(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。 " ^& m5 e+ r# F- O( N / t( U* B' G- }1 g 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”。 / N7 d' n; O) _3 e9 V Y9 w $ {- D* d% i' q5 {3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 % c; w Y9 `# h9 I( Y; ~, z
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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。” ; a* v4 ^; ^: k% \; k' ~( p4 [7 r! J) @) G1 g
这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 E+ }$ Q3 k5 ]! ^) N6 y; x. p9 k8 p9 }6 j# a, l
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Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years3 {# \4 a/ C5 o5 k' E$ G& o
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" r) [/ h/ M# g% \) d9 M, I7 ?( b9 k) WAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. . \3 m: X6 g* M9 r6 d Z : ?! _! }* D) U0 ~: Q; j: xBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. % R$ v- f- u6 E: A% R, X; l
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Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. - m5 h( o( r6 N+ u- G2 s# y0 {
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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. / I- c+ ^- H" d+ r# D3 B9 @
! R9 f! |" h0 o W% k"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- B# z4 R m8 y* \) B% H $ q( f+ u& S' P" q+ V& v, ~7 jThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. 1 {" S! j# W& G4 z6 _6 Y3 ~3 i3 H/ ]. k
Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. 3 z8 Z3 n. J# U1 C; z; \/ x) G7 O; R8 I2 O+ p% \: y
Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. 8 q, B6 D/ U9 a! W- @8 e
7 w7 P( i- o$ |! uIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. ) v4 P$ U4 [! Y: g9 S
2 t' k1 F( a/ v) P" aThen on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. 9 J6 P7 m; l2 F d9 |2 H' x( J+ y 4 j5 Y& r2 o! a+ @5 b/ tShe had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. / ~2 _& l) T, s3 |
" J% t3 G7 W; ]4 S) U- _3 ~Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. . E* N7 B( b) \ * }( m+ T1 _0 ^4 @But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. : f% x( `0 K% [0 G
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5 j( j; r8 S/ ~" ^4 Y- f; C+ N/ ~"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. # g9 h" V |& g8 Y( Q4 J
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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." & L# J) r, g+ z+ N& }+ @7 P2 v- J- q/ X, ~" |
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. & a: H k' l' c$ f( T1 r j# v% U# h5 U, w/ h# d2 x
To accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. 5 r8 p, u3 r( U3 {
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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. 4 l, q ^7 `5 ?- \9 d8 J! d0 p% @+ i2 E* M
They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. 3 N- t& G; K# p/ t! g' ^# A8 b( t* t1 O
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. 1 E+ Y/ X) k: u, j 6 p* T8 [) D1 n, J' ~; ?+ g"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." . _( l6 _8 B( K$ z' V. x
. R8 |1 L9 |3 i. ]. x$ l5 Y" rHe 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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