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Gypsy Rose Blanchard recently shared a nine minute video on her YouTube channel, in which she announced that she is eleven weeks pregnant and expecting her first baby in January 2025 with her boyfriend Ken Urker.
Why It Matters: Blanchard’s upbringing is a disturbing and complex case of child abuse and neglect. She was emotionally and physically abused by her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, and was forced to live a lie that she was born with a range of health problems. Therefore, Blanchard having her own baby gives her the chance to give that child a childhood she never had. “I just want to be a good mother for my child, I want to be everything my mother wasn’t,” she said.
Key Points
- Blanchard described her pregnancy journey by explaining her mild symptoms, such as morning sickness as a breeze. However, fatigue was a factor that has been a major symptom in her pregnancy.
- Urker has been forgiving of her mood swings and other symptoms, helping to make her journey more manageable.
- Blanchard and Urker agree that they both grew up in broken homes and they want their child to grow up in a different environment than they had.
Broader View
- Blanchard is aware that there will be people that feel as if she is not ready to be a mother, but she explains that she does not think anyone’s really ready to become a mother.
- She feels this shift in herself that makes her just want to prioritize herself, the baby, and her relationship, while moving forward in a positive way.
- “All the things that I wanted in a mother, I want to give to this baby,” she said.
- “Everything that has ever happened to me in my life, suddenly doesn’t matter, because it all led me to be who I am today,” Blanchard explains.
