Franca Lehfeldt: Back at work 4 weeks after giving birth – here's why

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Just four weeks after giving birth to her daughter, Franca Lehfeldt was back at work. The entrepreneur speaks openly about why a longer break was personally out of the question for her – and brings a clear term into play: competitive disadvantage.

Do you know the feeling of having to be fully functional right after a major life change? For Lehfeldt, that was exactly reality. She is an entrepreneur – and is therefore in a significantly different situation than employed mothers, who can rely on a statutory protection period.

What Franca Lehfeldt says about her baby break

In the Bunte report, she frames her decision with the word "competitive disadvantage." Anyone who is responsible for their own company often simply cannot afford to be out for weeks – orders, customers, and momentum quickly migrate to the competition otherwise.

What sounds like a personal stage is in truth an entrepreneurial calculation. Lehfeldt makes this transparent in the interview.

Why this isn't an isolated opinion

What comes across as a private decision has a structural side: for self-employed mothers in Germany, balancing family and career is a calculation with many unknowns. Anyone who drops out is really out – economically and organizationally.

Read more about Lehfeldt's specific explanation in the Bunte article.