' j" c, o/ a* R& p" g* ?. q/ ` 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”。 6 |3 y* D* t3 u7 w: y0 j 3 g- \1 d5 o- }- S# I+ F! k- Z/ f( |3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 % g3 x8 s) {9 ]4 i ( Q" m4 {! V3 `/ d$ T5 v4 I 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。” ) x) k u0 P' a# R8 \+ l
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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。 c1 R/ O2 Y: X% g/ L5 E: b 9 ]0 c/ |- D5 H" i . h, Z( D! E) ?/ z2 R# HSupermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years8 F# d! v. \ }% n' s0 G, a* \! x
k& v- J; f& Q0 L. R" x7 h4 ~" j 8 q ]5 A% d6 O" Z' B" n3 H0 jAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete. 7 `6 _9 ^1 k8 t / ?5 F. V; i9 a* ]But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. " r' u: k* `+ O; x 0 K# I( _5 u* }( ^& e$ b3 FLess than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. 7 ~0 p) D% O/ j$ w) ~8 h- E- s m! P% z6 k$ `
"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. 0 F, c, \- f- [$ ~6 m
6 C6 K& T ]' A% Y W"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." 3 c6 j3 ~( e7 G4 `$ j2 N t* q ) T2 ^/ ]4 h- T( BThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. 8 w5 e. g& O$ K. h& v
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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. ! u% X6 n% P+ t1 r. A4 ] o $ u/ b+ S" L. h! D& IAnother boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. 0 T9 l$ h4 `) p; y8 \+ o " o) @% d- O* s( N4 [6 CIn March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. ! N8 c2 R2 ]7 z! Y9 n% \3 u/ z6 r9 Z6 x# j3 [% y
Then on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. * B& P; z, P0 p6 }( L) H* Q6 S- E
6 h5 i* E ]: u0 `She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. 7 p. g2 k% k3 C: ?/ V
& X3 i0 a: N* _& NMrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. : z/ L x2 U8 [2 t ; c3 x" h$ \6 GBut despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. / ~% R% W# F, U5 l1 r) T$ T' A8 o' |' J0 E$ t
"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. 4 _) L2 _$ m3 G& m+ h2 c {% Z
8 C% }! x* y2 ~"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. & L6 L8 \7 @+ ^, {) }
8 h/ r% `5 o7 h7 r"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." 8 k" J2 \/ L7 C# w
2 Z- U0 M8 Y/ Q8 jMrs 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. 9 q& N8 m5 C% X( S" \8 X6 M5 m; G/ ^. F" \* i2 x! b5 v- C/ ? ^
To accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. & i, P4 E8 o$ `3 Y# [) x 6 s; p( [7 ?, b$ |+ U. R; x" _& ]" IThey spend £170 a week on their food bill. And as a result of rising bills, they have not been on holiday for three years. ) W' J1 ^2 }: l/ V# V! ~
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They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. & x+ M& _# i% D( G2 k+ e( e# A
* ]4 D- W3 t+ \; g/ o L) P0 t0 }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. & P. A4 A0 X& m$ C & @, N1 J/ B; U' P"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 6 G3 O7 B! y) C+ h1 P2 b5 Y
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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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