(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。 8 u$ d5 B6 R0 o- U; G + F8 S" ^/ L6 Q# C 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”。 c) [5 N6 w( w7 f( a9 z D ! U3 L8 J8 @' Y7 U7 h3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 : [/ e- Q( U! W2 w) ]: |9 P+ O
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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( \7 ~' k( @; M
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这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。! J: l1 m6 C% C) M
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Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years " [+ h4 v, i4 ~6 X* y, v# d ( n# I' A! C3 k0 }! g& Z - `3 v- L8 q1 U2 L4 `: ?After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete./ H- Z+ E7 x; ~: H
! f {5 f8 h' oBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 0 _8 I% W2 l! @0 Q 2 V; y b. r- U wLess than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. 2 F0 W% o2 M# F1 w, f ! n1 c+ x- F% w3 W4 Q& i"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. ' ~$ U) s+ p) F' D/ `$ W! a+ Z
" ^/ h4 O; V9 L- m5 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." " o$ I8 T/ ?- y' n- f+ d3 c+ v& C6 t1 N1 n" {
The couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. 6 Y! V; ^+ ~& ~/ Q4 n. B1 y% I. R- j6 F8 y/ t1 S. [
Their oldest child, Eryn, is nine. A year after her birth, the couple had Jackson, now eight, followed two years later by Harrison, six. 6 @( t9 i0 d3 h/ i) X, b6 |( J + X4 C- p& G2 Y' ~8 w% T: @Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. ) _9 W' q. K; Y* [ ) k, z( L: i: X: t( ~/ _In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. ; U$ E/ n+ }" Z! q' n+ E0 Z! f ) D6 @, v9 ^& D) e3 V3 W% n, a* vThen on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. - r j0 V, O1 c$ T+ ^
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She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. + _ L: ~1 P0 A- C$ ?1 O% B
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Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. ( @8 D1 ]4 k0 K/ u8 ]
* [$ o7 L ]1 Q, \But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. : V, l+ D( s7 N8 { & \" q |: b @9 o( S N7 g' k3 L" l"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. 3 P9 i7 y. C4 w }& V8 q# G( P e7 W' t& ]5 e6 o3 R1 R
"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. ' O* B- }# d: {6 ~ i' E
; `# w- B z' w* n2 l5 s* E"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." 3 K- e% L7 X2 C- D. x l$ f
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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. 2 O0 v1 w4 a! a # X ^+ ]. }1 S- DTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. c: s; l# X0 u7 A% e+ E. O4 n" O: ^3 k, {9 r) [5 s
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. 7 V- W$ q3 E7 X2 B L
- ]3 a3 {; ~5 Z nThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. p M" W3 w3 E; D9 m
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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. & e+ d- d8 Y/ Z& V1 G5 E" o: K1 @! k$ t! c% u* d7 W$ I/ A+ T
"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." ! j, S/ [0 Z" y1 w1 D! w$ e' G
& r; L- K: d* Z4 N/ z _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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