Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Details How Motherhood Has Changed Her on Daughter Aurora's First Birthday

While Aurora is only one, Gypsy-Rose—who was released from prison in December 2023 after eight years in jail for her role in the 2015 killing of her mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard—has previously shared how she hopes that her past won't affect her daughter's view of her in the future.

"I just don't want that to cloud her mind and her end up hating me," Gypsy-Rose shared in a May episode of her Lifetime series Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup. "I'm not a monster. I don't want her to grow up thinking that I'm one."

She continued, "You hear about families that have deep, dark secrets, and they have skeletons in their closet, and their kids disown them and hate them growing up and resent them. I just don't want that to be the case for us."

And her own experiences have made her want to become not just a mother her daughter respects, but the best mother possible.

"I can't stand it whenever I'm making Aurora a bottle and she's crying for like a minute and a half," she added. "I want to comfort her, I want to make it all better. Knowing that my mom was in the room with me when I was screaming in pain after a surgery or a procedure or a test. And I'm like, 'How? How?'"

Ultimately, she doesn't want to dwell on the past—she wants to move forward.

As she put it, "This little tiny person is a fresh start for you to instill morals, values, beliefs, hopes, dreams."

For more of Gypsy-Rose's journey, read on.

Gypsy and then-husband Ryan Anderson shared a glimpse into their new era together.

"A New Years Eve Eve kiss with my hubby." Gypsy also ended 2023 with an Instagram selfie.

Gypsy and Ryan walked their first red carpet in January 2024 at the premiere of her Lifetime docuseries The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard.

Gypsy and Ryan kissed on the red carpet at the premiere.

In late March 2024, three months after her prison release, Gypsy shared that she and Ryan broke up.

"People have been asking what is going on in my life," she wrote in a statement on her private Facebook page, according to People. "Unfortunately my husband and I are going through a separation and I moved in with my parents home down the bayou."

Gypsy underwent a rhinopasty and septoplasty (nose job) April 5, 2024. Her physical transformation will be documented on Lifetime's Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up.

Gypsy filed for divorce from Ryan on April 8, 2024, according to court documents obtained by TMZ. The filing came nearly two years after their July 2022 prison wedding.

In late April 2024, weeks after filing for divorce, Gypsy announced she got back together with ex-fiancé Ken Urker. The following month, she made their rekindled romance social media official by sharing a video montage of their romantic moments on TikTok.

In her video, Gypsy described her love story with Ken as "legendary."

Gypsy tried her first In-N-Out Burger, a Double-Double burger served animal-style. She rated it a 7.

Gypsy called getting to meet Kim Kardashian, who has become a criminal justice advocate in recent years, a "huge honor."

"She's a really sweet woman and I really appreciate her taking the time to talk with me," Gypsy told E! News host Keltie Knight. "We had a lot to talk about as far as prison reform goes. I know that she's done some really amazing things with prison reform. And that's really close to my heart because I've been on that side of the fence."

Less than three months after filing for divorce, Gypsy announced that she and her new boyfriend Ken were expecting their first baby together.

"I'm happy to announce that I am 11 weeks pregnant," she shared in a July 2024 YouTube video. "This was not planned at all, it was completely unexpected."

Gypsy and Ken celebrated at a sex reveal party for their first baby in August 2024 and, at a baby shower in November, shared that they'll be naming her Aurora Raina Urker.

With co-authors Melissa Moore and Michele Matrisciani, Gypsy told her dramatic life story to date in her book My Time to Stand, which came out in December.

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