# S: ]/ T, G- X" B/ ?/ R( q3 ] 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”。 1 S- X+ V$ O- u, E: S1 d; `/ C: L G $ |8 G5 y. g2 ]1 z; e3年没有放假 每天洗衣4遍 " h3 k& z. D! K6 M( }9 q, ^3 U. ~# c1 I2 p& q, f
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。” # w: b6 B# `# y2 U( Y0 ~7 V" X/ F, T' q/ C1 A* c B* j! Q1 z
这对多仔夫妇说,未计划再生孩子,但是会随遇而安。0 e+ G5 s# ^8 X, T3 l1 O
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Supermum gives birth to ninth baby in nine years 0 p/ o4 l: X% F) H: X5 V1 _8 d3 }9 K1 {! j, B3 M" p; s
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After having nine children in as many years, you might think Rayna and Malcolm Warriner's brood is complete.1 V# i D4 s* S1 o* t
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But, with one seat spare in the family minibus, the couple feel they still have a gap to fill. 7 r' z+ [7 M; R8 z! q C- v, e 3 V8 V, j8 o; KLess than a month after giving birth to their newest addition, Mrs Warriner is already broody for a tenth baby. * c, r2 U8 c# Z* u1 c0 S* K0 i% S, ?' u7 a3 A3 M$ j" w
"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. $ C2 t! U3 M" t6 w) A( |5 P( i7 E* C0 g; S
"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." ! ?' F* Y" x. Z- O! S) _7 s% K
' p, o$ h ?0 M& {# S7 s/ k" wThe couple support their six girls and three boys on the wages Mr Warriner earns as a police sergeant, without the aid of benefits. ! ]0 i1 A3 O! s+ `& S: G
: C; @4 F9 b+ ^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 |) p L/ y' @$ P) |8 v4 e3 \6 S: I+ v9 }: o; g$ r
Another boy, Callan, arrived in 2003 and was followed by threeyear- old Taitum. , }4 ]% g% i: e( d. e
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In March 2005, Rayna had triplet girls Ilish, Romany and Meredith, who are now 23 months. 8 Z7 X: S+ l5 r$ c k: M- N
4 u- F" j+ j& P- S' g tThen on January 27 she gave birth to Avie, weighing 7lb 11oz, at Poole Hospital in Dorset. 1 p- ^' E+ \2 O9 t& E% e
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She had a difficult labour this time round, and needed a blood transfusion after problems with the placenta. ( A Y- w9 R* l6 k: Q5 N+ o2 {. r& v' J
Mrs Warriner is now considered to be at high risk of complications if she becomes pregnant again. , V/ b# z4 `: Y6 y% l0 t( I" Z, k4 R8 B) A, z7 `
But despite the potential problems, and the considerable squeeze on their finances, she says she remains hooked on motherhood. , y( u( O$ u' e9 k( ~
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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. k. F$ S2 \% y4 ^8 `' E, Z' s; i" a2 y$ S: H
"People think we are mad but the children are our life and bring us so much pleasure. 4 {& Q0 _' ~$ l- F
3 G {/ t/ @) V D/ A! 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." 1 v/ v1 H+ e' T$ A4 i2 ] * |! V0 h( v( [1 f# Y- r0 WMrs 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. / J% R) M2 y& G7 w
( U; {) o+ H7 z! ^+ I" a; kTo accommodate their family, the couple, from Bournemouth, have had an extra-large bath fitted and have extended their six-bedroom detached house. ! s9 c( {: r: z1 `; A6 {: W5 K
1 a5 V Q; S# n+ o7 [2 _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. $ \6 o O; ^7 T1 D; \ . ?: v0 Z. j5 a) W2 XThey struggle to organise even a weekend away as hotels and holiday homes are unable to accommodate so many children. / b( B3 B( C# q8 a1 J4 ^1 G, a5 c+ b# w L4 D
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. : o0 x) L0 q3 E
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"We agreed to settle for six but it hasn’t worked out that way." 9 [8 I2 s! t3 J0 U 7 a! U' j& \$ v) T$ R1 BHe 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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