The gypsy Rose Blanchard.
(Photo by Steve Granitz/FilmMagic)Gypsy Rose Blanchard shared an update on how she’s adjusting to her new role as a mom.
Blanchard, 33, posted a photo of her postpartum body via her Instagram Story on Friday, January 3, just one week after welcoming her daughter.
“Almost a week postpartum,” Blanchard captioned the post. “I feel more energetic.”
Blanchard and his partner, Ken Urker, welcomed a baby girl named Aurora on Saturday, December 28. After the birth, Urker took to social media to announce the news via Instagram on Wednesday, January 1.
Exactly one year after her release from prison, Gypsy Rose Blanchard became a mother. Blanchard, 33, and her partner, Ken Urker, welcomed a baby girl named Aurora on Saturday, December 28. Urker announced the news via Instagram on Wednesday, January 1. “Welcoming 2025 with the greatest gift of all 👼,” shared Urker alongside a (…)
“Welcoming 2025 with the greatest gift of all 👼,” Urker shared alongside a photo of him, Blanchard and their new baby at the hospital.
The birth took place in Blanchard’s home state of Louisiana. “Aurora is healthy and we are so happy,” Urker told TMZ.
A year before her daughter arrived, Blanchard was released after serving nearly nine years in prison. In 2016, she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard.
Nicolas GodejohnGypsy’s boyfriend at the time, conspired to kill Dee Dee with Gypsy, with Godejohn ultimately stabbing her to death. Godejohn pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
The gypsy Rose Blanchard.
(Courtesy of Gypsy Rose Blanchard/Instagram)Dee Dee is widely believed to have suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, defined by the Cleveland Clinic as “a mental health condition in which you pretend that someone in your care is ill when they are not. not “. Throughout her childhood, Gypsy was convinced she suffered from various illnesses, including leukemia, muscular dystrophy, and brain damage, and was told she needed a feeding tube and a wheelchair.
The 2017 documentary Dead mother and dearest and the 2019 Hulu limited series The lawin which Gypsy was played by the actress Joey Kingboth represented the saga.
Gypsy and Urker were previously engaged in 2018 while she was still in prison. The couple separated in 2019 and Gypsy later married Ryan Anderson in July 2022 while behind bars. Their nuptials involved a small ceremony with no guests.
Shortly after her release in December 2023, Gypsy announced that she and Anderson had separated. She officially filed for divorce from Anderson in March 2024.
Four months later, Gypsy confirmed speculation that she was pregnant with Urker.
“I know the rumors have been circulating for a while now and I’m happy to announce that I’m 11 weeks pregnant,” she said in a YouTube video in July 2024. “Ken and I are expecting our very first child coming in January 2025.”
