Kat Timpf Announces Pregnancy After Personal Journey of Loss and Reflection
Fox News personality Kat Timpf has shared an emotional and heartfelt announcement about her pregnancy, revealing that she and her husband, Cameron Friscia, are expecting their first child.
The Gutfeld! panelist penned a deeply personal opinion piece for Fox News, opening up about the unexpected nature of her pregnancy, which came after years of grappling with the loss of her mother.q
Timpf, 35, admitted that the pregnancy was a total surprise, especially given her age.
“I never expected to find myself in this situation,” she wrote, referencing what she calls her “geriatric” pregnancy.
At 35, Timpf had prepared herself for many possibilities but never anticipated pregnancy, especially naturally. She had expected difficulties, possibly even a miscarriage, but never this outcome.
When she first learned of her pregnancy on May 30, the moment wasn’t what she had envisioned. Instead of a dramatic revelation, it was more of a slow realization.
Timpf detailed how she struggled to wake her husband to share the news, only to have him roll over, not quite understanding the significance of the moment.
“The line kept getting darker,” Timpf recalled, describing the process as an unexpected and slow recognition rather than an immediate rush of excitement.
Later, on June 27, Timpf and her husband heard their baby’s heartbeat for the first time—on the very day of the 2020 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
However, Timpf did not experience the overwhelming joy she had expected. “I was far too aware of all the things that could go wrong,” she explained. Rather than a thrilling moment of joy, it was another quiet realization of the long road ahead. Her exhaustion and concerns for the future overshadowed any immediate excitement.
A major part of her emotional journey has been the absence of her mother, who passed away on November 5, 2014.
Timpf expressed the sadness she feels, knowing she will never be able to share this experience with her mother.
“I feel a sense of unity and solidarity with all the women who have gone through this,” she wrote, but also, “It’s felt cruel, at times disorienting, and a bit unfair to have to try and figure out how to be a mother when I can hardly remember what it’s like to have one.”
As Timpf’s pregnancy progresses, she reflects on the significance of the date November 5, 2024—the sixth month of her pregnancy, which will fall on the anniversary of her mother’s passing. She also reflects on the world she will be introducing her child to, one that her mother will never witness.
Timpf is writing a book titled I Used to Like You Until (due out in September), and she hopes to impart the lessons her mother taught her, encouraging her child to see the world beyond a binary lens.
Timpf’s journey into motherhood has been marked by both joy and sorrow.
She acknowledges the blessings of her pregnancy while still grappling with the loss of her mother.
She is thankful for her husband, Cameron, and the security and peace their relationship has brought her.
Despite the challenges, Timpf remains excited for the future and the opportunity to share her story with her child.
Fox News personality Kat Timpf announces she’s pregnant with husband 10 years after tragic event & reveals biggest shock
FOX News personality Kat Timpf has announced she and her husband are expecting their first child.
Timpf penned an emotional opinion piece for Fox News, where she shared the shocking, slow realization that she and her husband, Cameron Friscia, were going to be parents.
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Gutfeld! panelist Kat Timpf has announced her pregnancyCredit: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images
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Timpf learned she was pregnant on May 30Credit: X/KatTimpf
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Kat Timpf and her husband, Cameron Friscia, married in May 2021Credit: kattimpf/Instagram
“I never expected to find myself in this situation,” Timpf, 35, wrote.
“Actually, I’d prepared myself for every outcome but this one: First, I expected that I wouldn’t get pregnant, especially not naturally.
“Once I did, I expected that I’d probably miscarry. I mean, I am 35, which makes mine a geriatric pregnancy, medically speaking.”
The Fox News contributor added that learning she was pregnant felt nothing like she had imagined.
“In my imagination, I would wake my husband, who would sit up abruptly, look at the test, and be overwhelmed by this life-changing moment, leading us into a passionate embrace that we’d remember for the rest of our lives,” Timpf said.
“The reality? I had a hard time waking him up, and when I finally did rouse him, he said he couldn’t really see the line and rolled back over to sleep.
“For me, too, it was less of an arresting moment, and more of a slow realization: The line kept getting darker.”
Timpf detailed how she and her husband first heard their baby’s heartbeat on June 27, the day of the presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
“We heard the heartbeat for the first time, and then we heard it again,” Timpf shared.
“It was never this exciting emotional rush of OMG, WE’RE GOING TO BE PARENTS!!!!
“Because I was far too aware of all things that could go wrong to become intoxicated by such an impassioned reaction.
“There was also something else working against the possibility of me experiencing all-encompassing astonishment, and that was, well, I was just too damn tired.”
A downhearted Timpf expressed sorrow about not being able to share the moment with her mother, who died on November 5, 2014.
“I feel a sense of unity and solidarity with all the women who have gone through this,” she wrote.
“If I’m being honest, though, I also feel sadness about there being one woman in particular whom I’ll never be able to share this connection with: my mom.
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m very excited to be pregnant. I’m lucky to be able to do this, and to do it as part of a relationship that has given me the kind of happiness, security, and peace I once doubted could have ever seen possible for me.
“Still, it’s felt cruel, at times disorienting, and a bit unfair to have to try and figure out how to be a mother when I can hardly remember what it’s like to have one.”
Timpf shared how November 5, 2024, the anniversary of her mother’s passing, will mark her sixth month of pregnancy.
“What a world I get to tell my kid about. What a decade my mom missed,” she added.
“I’m glad, before the birth of my first, that I wrote a book (‘I Used to Like You Until,’ out in September) telling him or her not to view the world and those who live in it – that is, through a binary lens.
“It’s something my mother also taught me… or, more accurately, showed me.”
