Fox News’ Kat Timpf Shares Update After Breast Cancer Diagnosis & Son’s Birth

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Fox News contributor Kat Timpf gave birth to her first child last week, just hours after finding out she had breast cancer.

Timpf revealed the news in an Instagram post on Tuesday (February 25), which she labeled an “unconventional birth announcement.” The regular Gutfeld! panelist first announced her pregnancy with her husband, Cameron Friscia, last July.

“Last week, I welcomed my first child into the world. About fifteen hours before I went into labor, I was diagnosed with breast cancer,” Timpf wrote in her latest Instagram post. “Now, before you worry, my doctor says it’s Stage 0 and is confident that it almost certainly hasn’t spread.”

The comedian joked, “As I’ve explained to the few people I’ve managed to tell about it so far: don’t freak out. It’s just, like, a little bit of cancer.”

Timpf went on to describe her “not chill day,” where she “woke up more-than-a-week-past-due pregnant, completely consumed by doing everything I could to get the baby out. By the middle of the afternoon, I was waddling around from appointment to appointment, talking about how to get my cancer out.”

In those appointments, Timpf said she was told, “the best course of action would likely be a double mastectomy as soon as possible.”

She also praised hospital staff for being “excellent audiences for dark humor,” as she asked “If I could get a copy of my tumor ultrasound to put on my fridge next to the ultrasound of my baby.”

Timpf added that “by the middle of the night, I was crawling around on the floor of my apartment in spontaneous labor, before heading to the hospital to meet my baby, whom I’d learn at the time of birth was a son.”

“Just minutes after my boy was born, I was talking with the nurses about what a birth announcement in my situation might look like,” she continued, wondering if she should post, “Mom and baby are doing well, except maybe for mom’s cancer.”

She said she is still getting used to her “new reality,” noting that the next three months of maternity leave are going to be “a lot different than I’d anticipated.”

“Still, as I navigate new motherhood (and new cancer) I’m learning to celebrate everything I can,” she shared. “I’m lucky that we found the cancer so early; I’m lucky to be my son’s mom. I mean, I know I’m biased, but the little dude absolutely rules — and not just because he might have saved my life.”

She concluded by thanking her fans, writing, “Here’s to resilience, to miracles in the midst of chaos, and to finding humor and hope even on the toughest days.”

Fox News’ Kat Timpf received breast cancer diagnosis, had her first baby hours later

Fox News personality Kat Timpf learned of her breast cancer diagnosis hours before she gave birth to her first child.

The “Gutfeld!” panelist and host of Fox Nation’s “Sincerely, Kat” took to X in a lengthy post Tuesday to announce the birth of her son while assuring followers that her cancer is in its early stages.

“Last week, I welcomed my first child into the world. About fifteen hours before I went into labor, I was diagnosed with breast cancer,” Timpf, 36, wrote on the platform. “Now, before you worry, my doctor says it’s Stage 0 and is confident that it almost certainly hasn’t spread. Or, as I’ve explained to the few people I’ve managed to tell about it so far: Don’t freak out. It’s just, like, a LITTLE bit of cancer.”

Carcinoma in situ, also known as stage 0 cancer, is a non-invasive type of cancer where abnormal cells are found in a specific area – for breast cancer, in the lining of the breast milk ducts – but have not spread, according to the National Cancer Institute and the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Timpf has been married to Cameron Friscia since 2021 and announced the couple was expecting a child in July.

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During a visit a week after her due date, she received her diagnosis in the afternoon, just to return as she was going into labor by the middle of the night. The comedian and author said the hospital staff made an “excellent” audience for her dark jokes, given her circumstances, as she pitched how she would announce the birth.

“Should I go with ‘Mom and baby are doing well, except maybe for mom’s cancer, and then maybe the baby after breastfeeding is stunted by her double mastectomy,’ and then shut off my phone for a week?” she wrote.

Timpf said that doctors had suggested a double mastectomy – a surgery where both breasts are removed – “as soon as possible” and that the “next three months of maternity leave” would look different than she initially thought. Still, she’s “learning to celebrate everything I can.”

“I’m lucky that we found the cancer so early; I’m lucky to be my son’s mom,” she said. “I mean, I know I’m biased, but the little dude absolutely rules — and not just because he might have saved my life.”

She added: “Here’s to resilience, to miracles in the midst of chaos, and to finding humor and hope even on the toughest days.”