Fox News Contributor Kat Timpf Learned She Had Breast Cancer Hours Before Giving Birth to Her Son

Mar. 15, 2025

Kat Timpf at Fox News Channel Studios on February 14, 2023 in New York City.Photo:Steven Ferdman/Getty

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Fox News contributorKat Timpflearned that she had breast cancer hours before giving birth to her son.

On Tuesday, Feb. 25, Timpf, 36, whofirst announced her pregnancy last July, revealed in a post shared onInstagramandXthat she and husbandCameron Frisciawelcomed their first child together hours after she learned that she had breast cancer.

Referring to it as an “unconventional birth announcement,” Timpf wrote, “Last week, I welcomed my first child into the world. About fifteen hours before I went into labor, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.”

TheGutfield!panelist advised her followers that her doctor said her cancer is in Stage 0 “and is confident that it almost certainly hasn’t spread.”

The National Breast Cancer Foundation explains on itswebsitethat Stage 0 is “the earliest stage of breast cancer” and “is highly treatable when detected early.”

Timpf wrote that finding out about her diagnosis, however, “was not a chill day.”

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Kat Timpf visits SiriusXM Studios on April 18, 2023 in New York City.Slaven Vlasic/Getty

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She said that it was during those appointments that she was told “the best course of action would likely be a double mastectomy as soon as possible.”

She credited hospital staff for being “excellent audiences for dark humor.”

“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 explained.

Kat Timpf attends Variety’s New York Party at Loosie’s Nightclub on October 05, 2023.Noam Galai/Getty

Noam Galai/Getty

Timpf said she is still getting used to her “new reality,” as her next three months of maternity leave are set 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. I’m lucky that we found the cancer so early; I’m lucky to be my son’s mom,” she wrote. “I mean, I know I’m biased, but the little dude absolutely rules – and not just because he might have saved my life.”

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