In this honest and unfiltered article, Dr. med. Martina Lenzen-Schulte, physician, medical journalist, and book author, writes about sex after childbirth and the injuries many women are left to live with in silence. Drawing on decades of reporting for the medical profession and the public, she exposes what medicine and society often refuse to address. The article speaks openly about physical damage, shame, and silence surrounding postpartum sexuality.

Women worldwide often suffer silently from maternal birth injuries. I experienced a third-degree tear from my vagina to my anus. This article shares my journey with untreated birth complications and explores treatments to offer hope and information to women facing similar challenges.

Massive hair loss after pregnancy hit me with double force because I simply did not see it coming. I was so focused on taking care of my newborn, that I did not perceive at first what was happening on my own head. About two months after giving birth, my hair started to fall out at warp speed and there was nothing I could do to prevent it. My hair was absolutely everywhere!