Rena Siwek Southern worked as the public relations manager for the famed B.B. King Blues Club, where she promoted concerts and put together the hottest music shows. Her second career finds her back in graduate school, with a focus on sociology, all the better to get her and her husband ready for their new arrival! This is their first child, and Rena gives a candid, and at times hilarious, take on what being pregnant is like for her.
Rena is in her 32nd week. She is sick and complains of shortness of breath and break outs. Her sister is giving her hand-me-down clothes from her son. She found a Moyle for her son's circumcision.
Rena is in her 33rd week. She created an account for her baby at a Blood Cord Bank. Her mother has hired a baby nurse for her, for the first week home from the hospital.
Rena is in her 35th week. She took the birthing class and discusses what she's learned. She now has different ideas for her birthing plan. She no longer has hemorrhoids and sleeping has improved.
Rena is in her 38th week. She is sick and due any day now. She is having another sonogram done to check the fluids. She has packed her bags for the hospital.