这位母亲连续生了10个男孩后，终于生下了一个女孩

这位母亲连续生了10个男孩后，终于生下了一个女孩

Probably no one would argue that some of us like to stick to the plan at whatever cost and some of us would just rather go with the flow whenever possible. But, as the saying goes, man plans and God laughs. And despite one’s beliefs, probably all of us can find some kind of beauty in the surprises life brings us. This particular British family has probably had more of them than anyone else, especially when it comes to parenthood. But how else can it be living with so many children, they sure are in for a rollercoaster.

也许没有人会争辩说，我们中的一些人愿意不惜任何代价坚持计划，而我们中的一些人只是在可能的情况下随波逐流。但俗话说，人有谋略，神必发笑。不管一个人的信仰如何，也许我们所有人都能在生活带给我们的惊喜中发现某种美。这个特殊的英国家庭可能比其他任何一个家庭拥有的孩子都多，尤其是在为人父母方面。但是，和这么多孩子生活在一起，他们肯定会像坐过山车一样。

This is the Brett family with their newest addition, a baby girl

这是布雷特一家的新成员，一个女婴

After having her youngest son with quite an unusual name of Rothagaidh two years ago, Alexis Brett became the first Mom in Britain to give birth to 10 boys in a row and thought her family was complete. But it later turned out life had a little surprise planned for her and the whole family as well – a new addition. Therefore, just a couple of weeks ago, she became a mother of 11 just at 39 years old. She has spent more than 8 years being pregnant during the last 18 years of her life and is now very happy with her big family.

两年前，亚历克西斯·布雷特(Alexis Brett)生下了她最小的儿子罗斯加德(Rothagaidh)，这个名字很不寻常。两年后，她成为英国第一个连续生下10个男孩的母亲，她认为自己的家庭已经完整了。但后来发现，生活为她和整个家庭都安排了一个小小的惊喜——一个新的成员。因此，就在几周前，39岁的她成为了11个孩子的母亲。在她生命中的18年里，她已经怀孕生孩子持续8年多了，现在和她的大家庭在一起很开心。

The girl is named Cameron and is the 11th child

这个女孩名叫卡梅隆，是第11个孩子

After her long streak of boys, Alexis finally gave birth to a baby girl and decided to name her Cameron. The happy parents say she changed the family dynamics quite a bit with all the brothers being super attentive not to wake their little sister and being more well-behaved in general. This sure brings much joy to the parents, who say this last pregnancy was unplanned but did get them over the moon, as they expected it would be yet another boy after finding out about expecting another baby. The delighted mother adds that they are definitely stopping now. “There’ll be no more. I said that last time but this time, I absolutely mean it. I love my family as it is now.”

经过长时间的生男孩，亚历克西斯终于生下了一个女孩，并决定给她取名卡梅隆。这对幸福的父母说，她改变了很多家庭动态，所有的兄弟都非常小心，不吵醒他们的小妹妹，而且总体上表现得更乖。这确实给父母们带来了很多欢乐，他们说上次怀孕是没有计划的，但却让他们欣喜若狂，因为他们在得知怀孕的消息后，本来以为会是另一个男孩。这位高兴的母亲补充说，他们现在肯定要停下来了。“不会再有了。我上次说过，但这次，我绝对是认真的。我爱我现在的家庭。”

The first 10 being boys that are now aged from 2 to 17

前10个男孩现在分别是2岁到17岁

The family is used to people commenting by now and not all the remarks are very pleasant. Alexis says, “Some people think we must be on benefits but we’re not. David has a good job, which means we don’t even qualify for full child benefit.” Her husband is a train driver and usually leaves the house around 5:30, leaving his wife to use the little quiet time she has in the morning before the kids wake up to enjoy her cup of coffee and a shower. Even though life is not easy being a mom to 11 kids as she has to do 49 loads of laundry a week and hoover seven times a day, Alexis plans to get back to work as a part-time fitness instructor in a few weeks.

这个家庭已经习惯了人们评论，并不是所有的评论都很愉快。亚历克西斯说:“有些人认为我们必须靠救济金生活，但事实并非如此。大卫有一份好工作，这意味着我们甚至没有资格享受全额儿童福利。她的丈夫是一名火车司机，通常在5:30左右离开家，让他的妻子利用早上孩子们起床前的一点安静时间，喝杯咖啡，冲个澡。身为11个孩子的母亲，生活并不容易，因为她每周要洗49次衣服，一天要洗7次胡佛，但亚历克西斯计划在几周内回去做一名兼职健身教练。

After Cameron was born, the mom of 11 says she feels the family is now complete

卡梅伦出生后，这位11个孩子的母亲说，她觉得这个家庭现在很完整

Of course, it is not all sunshine and rainbows and Alexis admits to sometimes exchanging looks with her husband David and thinking, “What have we done,” but the kids always come up with something surprising then, melting the hearts of their parents and making it all worthwhile in the end.

当然，这并不全是阳光和彩虹。亚历克西斯承认，有时她会和丈夫戴维交换眼神，想，“我们做了什么?”

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