Firstly, thank you for choosing me to go on this labour journey with you!

My name is Shalom and I founded Renka Maternity after my not-so-pleasant pre-birth experience. I had just gone to see my midwife and was told that our baby could come any day now, therefore I should make sure my labour bag was ready. I smiled and nodded while on the inside I knew very well that my bag was nowhere close to ready. Being the avid online shopper I am, I frantically searched for a pre-packed hospital bag in South Africa, which would eliminate the stress of having to figure out what to put in my bag and what to not bother taking. I was also faced with the difficult task of trying to figure out which of my luggage bags would be the perfect solution for my needs. I was stressed! At 37 weeks, the last thing I needed was to be stressed considering I was already pretty tired and achy in places I didn’t even know could ache.