Gypsy Rose Blanchard's Baby: What She's Said About Becoming a Mom

Mar. 15, 2025

Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her boyfriend Ken Urker pose in maternity photos.Photo:Erin Jalbert/@m0therofchaos

Erin Jalbert/@m0therofchaos

Gypsy Rose Blanchardbecame a momexactly one yearafter beingreleased from prison. She served eight years for her role in the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard.

In May 2024, Blanchard and her ex-fiancé-now-boyfriend,Ken Urker, found out they wereexpecting their first child togethera month after they reunited. Blanchard was previously married toRyan Scott Anderson, whom shefiled for divorcefrom in April 2024.

A week after the two found out they were expecting, Urkermoved to Louisianato be closer to Blanchard, who lives in her fatherRod Blanchardand stepmother Kristy Blanchard’s home.

She continued, “But [Ken and I] both come from divorced parents and one thing we absolutely agreed on from day one, even back when we were dating in 2017, is that when we have a child, we will stick together for the long haul. This is a forever thing because we don’t want our child to grow up in a broken home.”

Blanchard and Urker welcomed their daughter,Aurora, into the world on Dec. 28, 2024.

From how she found out she was expecting to how she wants to learn from her mother’s mistakes, here’s everything Gypsy Rose Blanchard has said about becoming a mother.

She previously said she wasn’t ready to be a mother

Gypsy Rose Blanchard attends “The Prison Confessions Of Gypsy Rose Blanchard” Red Carpet Event on January 05, 2024 in New York City.Jamie McCarthy/Getty

Jamie McCarthy/Getty

Mia encouraged Blanchard to take an emergency contraceptive, leading Blanchard to buy Plan B.

“I don’t regret taking my sister’s advice at all,” Blanchard told PEOPLE. “I’m happy I took it. With everything that was going on with Ryan and me and the instability of our marriage, it wasn’t the right time for me then.”

Kristy agreed, telling PEOPLE that Blanchard “definitely wasn’t ready with Ryan.” “She wouldn’t have taken Plan B if she was,” she said. “We all know Gypsy is going to do what she wants at the end of the day. I mean, who doesn’t?"

The pregnancy came as a surprise

Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her boyfriend Ken Urker in her maternity photos.Erin Jalbert/@m0therofchaos

In April 2024, Blanchard split from Anderson and soon began seeing her ex-fiancé, Urker. On May 24, she took a pregnancy test after previously believing she struggled to ovulate and conceive easily.

After taking the test, Blanchard said she handed it over to Kristy, asking her, “Can you make sure this test says what I think it says?" She took another one and when the second pink line showed up again, she realized she was pregnant.

She and Kristy called Urker soon after to share the happy news — and he was just as surprised as she was.

“His face was priceless,” Kristy told PEOPLE. “He just had a big smile on his face. It’s such a blessing and it’s still unreal. They will be great parents and cherish every minute of it.”

Kristy Blanchard and Gypsy Rose Blanchard attends “An Evening with Lifetime: Conversations On Controversies” FYC event on May 01, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.JC Olivera/WireImage

JC Olivera/WireImage

Though Blanchard didn’t have much of a relationship with her father or stepmother growing up, she now has a close bond with them both — and wants to take notes from Kristy on how to parent her own child.

“I want to be kind, that my kids come to me for any kind of advice, just like my stepmother,” she said. “I have seen how she has parented her children — and I think she’s a kick-ass mom. She’s supportive and not overbearing.”

Blanchard wants to do things differently than her mother

Gypsy Rose Blanchard with her mom Dee Dee Blanchard.

After experiencing such abuse, Blanchard has been vocal about wanting to do things differently from Dee Dee.

She continued, “I thank God every day that I am now having this second chance at life with a kid of my own. The way my mother parented me is definitely not the way I’m going to be. We always say for the next generation, we want to be better than we were raised. And so, for me, I think that couldn’t be any more truthful.”

Shortly before she was set to be released from prison, Blanchard told PEOPLE then that she didn’t foresee herself having any concerns relating to her mother with her future children one day.

“Whenever someone says, ‘Do you think that because of what you went through, you’re going to do that to your kids?’ I say, ‘You know what? Absolutely not.’ " Blanchard said. “I have learned what not to do. I have no concerns about my parenting when it comes to that.”

Blanchard has addressed criticism from the public

Gypsy Rose Blanchard and boyfriend Ken Urker in April 2024.Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram

After announcing her pregnancy news, Blanchard was quickly met with backlash. Sheaddressed the criticismin herYouTubevideo sharing more details.

“I know that there are going to be people who feel like I’m not ready to be a mother, and I don’t know if anyone’s really ready to be a mother,” she said.

She added to PEOPLE that while she “understands where the public is coming from,” she paid them no mind.

“I think every parent questions whether they’re ready,” Blanchard said. “I’m currently in therapy for my sanity and my mental well-being and I checked all the boxes to make sure I’m stable. All I can say is that I have a strong support system, and Ken and I are in a very good place.”

Though she admitted it may be the wrong timing as she’s in the middle of divorce proceedings, Blanchard said she was looking forward to motherhood.

“All those moments that you look at your life and you’re like, ‘Oh my God, it’s like a flash,’ " she said. “I can’t wait to have those first steps, the first cry, the first scraped knee, all those firsts. That’s the little milestones that I look forward to having. I can’t wait to be a mom.”

Blanchard gave birth to her and Urker’s first child, daughterAurora Raina Urker, on Dec. 28, 2024. Coincidentally, this was also thefirst anniversary of Blanchard’s prison release.

Earlier that same month, Blanchard told PEOPLE how she and Urker settled on their daughter’s name.

“Both of ushave a fascination with the Northern Lights, and the proper term is the Aurora Borealis,” she said. “I think it was maybe in 2018, we wrote each other’s future kid’s name on pieces of paper and Aurora is what we both picked without even knowing each other was picking it.”

source: people.com