Life came full circle for Gypsy Rose Blanchard on December 28, 2024, when she gave birth to her and her boyfriend, Ken Urker’s, daughter on the same day she was released from prison last year.
The Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup star, 33, and Urkar welcomed their daughter, Aurora Raina Urkar, at 9:48 a.m. on the above date. According to People, their girl weighed 6 pounds and 5 ounces at birth, indicating her perfect health.
Blanchard, a victim of Munchausen by proxy, spent 8 years in prison in 2015 for her role in the murder of her mother, Dee Dee, which forced her to undergo years of painful medical procedures despite her perfectly good health.
Urkar, 31, announced Aurora’s arrival on Wednesday, Jan. 1, by posting a photo of Blanchard on Instagram holding her in the hospital as he got a better look at their little bundle of joy. Were bending for. He wrote in the caption, “Welcoming 2025 with the biggest gift.”
Earlier in December, Blanchard discussed the reason behind the couple choosing to name their future daughter Aurora, saying that she and her boyfriend both love the Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis. Is. Blanchard, who was previously engaged to Urker in 2018 but then split, said, “I think maybe in 2018, we wrote the names of each other’s future kids on pieces of paper, and Aurora was that The name was chosen by both of us without knowing each other. Was choosing it.”
Blanchard shared that she and Urker plan to see the Northern Lights someday – perhaps after getting out of parole. “We’re going to Sweden.”
Blanchard and Urker first shared news of her pregnancy in July, shortly after they got back together following her split from ex-husband Ryan Anderson. Blanchard’s separation announcement and pregnancy immediately raised questions about the fatherhood of her unborn child, which Blanchard cleared on November 5.
Taking a prenatal paternity test, she identified Urker as the father of her child.
That same month, Blanchard, who recently released her memoir My Time to Stand, told People that she was excited to begin her motherhood journey and give her daughter all the love and happiness she could ever want as she grows up. Didn’t know.
Regarding her future with Urker, Blanchard said that although they have discussed getting married, parenthood is their first priority at this time.
Blanchard and Anderson’s divorce was finalized on December 9.
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