Gypsy Rose Blanchard shows off postpartum body

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 one week after welcoming her daughter.

“Almost a week postpartum,” Blanchard captioned the post. “I feel more energetic.”

Blanchard and her partner, Ken Urker, welcomed a baby girl named Aurora on Saturday, December 28. Following the birth, Urker took to social media to announce the news via Instagram on Wednesday, January 1.

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Exactly one year after being released from prison, Gypsy Rose Blanchard became a mother. Blanchard, 33, and her partner Ken Urker welcomed a baby girl named Aurora on Saturday, December 28. Urker announced the news via Instagram on Wednesday, January 1. “Welcoming 2025 with the greatest gift of all 👼”, shared Urker together with (…)

“Welcoming 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 her mother’s death, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard.

Nicholas Goddejohn, Gypsy’s boyfriend at the time, conspired to kill Dee Dee with Gypsy, with Godejohn ultimately stabbing her to death. Godejohn pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison.

Dee Dee is widely believed to have suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, defined by the Cleveland Clinic as “a mental condition in which you pretend that someone you care about is sick when they are not.” Throughout her childhood, Gypsy was convinced she had various illnesses, including leukemia, muscular dystrophy and brain damage, and was told she needed a feeding tube and a wheelchair.

The 2017 documentary Mom dead and dearest and the 2019 Hulu limited series The lawin which Gypsy was played by an actress Joey Kingboth depicted the saga.

Gypsy and Urker previously got engaged in 2018 while she was still in prison. The couple split in 2019, and Gypsy later married Ryan Anderson in July 2022 while she was behind bars. Their wedding involved a small ceremony with no guests.

Shortly after she was released in December 2023, Gypsy announced that she and Anderson had separated. 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 going around for quite some time and I’m happy to announce that I’m 11 weeks pregnant,” she said in a YouTube video in July 2024. “Ken and I are expecting our first child come January 2025.”