(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。 ' Z! |3 g0 n! f+ y- _1 |) l& \, g& O) V/ T. B
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”。 0 ]8 N; g* H" g2 {4 v* B
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3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 4 ?; M) m4 z7 `) c+ c) s3 c ( D5 [% V( g7 P 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。” o! F# w0 V' _2 J9 S, ~1 T. A* `! B
这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。 7 U8 J( v* r2 a! t! v0 z/ I. r7 P/ j/ B6 j
( y) @" I3 \( B- @7 uSupermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years 5 l7 ?5 h \, ^3 C/ z# k9 s' Q! h5 q9 j
4 s3 \+ J$ k5 s2 AAfter having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.' z: Q5 g3 A4 l' ^
6 {8 i6 c( k3 B- _- m! D- nBut, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. / @) ^( w. S" N) _
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Less than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. + ^0 O* }$ d' C% Z! E" Q- G* Z' K7 J" d
"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. 2 `6 f5 N S D* L 9 f0 z( K+ y3 r' `' h# l"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." 1 G4 I$ ^/ t4 i! H# @* P# y
2 K; s7 H' U v5 N0 K! n IThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. ( f/ b2 y: {! T2 G% Q b" c8 o' t
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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. R i( |' B! B8 E; A, W- m1 ?; u" X7 I k5 r! A0 t' w
Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. T2 ^% ] E0 J" \5 A+ G: [, t, x! h. m" w" O
In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. : E$ {/ n1 o1 Y o. U - Z* O0 ^, G# J/ b9 ~$ gThen on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. 3 G# ^( G- o; U- Q* l- v' P
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She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. / W3 x9 q# U1 {& {4 ^ 3 d, c- r5 J: y, V4 v' S$ [Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. ) R( e8 w. p. a( l. ~7 M8 c! O. C, `* ?
But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. " n6 {3 k. Z5 t ~8 |( f
, W1 I' e1 h c* l1 W"We are not planning to have another one at the moment but we’ll have to wait and see what comes. 1 Y$ S) e% j/ V$ W; t) z4 v( t6 x: K- C" K, w$ H- j2 a
"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. 0 m( l% D! ~4 G" r! `6 _5 T3 ?( w
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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." 3 i1 t2 ^) E: Q/ g+ k & ?0 b6 _' h. z/ RMrs 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. 3 W% f0 ]- |0 l6 w* }
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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. & n5 b) p2 ]+ P O% M- X$ u* S \& b+ n8 R
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 r& P6 `* Y3 ?) Q
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They struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. / P9 f4 o# g& A$ I- q& v # P" T3 ]" k6 H+ s3 rMr 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. / T# H1 B( x g. ?* P" S
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"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 9 B" |+ k: d$ [- f+ T0 h7 ]4 t1 {- Z, E/ p
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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