Gypsy Rose Blanchard gave birth to her first child after being released from prison

The 33-year-old reality TV star was preparing to divorce her ex-husband Ryan Anderson in April when she became pregnant with her boyfriend Ken Urkerthe first child was born in July. The two were previously engaged while she was serving her mother's murder in 2015. Dee Dee Blanchard.

Gypsy Rose made headlines for her experience as a Munchausen by proxy victim and was the subject of several documentaries. The experience led her to team up with her then-boyfriend to plot the 2015 murder of her mother, Dee Dee, after she subjected her daughter to years of painful medical procedures that ultimately proved unnecessary.

Now, after officially divorcing her ex-husband Ryan Anderson, Gypsy Rose is ready to start a new chapter in her life as a mother to a beautiful baby girl named Aurora Raina Urker. Gypsy's friend Ken Urker shared a photo of the new family on Instagram on New Year's Day to celebrate the new year.

The proud father took to Instagram to share a photo of Gypsy Rose lying in a hospital bed with her new baby in her arms. Ken stands over her, looking down at the bundle of joy. “Looking forward to 2025 with the greatest gift,” he wrote in the caption.

“Congratulations brother! You will be a fantastic father,” one user commented.

“Congratulations to you all,” another follower added, along with three red heart emojis.

“Congratulations guys,” exclaimed a third user, adding another long string of red heart emojis to his well-wish.

In December, less than a month before giving birth, Gygane said People magazine that she couldn't take credit for her daughter's name. “Ken made it up,” she explained. “It has the whole back story.”

Although some people thought she was inspired by the Disney princess in Sleeping Beauty, that was not the case. Nor was it related to her stepmother's dog, named Aurora Grace. Instead, the story comes from the pair's shared fascination with the northern lights.

“When Ken and I were together seven years ago, we were both fascinated by the northern lights, and the real term is Aurora Borealis,” she explained, noting that the two had talked about the subject while she was still behind bars. .

“I think it was maybe 2018, we wrote each other's next child's name on a piece of paper, and Aurora is what we both chose without even knowing that each other chose it,” she explained.

Growing up, Gypsy was subjected to unnecessary medical treatments and surgeries that included the removal of her teeth and salivary glands. She was also confined to a wheelchair and frequently had feeding tubes inserted to satisfy her mother's claims that she suffered from fabricated medical conditions.

Although she worked with her then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn to kill her mother in 2015, she believes her mother would forgive her. In the epilogue of her memoir, My Time To Stand, she revealed that her young daughter had a shocking connection with her mother: The ninth anniversary of Dee Dee's death was the same day Gypsy received her first sonogram.

“I like to think that my mother is telling me that she wants me to move on with my life, that she forgives me,” Gypsy said. “And what I will do on this anniversary is her way of helping me change the way I think about myself every June 10th. Maybe now, with my freedom, we can both be released from our purgatory. Maybe now she can too to be free She always said we were two sides of the same coin.

Despite public misgivings, Gypsy Rose is ready to be a mother now that she has a stronger support system around her. Announcing her pregnancy, she said ABC News that she will learn from her past mistakes, as previously reported An explosion.

“I understand that with my past, many people will ask such questions as whether I should be a mother at all or whether I should even take care of children,” Gypsy confessed. “I know I'm not perfect. I know I've made mistakes in the past.”

“And maybe I'll make little mistakes in the future, but at the same time, I know the good from the bad, and learning from past mistakes is growth that comes with time,” she added.