Gypsy Rose Blanchard welcomes her first child and reveals her unusual name

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in her mother’s death, has welcomed her first child.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in her mother’s death, has welcomed her first child.

The 33-year-old gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Aurora Urker, on December 28 in Louisiana.

Blanchard’s boyfriend, Ken Urker, confirmed the news to TMZ on Wednesday.

“Aurora is healthy and we are so happy,” said Mr Urker, 31, New York Post reported.

Urker shared an Instagram picture of him and Blanchard holding their daughter at the hospital. “Welcoming 2025 with the greatest gift of all,” he wrote.

Ken Urker and Gypsy Rose Blanchard with their daughter. Picture: kenurker/Instagram

Blanchard welcomed her daughter exactly one year to the day of her release from prison.

She served seven years in prison for the second-degree murder of her mother, Claudine ‘Dee Dee’ Blanchard, who was stabbed to death, in 2015.

The then 24-year-old plotted her mothers murder with boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn over years of emotional and physical abuse caused by Munchausen syndrome by Proxy. It caused the young woman to go through countless unnecessary medical treatments.

Blanchard was released on parole.

Blanchard first revealed she was pregnant with Mr Urker’s child in July 2023 — just months after filing for divorce from husband Ryan Anderson in April, whom she married in 2022 while serving her prison stint.

She later posted paternity results to confirm that Mr Urker was the father of her baby.

“There’s been a lot of chatter around the paternity of our baby and while we’ve known for sure from the beginning, I feel that it’s finally time to put all these theories to rest. Here are the results showing Ken is the father,” she captioned the prenatal paternity test results in November.

The pair had an on and off again relationship. Picture: @gypsyrose.ig/Instagram

Mr Anderson addressed the speculation surrounding the baby in October, telling his 717,000 TikTok followers that he had no doubts Mr Urker was the child’s father.

“I’ve never once questioned who the baby daddy was,” Mr Anderson said in a video.

“[I] never once said ‘I’m gonna make a fuss about it’ or ‘I’m gonna prevent this’ or ‘do that.’ I’ve never said anything like that. I’ve always said ‘guys it’s not my baby’.”

Blanchard expressed excitement during her pregnancy, including at her gender reveal party in August.

Blanchard during her pregnancy. Picture: Instagram/@gypsyrose.ig

“The moment y’all have been waiting for … It’s a girl! Ken and I are over the moon and are so excited to start our family. We’re so thankful for our friends, neighbours, and families who came to our party today! We also want to thank y'all for your love and support,” Blanchard wrote alongside a video from the party.

Blanchard’s relationship with Urker started while she was serving time for the role she played in her mother’s death. He proposed in 2018; however, their on-and-off relationship ended years before her 2023 prison release.

Blanchard married Anderson in a jailhouse ceremony in July 2022. She filed to end their marriage before their second wedding anniversary and then rekindled her romance with Mr Urker.

This story originally appeared on the New York Post and reproduced with permission

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