April sure does go quickly. We have so many public holidays in April. This week is short again because Friday is Freedom day. I think it was the day Nelson Mandela was released from prison. Then on Tuesday it’s Workers day. Don’t know why but that’s fine. I put in a day’s leave for Monday so I’ll have a five-day break. Yeah! It’s the last long weekend we’ll have in a long time so we have to enjoy it. We are not going away but I have a lot of organizing and cleaning to do at home and then just resting. Corne has also promised to spend some time with me and not on his bike. We’ll see if that really happens.
It’s his 29th birthday today! My brother and I went scouting for presents on Sunday cause it’s his girlfriend's birthday on the 28th as well. So we ended up buying Corne a Kit bag for all his racing gear and Body Armor that I thought was real cool but he doesn’t seem to like it very much. Something about it not protecting his color bone. I told him he could go and exchange it for something else. He liked the Kit bag. At least I got one out of two. It’s so difficult to buy him presents. Everything he likes is so expensive and he is so picky about the things he wants you can’t ever just surprise him cause look what happened now. He doesn’t like it. Ahhh men!!!
Well it was his sister’s birthday yesterday as well so I’m very broke now after buying them all presents. April is a short but expensive month! Tonight I’m making a Roast and his sister is coming to visit and we’ll have a nice birthday dinner for them. Oh well, I tried.
Otherwise I’ve been well except for some indigestion and heartburn. I guess that’s just part of the process. Nothing excessive. I’ve been trying to really concentrate hard to see if I feel the baby move yet but I’m not sure. I read somewhere that you could start feeling the baby move around now but because it’s my first pregnancy I might mistake it for stomach rumblings or miss it completely. Maybe baby has to grow a little stronger for me to feel something. I can’t wait though. I really don’t feel that pregnant yet. I know I am but except for my clothes not fitting and indigestion, there’s nothing else? Oh wait there is something else. My skin! It’s terrible! I have constant breakouts. I hate it. I’ve never really had perfect skin but it was ok the last couple of years. I know it’s hormonal but it’s really annoying. I wish that would go away!
I mentioned last week that I’m thinking of changing doctors. Not that there’s something wrong with my doctor it’s just that he doesn’t practice at the clinic where I’m thinking of delivering at and also because I’ve heard that he pushes for caesarians and I don’t want one unless I have to. I want to go to the clinic one day and have a look around and get the names of the doctors who do practice there and take it from there. From what I’ve heard it’s more like a birthing center that a hospital and that’s what I want. We don’t have birthing centers in South Africa and when you have your baby in a hospital it’s such a medical thing and I don’t think it’s necessary. Having a baby is not an illness. Well I’ll keep you posted.
Have a good week everyone.
~ Lizelle
