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Carolin Kebekus Details Postpartum Ordeal and Birthday Candle Scare Ahead of New Book

Her candid accounts precede a book release that examines what new mothers are expected to endure.

Overview

  • Kebekus told dpa that at her child's first birthday the child hit a burning candle, a moment she says was caught on video.
  • She said the child was not injured but screamed loudly during the incident, which relatives sometimes rewatch for its dark humor.
  • In an FAZ interview, she described severe pain after a Caesarean section with wound-fluid complications that left her struggling to stand.
  • She keeps her child's gender private and stresses that her experience is shaped by access to money, family help, a capable co‑parent, and early paid childcare.
  • Her book, titled “8000 Arten als Mutter zu versagen,” is scheduled to be published on November 6 by Kiepenheuer & Witsch.