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MAFS’ Cam and Jules reveal the unglamorous side of parenting

MAFS’ Cam and Jules reveal the unglamorous side of parenting

BREAKING: Cam and Jules welcome baby!

BREAKING: Cam and Jules welcome baby!

Jules Robinson's baby shower nightmare!

Jules Robinson's baby shower nightmare!

MAFS Jules' honeymoon bikini body: How I lost 8kg - without quitting carbs

MAFS Jules' honeymoon bikini body: How I lost 8kg - without quitting carbs

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MAFS Jules' shows off her incredible body transformation

MAFS Jules' shows off her incredible body transformation

MAFS bride Jules takes swipe at ex bridesmaid Mel

MAFS bride Jules takes swipe at ex bridesmaid Mel

MAFS star Melissa gets into screaming match with Cam’s groomsman

MAFS star Melissa gets into screaming match with Cam’s groomsman

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MAFS stars Jules Robinson and Cameron Merchant's OTT real wedding

MAFS stars Jules Robinson and Cameron Merchant's OTT real wedding

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Tamara Joy takes side in Jules and Mel feud

WATCH: MAFS stars Jules and Cam’s wedding video

WATCH: MAFS stars Jules and Cam’s wedding video

MAFS Melissa lashes out over Jules and Cam's wedding snub

MAFS Melissa lashes out over Jules and Cam's wedding snub

MAFS Heidi’s shock appearance as Cam and Jules wed for real

MAFS Heidi’s shock appearance as Cam and Jules wed for real

MAFS stars Cam and Jules wed in Sydney

MAFS stars Cam and Jules wed in Sydney

Inside Jules Robinson's wedding dress

Inside Jules Robinson's wedding dress

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EXCLUSIVE: Cam Merchant spills on becoming a dad

The MAFS star’s first child with wife Jules Robinson is just around the corner! - by Erin Doyle
  • 25 Aug 2020

When Cam Merchant was matched with stranger Jules Robinson for ratings juggernaut Married At First Sight in 2019, few were expecting the couple to last the distance.

The reality show’s track record when it comes to lasting relationships has been dire, but Jules, 38, and Cam, 36, have somehow managed to buck the trend.

WATCH: MAFS' Cam and Jules' emotional wedding vows and kiss

First they tied the knot for real late last year and now, their first child’s arrival is imminent with Jules currently 35 weeks pregnant.

Speaking to New Idea, Cam gushes over the idea of becoming a father for the first time.

“It is something that has kept me going for a long, long time – wanting to be a father. It was certainly an aspiration,” the SodaStream brand spokesperson says.

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Cam and Jules Merchant are expecting their first child together.

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“You see your friends and everyone else who’s got their little ones and you see how special it is.

“I’m a cricket coach myself so I’ve been involved with kids all my life and absolutely loved it but I think to have one of your own and create a little version of you, I think there’s nothing more special to be honest.”

Cam Merchant

Cam says he can't wait for the challenges of parenthood and being a father is something he's wanted for a "long, long time".

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While the 36-year-old admits he’s expecting to face some inevitably difficult tasks when it comes to parenting their son or daughter (the couple chose not know the gender), Cam says he can’t wait.

“To become a father, it hasn’t happened yet, but there’s nothing you hear more consistently from every other person – that it’s without doubt  the best thing you can ever do,” he says.

“So I look forward to the challenges, I look forward to the happiness, the tears, the emotions, all of it! And of course, raising a little family.”

MAFS Cam and Jules

The love story was a modern day fairytale that played out on Channel Nine's Married At First Sight.

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Like many couples currently expecting, Cam and Jules have spent much of the lead up to baby’s arrival social distancing in the midst of the global coronavirus crisis. But despite the odd times playing out around them, Cam said the pair hasn’t let it faze them

“We just kind of said it was a second experiment,” he explains.

“If anything, we’ve just become closer. We’ve become tighter, we’ve understood each other even more. And having a little one, we’ve just understood our role and know what we need to do to help and support each other through everything that we’ve gone through.

“Nothing’s going to change, we just happened to have a little one all of a sudden. We both couldn’t be more ecstatic to be honest.”

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“If anything,  we’ve just become closer. We’ve become  tighter, we’ve understood each other even more," Cam says of Jules being pregnant during a pandemic.

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Cricket aficionado Cam adds that he hopes he’ll spark an interest in the sport with his unborn child – something his own father did for him.

“When I was born on 4th of January, there was a Sydney cricket test that was on and my dad, he’s obviously a big cricket fan. He was at the cricket, he was at the bar and he’d had a few and he found out he just had a little baby boy  and he was excited,” Cam says.

“Hence he snuck into our hospital, into the maternity ward and put a little hat signed by the Australian cricket team and a little bat underneath my arm and actually got chased out by the nurse.

“So cricket, I don’t think I had a choice that cricket was going to be in my blood for a long time and I don’t think this little one is going to have a choice either.”

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Cam is hoping his child will take up a similar interest in cricket.

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As the clock ticks down to the bub’s arrival in to the world, Cam reveals he’s doing everything he can to support his wife as she carries his child, including giving her foot massages, popping out for a specific flavour of Doritos to satisfy her late-night pregnant cravings and giving up the booze.

“During the pregnancy, Jules loves her bubbly sparkling water so I’ve jumped on the SodaStream bandwagon even more now so I haven’t been a bad partner,” he says.

“I’ve done it with her, drinking as much bubbly and sparkling water as I can.  I couldn’t have imagined if I went the other way and just snapped open a couple of beers here and there. She’s loving it.”

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