Kat Timpf Announces Pregnancy After a Decade of Heartache: ‘A Total Shock’Fox News personality Kat Timpf has revealed that she is expecting her first child with her husband, Cameron Friscia, marking an emotional milestone a decade after a personal tragedy.
Timpf, a regular panelist on Gutfeld!, shared the news in an opinion piece for Fox News, where she detailed the surprising journey to motherhood. The 35-year-old journalist and commentator admitted that she never anticipated this moment, believing pregnancy might not be in her future.
“I never expected to find myself in this situation,” Timpf 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.”
A Moment of Realization
Timpf discovered she was pregnant on May 30, but the revelation wasn’t the emotional rush she had envisioned. She had imagined waking her husband with the exciting news, expecting an immediate, passionate embrace. However, reality played out differently.
“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,” she recalled humorously. “For me, too, it was less of an arresting moment, and more of a slow realization: The line kept getting darker.”
The couple heard their baby’s heartbeat for the first time on June 27, coincidentally the same day as the presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. While many parents-to-be might describe such a moment as euphoric, Timpf admitted her reaction was more subdued due to her awareness of potential complications.
“There 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,” she said. “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 Bittersweet Journey
As Timpf prepares to welcome her first child, she finds herself reflecting on a significant loss—her mother’s passing on November 5, 2014. The bittersweet reality of entering motherhood without her own mother to guide her has weighed heavily on her heart.
“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.”
Timpf noted that on November 5, 2024, the tenth anniversary of her mother’s passing, she will be six months pregnant. The realization is both painful and profound.
“What a world I get to tell my kid about. What a decade my mom missed,” she reflected.
Despite the mix of emotions, Timpf remains grateful for her pregnancy journey. She expressed excitement about becoming a mother and raising a child in a way that honors the lessons her mother instilled in her.
“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 through a binary lens,” she wrote. “It’s something my mother also taught me… or, more accurately, showed me.”
As she embarks on this new chapter, Timpf continues to embrace the unexpected, finding strength in both her past and her future.
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
Timpf admitted that her positive pregnancy test on May 30 came as a total shock due to her “geriatric” age.
“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.”
