(door shutting)
- Something happened.
Everything's about to change.
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Still don't have a sink yet.
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So I've gotta say right from the beginning
I've seen your comments.
I've seen the conspiracy theories.
People saw a rocking chair.
They saw a mysterious calendar invite.
And they've automatically assumed that Natalie's pregnant.
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And before these theories go any further,
I just need to say right here, right now
that that is absolutely unequivocally true.
She's pregnant.
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What are you doing?
- I bought some clothes.
Oh my god, it's huge.
- [Matt] Well you're gonna need it.
- Oh my god, it's huge.
Are you joking?
I don't need a t-shirt that's long as my dress.
It says Body Hiking Club. (laughs)
- [Matt] Don't even need a hike.
- That's all I need.
I know, you don't even need to hike.
So, I was experiencing a lot of symptoms early on
and I was just like convinced that,
convinced that I was pregnant.
Like I was like, my body just feels so different.
It's behaving really differently.
So Matt ran out and got two pregnancy tests.
- At what, 6:30 AM, 7:00 AM.
- Yeah, super early and I had work that day.
We looked at it like a few minutes later
and then I was like, oh my God.
I was like, is that one or two lines?
Is that one or two lines?
And then you were like, I dunno, is it two lines?
I'm like, we're just screaming at each other.
And I'm like, and then the more and more I looked at it,
I was like, it's definitely two lines.
It's definitely two lines.
It actually like surprised me
just how immediately excited I was about it.
I think I was intimidated by other women
who get really excited about becoming a mom
and me not identifying with that
and then making me question whether or not this is for me.
Yeah, it was really nice,
as soon as we tested positive, I was just stoked.
- I think the only thing that has rocked our life
more than this pregnancy was the Will Smith slap.
- Oh.
Oh my God.
Do not bring that up again.
'Cause I'm like, I don't have,
my next two hours are not free.
- [Matt] So Nat's very excited about showing everybody this.
- I haven't cleaned it
so it's dirty. - New appliance.
- Don't judge me.
I haven't cleaned it yet,
but I've just got this awesome sandwich press.
So we decided to be very intentional with our appliances
in this new place
and we decided that we would forego a toaster
and just get a sandwich press
because I've been really getting into toasties.
So I've been making like every day a veggie, white cheese,
and tomato toasty.
- If I'm gonna be honest, if it was up to me,
I would not have a sandwich press.
- No?
- I wouldn't.
I wouldn't.
- But then we would have to get a toaster.
- No, 'cause I just don't eat bread anymore.
- This is so much more versatile.
What do you mean you need,
you need something to toast bread?
- No, but I just don't eat bread.
I don't eat a lot of bread.
- Anyways, I'm stoked on this.
- Anyway. - Today what did you have
What did you have for lunch today?
That's weird.
I thought you had bread.
He had bread.
- A tuna melt.
Yes, I did.
- He had a tuna melt that was made by the sandwich press.
Look who's already reaping the benefits.
- Okay, okay.
Get me outta here.
So this is gonna be the baby's room.
We are going to have the crib right here.
Gonna be a little rocking chair
for Mom and Dad right there with a little end table.
The changing station and dresser is gonna be right there.
That's it.
Little rug.
Some decor, not a whole lot.
So obviously I've made a lot of videos
on my channel about minimalism
and inevitably whenever I make a video about it,
a parent drops into the comment section
and says, "Just wait until you have kids."
- All that does is just fire Matt up.
Like he's just like challenge accepted.
- Yeah. - Like if there is anything,
- Watch me.
- If there is anything that motivates you,
it's someone telling you you can't do something.
- 100%.
100% just because of that, I'm gonna make it work.
- But there's an uncontrollable factor
in this scenario, in this challenge.
That's me.
And I'm not a minimalist.
- Yeah.
- So how are you gonna be able to not just, I dunno
how you gonna be able to control your behaviors
but also mine?
- You still say that you're not a minimalist.
I think that your actions speak louder than that.
- Did you see me unpacking the shoes and the t-shirts?
- No, but like, I mean I think for the average person
that you actually don't own a lot of stuff
and so, I think you are incredibly intentional
with the things that you own.
And already this, I think actually the big thing
is that you respect me and what I want
out of our relationship. - Yeah.
- And our children.
- Aren't I awesome?
- Yeah.
And so like you think just as much
about the things that we're gonna buy that
than I do because you know that impacts me.
- Yeah, I'm so awesome.
- Yeah, you're really sweet. - That's really nice.
- You're really considerate.
- I'm gonna cry.
(Matt laughs)
- Oh my god.
- Yeah, that was really--
- You're crying?
What are you doing? - That was really cool.
I was not prepared for just how quickly things changed.
Firstly, holy shit, we got pregnant
a lot faster than I thought we ever would.
I thought this would take at least a year.
Wow, okay, this is really happening.
And then you're like, well, this is gonna be okay.
It's gonna be okay.
I've got like nine to 10 months to figure this out
and get adjusted to this.
Well you don't, you like have like nine to 10 days
because the symptoms hit hard and they hit fast,
and your whole body changes very quickly.
Even though it looks like it doesn't,
you immediately feel like a different person.
In fact, that was how I knew.
Like I think that was, we got a pregnancy test very early.
We found out right at the beginning of our third week,
which means that like the sperm
had only just inseminated the egg
like I think like a week or two prior.
- They don't call me Quick Draw Matt for nothing.
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- Your lifestyle has to change.
Like you know everything that your choices change,
the way that you prioritize things immediately changes.
And it's just a really big shift.
- The things you eat changes.
- Everything.
And the things that you think about immediately changes
and you're overthinking the smallest things
that you take for granted.
Should I be working out?
Should I be doing this?
Should I be doing that?
Should I be sleeping right now?
I wanna sleep but it's 11:00 AM, I shouldn't be sleeping.
You overthink everything and you're trying to figure out
like what your body's trying to tell you
because it's all these new signals
and all these new signs that you don't know how to read.
It's like a different language.
So just, it happens really fast.
And I don't think I was prepared for that.
And I don't think I'm even still prepared for it now.
Deep down, I don't think I can do it, you know what I mean?
Like, I just don't like-
- Which part, the birth or the?
- And I'm trying not to cry right now.
- Aw honey.
- No, but it's like, you know
and like I've been crying all the time
like your hormones are crazy.
It's like the other day I cried at a Guy Sebastian song
which for any Australian who's watching
knows how completely idiotic that is,
but like's it's love guy.
- Beautiful song.
- You don't cry at his songs.
I feel like anyone who's probably watched Matt's channel
for a while knows that like, I don't like challenges.
I enjoy fun.
I'm like the opposite to you, right?
Like you lean into uncomfortable or discomfort.
And it's not that I lean into comfort,
I lean into fun and there's like so much about pregnancy
and becoming a mom where the whole conversation
is all about how hard it is, how messed up it is.
Your body's gonna be completely taken away from you.
Birth is totally fucked.
You know, it's gonna be
the most painful experience of your life.
I hear people saying, obviously it's beautiful, but I just
my mind cannot understand that right now
because all I'm thinking about is the sheer pain of labor.
And then you think about, you know,
if you want to breastfeeding
and then like just raising a child and having to be up
whilst you've gone through like a major surgical procedure.
But you have no moment to rest
because you have to keep this baby alive.
Like that, to me, obviously
this is gonna be the hardest thing
I'm ever gonna have to do.
And that to you is exciting.
- Yeah. - Because you're like
that's a challenge.
That to me is terrifying.
And I'm really, it's interesting
because what I need to kind of
motivate me through this process and this journey
is actually like I need to focus on the positive
because I'm, at the moment, spiraling in the negative
because it's all really over overwhelming
and yeah, (laughs)
basically send help.
I wish I had more of a positive note to share,
but it's January 3rd
and the year has started off weird.
January 1st, I had a bit of a breakdown, didn't I?
- Yeah, a little.
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So yeah, I don't really know where to go from here. (laughs)
So I feel like inevitably
when people are preparing to have a baby,
they try to hold on to the life that they still have.
These are conversations that Nat and I are having.
Like we don't want our life to change.
We still wanna do the same things.
We wanna be the same people,
we wanna go out, we wanna travel, we wanna have fun.
We feel that.
Like we really want to hold onto those things.
But there's no question that our life is going to change,
and that we will need to make sacrifices.
And I think you'd have to be an idiot,
and I think you'd be severely disappointed
if you didn't fully prepare
for what it meant to be a parent.
We're not gonna give up everything.
But I think this is a time over the next few months
for us to start to think about what we do want to hold onto.
What are those things that we are committed
to keeping the same?
And what are the things that we're willing to let go of?
And how is our life going to change when we have a baby?
Still crazy to say that.
And so, it really is now a moment
to make way for a new chapter of growth.
Wish us luck.
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