Overview

• Blanchard tells People she and boyfriend Ken Urker hope to pursue IVF to expand their family but are not trying in the coming months.
• She cites IVF to reduce the risk of passing on her microdeletion 1q21.1 and says the process would allow selection of a male embryo.
• Aurora, born in December 2024, tested negative for the microdeletion, according to Blanchard.
• They completed fertility and genetic pre-testing and then put the process on hold to adjust to recent life changes, including Urker’s new career.
• Blanchard suggests a possible timeline of the middle of next year and says she would accept a marriage proposal from Urker.