Complex sentence: As she announced her pregnancy on August 6, Mendes would began serving as the WWE.com correspondent for "SmackDown" in October, before going on maternity leave later that month, she gave birth on February 13,2016.
Split into simpler sentences: As she announced her pregnancy on August 6, Mendes would began serving as the WWE.com correspondent for "SmackDown" in October. The same month she went on maternity leave, and gave birth on February 13,2016.