Pregnant Gypsy Rose Blanchard has opened up about the fierce mood swings and emotional outbursts she's experienced while expecting her first child - and vowed to be 'everything her mother wasn't' as she detailed how her childhood would impact the way she raised her son or daughter.
The Munchausen-by-proxy victim, 32, announced that she was expecting her first child with her boyfriend, Ken Urker, in a video shared to her YouTube channel on Tuesday morning.
In the nine-minute-long clip, the felon opened up about everything from the pregnancy symptoms she's endured so far to how she planned to use what she went through as a child to be a better parent.
While discussing her pregnancy, Gypsy, who was released from prison in December after serving seven years behind bars for her part in the killing of her abusive mother, Claudine 'Dee Dee' Blanchard, explained that looking back, there was one major change in her body that she completely overlooked at first: cravings.
She revealed that she suddenly started wanting orange juice all the time, but didn't think anything of it at first.
Pregnant Gypsy Rose Blanchard has opened up about the fierce mood swings and emotional outbursts she's experienced while expecting her first child
The Munchausen-by-proxy victim, 32, announced that she was expecting her first child with her boyfriend, Ken Urker, in a video shared to her YouTube channel on Tuesday morning
'The first thing that I noticed was the cravings. I craved orange juice, and orange juice was not something I craved on a daily basis before,' the 32-year-old dished.
'So when I started craving orange juice was just like, "OK. I guess I want orange juice. I didn't think anything of it."'
She explained that she soon started experiencing 'insatiable hunger' and recalled wanting to 'eat everything.'
'I really went on a binge and just started eating everything,' she continued. 'And then of course I missed my period.'
But Gypsy said she still didn't think she was pregnant because her doctor previously had 'tested her fertility' and had expressed concern over her ability to ovulate regularly.
She shared, 'I had seen my OBGYN and I had tested my fertility and she was like, "We're probably going to have to put you on fertility meds or something to make you ovulate because you're not ovulating on a regular."
'I had that appointment a month [before] so when I missed my period I thought I was just having issues with ovulation.'
But after discussing her symptoms with Ken, Gypsy said he encouraged her to take a pregnancy test - and she was stunned when it came back positive.
In the nine-minute-long clip, the felon opened up about the pregnancy symptoms she's endured so far, which included cravings, being extra emotional, and feeling extremely tired
She also vowed to be 'everything her mother wasn't' as she detailed how her childhood would impact the way she raised her son or daughter. She's seen as a kid with her mom
Gypsy revealed that she's now 11 weeks along, and admitted that she's since started suffering from 'crazy mood swings.'
'Poor Ken,' she joked. 'If he breathes wrong I am just [furious]. Pregnancy is not easy with the mood swings, but he's been very gracious and very forgiving about it.'
She also confessed to being extremely emotional, recalling a recent time that she burst into tears over the song Let Her Go by Passenger after it came on the radio.
'That song had never made me so emotional [before], but I was just in tears,' she said.
She also said she was 'always tired' - but added that she was 'very blessed' that her morning sickness hadn't been too bad.
And despite her intense emotions, she branded her pregnancy as a 'breeze' so far.
'It's been completely manageable,' she insisted. 'I know it's still going to be a long journey ahead but I'm up for it.'
Throughout the video, Gypsy also addressed people who may feel she's 'not ready to be a mother.'
'I don't know if anyone's really ready to become a mother,' she said. 'But I feel a shift in myself, when I found out I was pregnant nothing else mattered.
'The drama on social media... that didn't matter anymore. All that matters is making sure I'm healthy and the baby's healthy.'
While she admitted that the pregnancy was 'completely unexpected,' she said she was 'very excited to take on this new journey of parenthood.'
Gypsy spent her childhood posing as a wheelchair-bound invalid after her mom, Dee Dee, convinced the world she was suffering from leukemia and muscular dystrophy
In 2015, Gypsy (left) let her besotted internet boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn (right), creep into their Springfield, Missouri, home to stab 48-year-old Dee Dee to death
'It's an amazing feeling when your whole world shifts and suddenly it's not about you, it's not about anything other than the tiny little life that's inside of you that you are now in charge of protecting,' she gushed.
'That tiny little life is a baby, a little tiny human that's yours and you have to make sure you protect, love, and take care of it - all of the things I wished I could have had when I was little.'
Gypsy began to get emotional as she spoke about how her horrific upbringing would affect her outlook on motherhood.
'All the things that I wanted in a mother, I want to give to this baby,' she stated. 'I just want to be a good mother to my child, I want to be everything my mother wasn't.'
Gypsy said the pregnancy has given her 'freedom in a way she never expected,' and a newfound peace on 'everything that has ever happened to her.'
'It doesn't matter because it all lead to me to be who I am today,' she concluded. 'It all lead me to this moment right here right now.'
Gypsy spent her childhood posing as a wheelchair-bound invalid after mom Dee Dee shaved her daughter's head, pumped her full of drugs and convinced the world she was suffering from leukemia and muscular dystrophy.
'All the things that I wanted in a mother, I want to give to this baby,' Gypsy said in the video. 'I just want to be a good mother to my child, I want to be everything my mother wasn't'
While in prison, she bonded with Ken after he sent her a letter; they started corresponding and things soon turned romantic, with him proposing in 2018. They ultimately split but got back together earlier this year
Their 'inseparable' bond ended when Gypsy burst free of her warped mom's control in 2015 by letting her besotted internet boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, creep into their Springfield, Missouri, home to stab 48-year-old Dee Dee to death.
She ultimately plead guilty to second-degree murder and spent nearly a decade locked up before she was granted early parole and released in late December.
While in prison, she bonded with Ken after he sent her a letter; they started corresponding and things soon turned romantic, with him proposing in 2018.
But after the Hulu show The Act - which starred Joey King as Gypsy and Patricia Arquette as her mother - premiered a few months later and put an intense spotlight on Gypsy's story, she admitted in her memoir that Ken couldn't handle all the sudden attention.
They ultimately split and she moved on with Ryan Scott Anderson, and they wed in July 2022.
Ryan was by her side when she was freed - but just three months later, news hit the web that they had split.
Soon after, it was reported that Gypsy had reconciled with her ex, Ken.
