Our due date, breastfeeding while pregnant & baby names | Ep. 4 

Abby is so great. She is feeding three people! Griffin, the new baby, and herself. We need to give her a round of applause for how amazing and loving she is. We all wish we had Abby as our mom. Truly inspiring.

Unplanned doesnt mean unwanted. It just means life knew what you needed before even you did. 💗

Abby: *whispers... Did you think it looked gross? Matt: No! No, no, no, no. 🥹🥹🥹 Matt is sooo loving and reassuring. I just love how wholesome and refreshing you guys are!

I'm pregnant with baby #5. Thanks for normalizing having nervous feelings about being pregnant. Pregnancy is hard!

Matt said he would be happy if “Griffin” came on Abby’s dad’s birthday. He is already getting the babies mixed up. 😂😂

I’m 18 and I’m 19 weeks pregnant with my first daughter. I’m still anxious that I’m pregnant. I have mix feelings about it. Like “I’m way to young to have my first.” Watching your reaction kinda gave me reassurance that not everyone is excited when it’s a pregnancy test because I was the same way. You guys are my favorite family, and couple to watch. Thank you guys for all the smiles, and enjoyment. I wish you guys the best of luck with this pregnancy. I wish you guys a happy healthy baby!

Marriage is absolutely the most important part! The children will feel the love you have for each other. If your marriage is nurtured, then the love definitely trickes down to them.

I was adopted and it genuinely warms my heart to have you guys so open to that it means so much even though it’s not aimed at me

I used to be one that always said “my kids come before ANYTHING” until my marriage went down the drain. And ironically I think that mind set is the reason why we’re seperated. It’s SO important to keep you guys good first.

When Abby said “it makes me feel less dumb for getting pregnant so soon”, it made me sad! Life happens! It surprises you! And embracing that (even if it takes a little wild) is what makes humans awesome!! So don’t you ever feel dumb! You are great!! 🎉

I had 2 babies back to back that are 11 months apart & I found out I was pregnant when I was in a rollover car accident. I had to have an emergency back surgery and I had to heal being pregnant. They told me about my pregnancy when I woke up. You guys are amazing parents, and I pray you have an easy pregnancy without any complications. God Bless you and everyone reading this.

I am currently 13 weeks and 4 days pregnant with my first one . I am so glad I can follow along with you through this journey. I am so scared and self conscious about my body and showing so early .

With the whole breastfeeding thing, the best advice I ever received as a new mom was "you'll find an expert to back up any decision you can make, so just choose what you can live with/what works" and it's so true ❤️

I'm almost 26 wks pregnant, and we had a huge surprise at the ultrasound at 19 weeks...TWIN BOYS were not what we were expecting to see, but I'm so thankful we found out before they arrived since we didn't know the gender for the girls! 4 children ages 4 and under sounds somewhat overwhelming some days but God will carry us through!

Hey there! I'm a German midwife and first of all: Congratulations on your second baby!! Very happy for you! 😊 And I know what it feels like to have an unplanned pregnancy but he was the perfect gift from God 🥰 I wanted to say something for your upcoming birth, because I think it is important that I tell others what I know so they have the chance of a better birth experience. I would highly recommend to carefully choose a birth place and not go to the very first hospital. Especially in the U.S. I noticed many things are being done in hospitals that I think are cruel and wrong, like forbidding the labouring mother to eat or drink (nutrition is so important!), sending her back home while heaving contractions because they say she is not far enough in labour (horrible!) or force her to lay on her back, with her legs strapped down and tell her to push like crazy with no time to gain some strength. Did you know that laying on your back is the worst possible birth position there is? It LITERALLY has got not one single advantage. The only reason doctors or midwives would want you to be in supine position is so they can have a better look and don't have to work as hard themselves. But it actually prolongs the birthing process and increases the risk of tearing, the need of more pain medication and artificial labour hormones, the risk of higher stress level for the baby and even the risk of needing a vacuum-extraction or a C-Section! On the opposite: Being in an upright labour position (like standing, squatting, all-fours-position, kneeling, sitting on a birthing stool or water birth in a birth-tub) decreases the pain and helps bringing down the baby much faster due to the gravity that helps. Also your pelvis bones are able to move which helps to maneuver baby's head through. Just before being born the head needs to move around the coccyx and when you are in a supine position it can't properly move around it but needs to be born "up" against all gravity. That is a MUCH harder process for the mother. There is literally no advantage to being in bed versus upright and moving. Another thing is that I would highly recommend to look into the possibility of a birth in a birth centre/house or a home birth! Maybe that is something for you. 🙂I did both with my two children and it was the best decision that I could have made! I would never ever go to a hospital for the birth of my children, because I know about all the things that are done there routinely that I don't think are helpful or good. Outside of a hospital you have a much higher probability of a self-determined, upright and beautiful birth experience only with your husband and a midwife, with no stress or pressure or someone who would force you to push when you know you could - and would want to - do it on your own. I thought I might say these words and maybe they are helpful to you and your next birth or to anyone who reads this. Greetings from a midwife who absolutely loves her job and believes in beautiful, calm, self-determined, upright and even romantic birth experiences because I have experienced them myself! ♥

About Homebirth: Midwives are highly trained to notice “yellow/pink flags”(meaning they are slight warning signs, not yet a red flag) in other words, it’s VERY rare that emergencies happen at home. Midwives are very intuitive to your body signs and if there is a slightest warning sign, they will get a hospital involved (if you allow them too) Homebirths are incredibly safe.

My kids are 14 months apart. It is scary but I wouldn’t change it! They’re so close in age and they’re pretty much going through the same stages together and in my opinion it’s easier. Of course it’s hard but you’ve got this!

3 days after having my daughter, we were in hospital elevator to get her checked at hospital. My husband is literally holding our newborn and a woman asks me “omg, so cute. When are you due?” I immediately broke out into tears. My husband said “this is our 3 day old newborn”

36:59 - Oh hey, I might be able to contribute to this discussion! My mom named me Gindrutis (Lithuanian family name), and during her pregnancy everyone kept asking her if she was crazy / saying that I'd get bullied with a name like that, but in my experience it has ONLY been a good thing (currently 25yo) and has made first impressions sooo easy because people are always instantly intrigued when I introduce myself. Just wanted to throw that out there !

Dear Matt and Abby, since I don't have apple products and can't leave a review for you, RU-vid will just have to make do. I am 5 months pregnant and have been on the hunt for relatable content for weeks. RU-vid recommended your channel over and over, I just never watched. I had seen some of your content on tiktok and assumed the two of you were young and sheltered. I am so thankful that I set that aside and just sat down, put on your podcast, and listened, because I was wrong. I love the love you have for each other and for your children. I love the love you have for your family, friends, and followers. Abby, you have a beautiful soul. I see you defend your intense emotions often. Those emotions allow you to love on a deeper level; I, too, love deeply. You are also a powerhouse of a woman and mother and an absolute inspiration. Matt, you are kind, talented, supportive, and one heck of a father and partner. You do an excellent job at talking care of your family. Fathers could listen to you more. Matt and Abby, Thank you for teaching me, "Choose your hard." Thank you for giving me new ways to love my partner and strengthen our relationship. Thank you for being the ones I can look to and relate to during this pregnancy. You guys warm and feed my soul. ❤ 5/5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My baby brother and I are 13 months apart. Best gift my parents could have ever given me. I am 59 years old now and we are still as close as we were as kids.

I don't watch many podcasts but I can't stop watching yours! So genuine, down to earth, and a joy to watch. All the best for baby number two!

Honestly I love your podcast format WAAAAAYYY more!! Your youtube channel is a ton of fun, but I feel like there is more room for realness and vulnerability that most of social media isn’t willing to make room for when its in a podcast form! Excited to continue hearing from you guys and your perspective! ❤

Oh how I’m loving unplanned podcast! I’ve missed the Matt/Abby chats and this has brought it all back. You two are real and it’s such a breath of fresh air in such a crazy world of social media. Thank you for sharing your world with us ❤

As a long time foster parent, I LOVE that you talked about how you can support foster parents! My son is adopted through the foster care system ❤

My mom is pregnant again after 11 years and is going to be 39 when she will be born. It's going to be my first sibling. Wish me luck, hopefully i will be a good big sister. Love you guys and sending love from snowy Maine.❤

I’m a public health major. Health is complicated and can be biased. The most significant thing I’ve learned so far is advocating for your patient. If you feel good doing what you’re doing and your doctor says baby is healthy…. Then nothing else matters ❤

I literally got chills that you guys hit the charts. You deserve it. You’re so fun and also sweet. ❤ much love and congrats again

These podcasts are amazing and also super excited to see baby no.2 😊🎉

I'm always so excited for Wednesdays when a new episode comes out. My boyfriend & I are 20 & 21 years old & going on four years together. Listening to another young couple talk about the ups, the downs & the unplanned truly impacts me & excites me for the road ahead in my own relationship. Thank you two for being so incredibly real & raw! You & your show is amazing!

I love this podcast!! It’s so raw and genuine! Just watched all the episodes back to back!!

Podcasting has come SO naturally to you guys ❤️ it’s honestly been the best to watch you and learn about you and your life! Can’t wait to see you guys grow!😊

I don't typically watch many videos as soon as they come out, but I've really enjoyed this podcast :)

My boys are 17 months apart, I was 19 & barely 21 when they were born. Not going to sugar coat things, it was tough and chaotic the first year. They went through stages practically at the same time, it made potty training so much easier. Because of their birth dates they ended up a year apart in school and even moved off to college and got an apartment together. This very proud mom is in awe of the friendship and bond they have….and I would not change one single thing.

I got pregnant with my second baby when my first born was three months old. My second daughter was born four days before my older daughter’s first birthday! People have all sorts of opinions but that shouldn’t dampen your excitement. Babies can bring such joy! You are not dumb! My girls welcomed a little brother less than two years later and my three stair step kids grew up really close and remain close as young adults. The first couple of years were a blur but then they played so well together and life was mostly just fun 😊

This cracks me up because we have a 4 month old and just found out we’re pregnant as well! Gotta love that 2 kids 1 year old and younger life 😂

I’m 19 and pregnant with my first baby due in June! It’s a girl. My husband and I found out we were expecting 4 months after getting married. Shocked, but over the moon excited lol! We’re thankful for our sweet blessing from God.

I’m a silent watcher but just wanted to say that I am loving the podcast!! I admire y’all’s marriage and positivity 🥰

I’m on the younger side of your audience, I’m in high school. Hearing you guys talk about and have opinions like mine on the controversial stuff when I usually hear the opposite, especially at school. It really helps to know that you guys aren’t afraid of talking about it even if you think others won’t agree with you.💜

We did not wait to find out the sex of our baby, so at our anatomy scan we learned we were having a girl! 🥰 All the pink, floral girl clothes and decorations and 42 weeks and a day later, our baby BOY came into the world! Best surprise of our life. He was born 6/28 so suuuuper close to Griffin boy!

I love how transparent you guys are with how hard parenting is! It's not talked about enough and man, is it TOUGH

The confidence in Abby saying that its okay to have help you with your kids makes me very very happy. Abby and Matt are the STRONGEST parents in the world!!!

You're one week ahead of me for due date!🥰 Love watching you guys!💕

I love the way your conversation flows and your energies! Thank you for the amazing content!

I'm 27 with 4 kids, I was pregnant with my first baby at 17 and my last 3 babies are each 18 months apart. My second baby was an "I didnt know I was pregnant" baby and he was born in the bathtub an hour after my water broke. Mom/parent shaming is a given so never let that get to you. You guys should let us send in our birth stories and read them on the podcast, I'd love to share my crazy stories. So much trauma even with an easy labor, so I totally understand your emotions with this pregnancy. I love watching and relating to your content. You guys are amazing parents ❤️

My doula teacher always said, "Babies come when they're ready" I always think about when I hear about any pregnancy. This baby is coming now for it's own soul's purpose, for all of your souls! All the best for this pregnancy!

Y’all deserve it we love y’all 🥺 thank you for sharing with us! Congrats🎉🎉🎉

Everything happens for a reason. This baby is another blessing. You've got this!

We want the video of Abby telling Matt about the pregnancy!!!! I can't wait to see It. I know It was a surprise for you guys but everyone knows that you're both amazing parents ❤️ my bestfriend is 1 year and 2 months older than her brother and they're best friends, they even live together rn. Everything will be fine!!

Oh man! I love your passion for getting involved with foster care and adoption. Definitely something I wish was talked about more. I have been working in the system for 12 years in California and there are SO MANY ways that people can help that is beyond fostering and adopting from donations, to mentoring, to volunteering during the holidays. I think it's important to know when diving into this area, that every state does it differently in regards to services and support offered. California for example is one of a few states that offer "extended foster care" so when students turn 18 they aren't out on their own, but have support during those crucial young adult years of getting a job, going to college, and really learning how to adult. I don't know how AZ does things, but a good starting point, is seeing if there are any local non-profits that serve foster youth in your area. CASA (Court appointed special advocates) is another nation wide organization that helps mentor kids in care and advocate for them in court. There's plenty of more, but I will stop there for right now. Happy to help if you have any questions and keep up the great work and using your platform for good! God Bless

You guys are the best podcast I have ever listened to you should be really proud of yourselves you guys made #4 on trending and you deserve it!! ❤❤

You guys are amazing! I’m so happy for you guys!!! I love this podcast SO much 💕

Love. “Get cheap tacos and drive around like we’re in high school”. So real. Being married is sooooo amazing, but there is something so fun about that young teenage love energy.

My first babies were 13 months apart, 18 months, and then 22 months apart. I will say, having babies so close together is such a huge blessing. They’re best friends, I’m exhausted 😂, but I’ve found my fears are almost always bigger than the reality. My life verse is Gods Grace is sufficient. One day we may add another to the family 😂😍🥰 Anyone who is expecting or have little ones close together, you CAN do this. 🤍

I love listening to y’all!! This is the only podcast i was willing to listen to!! Love hearing your responses! ❤

You and my wife’s due dates are 5days apart. She’s a really big fan of yours, so for her being able to watch you and share your experience while she’s simultaneously going through them is special to her and me. Congratulations guys! Cheers to parenthood ❤️

Anyone else feel so excited for Matt & Abby to the point u feel like it’s someone in YOUR family that’s pregnant?! Just me?! 🤷‍♀️ So freaking happy for them. I LOVE u guys!!

So happy for y’all!❤

I had my daughter in Dec 2019 and my son April 2021 and my last baby February 2022 and I can just speak from experience that both your babies are going to be the best of friends! My oldest and middle are glued to each other, they are constantly sharing toys, don’t want to do anything alone the moment and memories out way all the negative. I’m 23 and the amount of stares, comments etc I get on the daily don’t bother me anymore because the memories of the babies out way it all!!! I can’t wait to see your family grow ❤️

NO WAY!!! We do have the same exact due dates with both babies! July last year and August 15th to the T this year!! ❤❤❤❤ I’m scared too but we will get thru this 🎉 it’s all going to a beautiful experience! My bump is popping too

So excited for you guys 💜

your podcast has become my favorite version of your content

My mom had both my little sisters 13 months apart at age 38-39 and she did amazing!❤️ They are so close and even though one of them is going through her “terrible twos,” it’s been amazing! I’m so happy for you guys!❤️ Love you!!

It's biblical to put your marriage ahead of the children. You are the ones teaching them about love and marriage. I'm so excited and happy for y'all.

I have 3 under 3 (14 months apart and then 13 months apart) and it definitely is tough but so worth it. We have a boy in the middle and he absolutely loves his sisters and the girls are so cute together. Our youngest is almost 3 months old now, but our oldest loves her siblings so much and she never had a jealousy phase because she never understood what that concept was. Hang in there with the hardest part. It does get easier and you fall into a routine that works for you and your household. When they get older, it gets easier. Y’all got this.

It’s so nice going through a second pregnancy listening to a mom going through the same thing. Our second is due Aug 16! And every time my husband asked how many kids I wanted during the first twelve months I would say I don’t want more than two😂 but now I want way more again.

I have never really followed or got excited to watch new videos of RU-vidrs/podcasts…until now! Matt and Abby, you are so relatable and real. I appreciate you sharing advice, love, and laughter. It really is something I look forward to watching each week❤

GUYS! It’s happened to me too. I think theres a month between my daughter and Griffin and now I’m pregnant again! Due October. Total shock to me freaking out tbh but we got this🙏🏼 Congratulations to you both, love you guys!

I’m so thankful for being adopted. My parents were able to have biological children. I was adopted as an older child (not a toddler or baby), but they are 100% my family. My siblings and I are very close and my best friends.

I breastfeed my first baby while pregnant with my second. My oldest weened herself at a year and 1 month. Then I had my second baby a month later. Both babies were extremely healthy. I was able to breastfeed my second for a year also! I even went overdue!!

Hey dudes! I love you guys so much and have enjoyed watching your podcasts, RU-vid videos and tik toks for a while! You guys are so fun, honest and real and I love that about you both! I always get excited when a new video of yours comes out as I am a huge fan and just love how strong and amazing the relationship you and Matt have is. Keep up the podcasts I love them!

Y’all both are very fortunate n privileged to have the opportunity u do, as someone who may never have kids cause of the disability I have wanna say these kinda moments are very precious in human life, u both are experiencing something a large percentage of the world never gets to! Hope u realize how fortunate n lucky u both are !!

I'm pregnant and my due date is October 13th. I'm so excited it's my first baby and it was planned. I love the coincidence of the unplanned podcast episode 3 is about an unplanned pregnancy 😂 it just fits perfectly

My mom also got pregnant with my sister when i was just a few months old and personally i think that babies born close together have a closer bond. We can understand eachother and talk to eachother and relate to eachother because we go through elementary school, middle school, and high school together. I can already tell griffin and little dude will have a great bond and abby, never feel alone with what you're going through because you aren't and everything will be ok ❤️❤️

Hey love yall and love watching yalls podcast and videos. Congratulations on the new baby.

I love this podcast!! You guys are naturals!

March 30th is the day my grandfather passed away 10 years ago. I know that he will be watching over you and your baby during this journey. I expect that the a anatomy scan will go great!

Matt not believing you were nauseous and didn’t feel good until you actually threw up is soooo relatable! My husband was the same way with my second pregnancy because I never got sick with my first. He would get annoyed if I said I felt bad and one night I had him pull the car over and puked everywhere and he started believing me😅

You guys announced your unplanned baby on the unplanned podcast… congratulations I can wait!❤️

Congrats!!! So excited for you guys!!❤

My daughters are 13 months apart & have been inseparable their entire lives. They’re 16 & 15 now and best friends! It’s incredible ❤❤❤

Matt is such a good husband to Abby, he is always improving himself for his wife and his kids/future kids. They both care for each other so much and I am honored to be part of your journey! Love you guys~

We’re due August 18th! This is so exciting for you guys 🎉

I love that your advocating your yourself and your babes 💕 awesome job! My kids are 13 months apart (currently 7 mo. and 20 mo.) and it’s so much fun! At 17 months is when my older child really started being interested in the little and the precious little friendship started

Hi Abby! Idk if you’ll see this - but regarding nursing while pregnant I asked my dr and have a friend who is a midwife - I had my boys a year and a half apart - they both said it is completely safe to nurse the entire pregnancy. Some people don’t think it is because n*pple stimulation can help with contractions (sometimes) but that’s in cases where a woman is already full term and hasn’t been nursing so her body isn’t used to is - similar to how you shouldn’t start new workouts, but can continue your current workout routine. For me, my milk started to turn back into colostrum so my baby didn’t like it so he started to self wean - but if Griffin doesn’t mind any changes in the taste of milk go for it! If it became unsafe they’ll tell you ❤ good job mama

When I was pregnant with my oldest but didn't know it yet (we weren't trying), we had a Halloween party, and I had I think three good sized, kinda strong margaritas. It's probably the most I've ever drank at once, honestly. When I found out I was pregnant like 2 weeks later, I was SO freaked out. I was about 3-4 weeks pregnant with him at the party. Long story short, he's absolutely FINE. Try not to worry, and don't beat yourself up!

🎉🎉 I’m so happy for you guys! I listen on RU-vid so I cant review, but it’s a 100/5 ⭐️ !

Your amazing!! I’m a stay at home mom of two boys. They are two years apart. It’s a lot but so perfect!! Love your guys videos! You are so inspiring and encouraging. It’s hard and you guys do parenthood beautifully!

Due with my 4th on August 17th! I had a feeling Abby was pregnant just seeing how she was feeling while going through the same pregnancy feelings myself. Having kids close together is awesome, although hard! This will be my 4th in a little over 4 years with the closest being 12.5 months. There are hard days but ultimately it's all worth it and it does get easier!

I noticed the Aug 15 calender and the pictures in in the past videos but didn't know what it was for. Congratulations Abby I'm so excited for you🥰❤🥳

I LIVE FOR THIS SHOW!!!! Matt and Abby are amazing. They have such a cute relationship and their marriage is my dream. Watching them interact and go through these pregnancies has been amazing and I get so excited for the new episodes to come out!!! Abby is so pretty and strong and I hope that when I go through pregnancy I can be as strong as her!!!! And Matt is so kind and supportive and it just warms my heart to see him stand by Abby through their trials!!!! 10/10!!!

It would be cool to have special guests here and there and maybe the guest would have to do a tiktok with y’all 😂or random projects too … this is so cute you guys ❤

YAY A NEW EPISODEE

Nursing student here! The reason your OB would say to stop is because lactation releases hormones that can stimulate uterine contractions. That being said, it’s your choice! You do whatever you feel is right!! Praying for a healthy pregnancy and birth for you!🫶🏻🫶🏻

I have 4 under 5! We LOVE having kids close together. They are best friends❤ the first little bit can be difficult but I promise watching how much Griffen loves the baby will melt your heart

Yall are my FAV!!! My daughters birthday is August 11th!! I’m also pregnant with babe #2! Huge Congratulations!!

“I’m hoping that Griffin comes on your dads birthday.” Haha he’s already mixing them up. In my family we call it roll call. 😂 especially when grandma does it because she’ll say all grandkids names before the one she meant.

Can’t wait!! Love you guys!!

Love that you posted the whole video to RU-vid. Thank you for sharing real life. Praying for your family and your success.

We didn’t find out the gender of either of our kids. I never regret it! It was amazing!