F5 [. ^3 H# Y" X5 ]+ q! Z3 a& Z
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Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years% |3 f! L$ o& h; A1 ?7 s5 `2 `- C
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9 O( X5 B0 k% K; O/ e% ^3 DAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. V8 \: x; ~ Y0 N * }2 K& i! x" A9 t; nBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. ( A6 g/ \6 h% K! T" k% v0 O: R
1 O8 I+ ^7 S" ?$ TLess than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. ; s0 N) ~7 k& b$ J0 n% x ]2 R0 d2 P7 J! m. Q- T
"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. - [7 E# F, I* Z ; i* x2 I+ W! s9 K/ ?+ c"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." 6 q0 j: z* I) T2 i L6 p$ R4 i
+ V- C$ `4 ]" V' _The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. + H D3 r V" i' {. Z* c+ ]# z
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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. 5 E: M' x6 T% Z- Z1 Q7 `* E5 |$ _% X" {
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Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. % r3 @% }7 H ~0 s3 z8 d
4 P g. U: Z( KIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. % q8 b1 [4 I' N0 r2 W& G' u9 I* k/ z: C( c0 X, Q, g6 m4 c5 I: W( v* h- C' m
Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. 0 _0 I, n. y. ?8 B
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She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. ( L9 X( G( g/ S6 M2 e5 z, P3 |8 u- X. ]5 b9 c( L+ N
Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. 4 O# t6 l' @1 \0 ~' x1 V; n
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But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. ( y5 {; h* q5 Q0 L
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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. - x" X& G; b3 U% f, B) W1 p7 u- ?" J9 r* U. ]
"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. 4 z; ^: J! A0 G4 p 5 H/ S/ {2 g4 D" {3 i) c3 T; l8 y"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." $ `# g& p' z* V% u: ?
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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. Z l2 v: Y2 }) F 7 O2 ]! g1 s6 D2 B; Z0 O" ?3 E5 PTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. - s7 Z, T+ V& V+ Z4 v! @* r
8 d8 \& G3 W6 N rThey spend £170 a week on their food bill. And as a result of rising bills, they have not been on holiday for three years. 4 e; G u3 L! s0 @- O* Q
: Y6 U1 S9 F! l8 A1 e' c: a& HThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. ; n# s6 u+ n8 {, {; X& `# h 6 R2 i5 H3 q" H2 DMr 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. : J/ N% l+ D; r! O 1 d+ O- ^+ S6 e B1 ["We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." g% R& h( ^+ V- j9 T) |0 e! u2 \4 e4 S% c
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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