FOX News host Kat Timpf revealed the whirlwind journey she went on just hours before giving birth.<\/p>\n
Timpf\u00a0posted on social media detailing the bittersweet day she experienced before welcoming her first child with her husband, Cameron Friscia.Kat Timpf shared the shocking 24 hours leading up to giving birth to her first childInstagram\/kattimpf
Timpf and her husband Cameron Friscia welcomed their first child last weekInstagram\/kattimpf
The Fox News star said 15 hours before giving birth, she found out she had breast cancerFox
In a lengthy\u00a0post\u00a0on\u00a0X\u00a0, Timpf, who previously joked on Gutfeld that this was the \u201clongest pregnancy of all time,\u201d wrote about finding out she had breast cancer 15 hours prior to going into labor.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Fox News\u00a0host and comedian titled the post \u201cAn Unconventional Birth Announcement.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLast week, I welcomed my first child into the world. About fifteen hours before I went into labor, I was diagnosed with breast cancer,\u201d she began.<\/p>\n
Timpf immediately eased followers\u2019 worries by letting people know she\u2019s currently in stage zero and is \u2018confident\u2019 the cancer hasn\u2019t spread.<\/p>\n
Despite her doctor\u2019s positive outlook on the diagnosis, she said it was definitely not an easygoing day.<\/p>\n
\u201cI woke up more than a week past due pregnant, completely consumed by doing everything I could to get the baby out,\u201d she described.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy the middle of the afternoon, I was waddling around from appointment to appointment, talking about how to get my\u00a0cancer\u00a0<\/em>out.<\/p>\n \u201cFinally, 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\u2019d learn at the time of birth was a son.\u201d<\/p>\n Ever the optimist, Timpf appreciated that the hospital staff laughed along at her dark humor.<\/p>\n \u201cThese next three months of maternity leave are going to look a lot different than I\u2019d anticipated, and I\u2019m still getting used to my new reality,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cStill, as I navigate new motherhood (and new cancer) I\u2019m learning to celebrate everything I can. I\u2019m lucky that we found the cancer so early; I\u2019m lucky to be my son\u2019s mom.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, I know I\u2019m biased, but the little dude absolutely rules \u2014 and not just because he might have saved my life.\u201d<\/p>\n Timpf ended her post by thanking everyone for their support as she embraces this \u201cwildly unexpected chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThank you all for your support, laughter, and love as I embrace this wildly unexpected chapter,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cHere\u2019s to resilience, to miracles in the midst of chaos, and to finding humor and hope even on the toughest days.\u201d<\/p>\n Timpf first opened up about her pregnancy in an essay for\u00a0Fox News\u00a0titled, \u201cMy mom died 10 years ago this Election Day and I\u2019m pregnant with my first child.\u201d<\/p>\n An Unconventional Birth Announcement<\/strong><\/p>\n Last week, I welcomed my first child into the world. About fifteen hours before I went into labor, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.<\/p>\n Now, before you worry, my doctor says it\u2019s Stage 0 and is confident that it almost certainly hasn\u2019t spread. \u00a0Or, as I\u2019ve explained to the few people I\u2019ve managed to tell about it so far:\u00a0Don\u2019t freak out. It\u2019s just, like, a\u00a0<\/em>LITTLE\u00a0bit of cancer.<\/em><\/p>\n Still, it was not a chill day. I mean, to say the least! I 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\u00a0cancer\u00a0<\/em>out. I sat and listened as they told me that the best course of action would likely be a double mastectomy as soon as possible. I asked all the questions I could, including if I could get a copy of my tumor ultrasound to put on the fridge next to the ultrasound of my baby. Finally, 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\u2019d learn at the time of birth was a son.<\/p>\n The good news? People who work at hospitals make excellent audiences for dark humor \u2014 and, as someone whose first book was about the power of jokes to get through traumatic situations, there was really no better place for me to be. Just minutes after my boy was born, I was talking with the nurses about what a birth announcement in my situation might look like.<\/p>\n Should I go with \u201cMom and baby are doing well, except maybe for mom\u2019s cancer, and then maybe the baby after breastfeeding is stunted by her double mastectomy,\u201d and then shut off my phone for a week?<\/em><\/p>\n Anyway! These next three months of maternity leave are going to look a lot different than I\u2019d anticipated, and I\u2019m still getting used to my new reality. Still, as I navigate new motherhood (and new cancer) I\u2019m learning to celebrate everything I can. I\u2019m lucky that we found the cancer so early; I\u2019m lucky to be my son\u2019s mom. I mean, I know I\u2019m biased, but the little dude absolutely rules \u2014 and not just because he might have saved my life.<\/p>\n Thank you all for your support, laughter, and love as I embrace this wildly unexpected chapter. Here\u2019s to resilience, to miracles in the midst of chaos, and to finding humor and hope even on the toughest days.<\/p>\n Kat<\/p>\n In the comical reflective essay, Timpf reflects on her first trimester, life without her mother, and the world\u2019s current political state.<\/p>\n \u201cFinding out I was pregnant was also nothing like I thought it would be,\u201d she wrote in her essay published on July 31, 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cIn 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\u2019d remember for the rest of our lives.<\/p>\n \u201cThe reality? I had a hard time waking him up, and when I finally did rouse him, he said he couldn\u2019t really see the line and rolled back over to sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n Timpf ended her essay by promoting her book, I Used to like You Until, which came out in September. \n\t<\/div>\nA TUMULTUOUS PREGNANCY<\/h2>\n
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Timpf told audiences that she\u2019s optimistic about her diagnosisGetty
In July, Timpf wrote an essay detailing her first trimester of pregnancy and the ten-year anniversary of her mother\u2019s deathX\/KatTimpf<\/p>\n