Gypsy Rose Blanchard shows off her postpartum body
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 mother.
Blanchard, 33, posted a photo of her postpartum body via her Instagram story on Friday, January 3, just a week after welcoming her daughter.
“Almost a week postpartum,” Blanchard captioned the post. “I feel more energetic.”
Blanchard and her partner, Ken Urker, greeted a little girl On Saturday, December 28th, Urker was christened Aurora. Following the birth, Urker took to social media to announce the news via Instagram on Wednesday, January 1st.
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 28th. Urker broke the news on Instagram on Wednesday, January 1st. “We welcome the year 2025 with the greatest gift of all 👼,” Urker shared with A (…)
“We welcome 2025 with the greatest gift of all 👼,” Urker shared alongside a photo of him, Blanchard and their new baby in 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’s arrival, Blanchard was released after nearly nine years in prison. In 2016, she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with her mother’s death. Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard.
Nicholas Godejohn, Gypsy’s boyfriend at the time, conspired to kill Dee Dee with Gypsy, with Godejohn ultimately stabbing her. Godejohn pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard. (Courtesy of Gypsy Rose Blanchard/Instagram)
It is widely believed that Dee Dee suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, defined by the Cleveland Clinic as “a mental health condition in which one pretends that someone in one’s care is ill when they are not.” Throughout her childhood, Gypsy was convinced that she suffered from various illnesses, including leukemia, muscular dystrophy and brain damage, and was told that she needed a feeding tube and a wheelchair.
The documentary 2017 Mom dead and dear and the 2019 Hulu limited series The lawin which Gypsy was played by the actress Joey KingBoth represented the saga.
Gypsy and Urker got engaged in 2018 while she was still in prison. The couple separated in 2019 and Gypsy later tied the knot Ryan Anderson in July 2022 while she was behind bars. Their wedding was a small ceremony without guests.
Shortly after her release in December 2023, Gypsy announced her and Anderson’s separation. 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 quite some time and I’m happy to announce that I am 11 weeks pregnant,” she said in a YouTube video in July 2024. “Ken and I are expecting our first child due in January 2025.”
