Erin Andrews has never been one to take no for an answer. At 48, the NFL broadcaster is still pushing forward in her quest to give her son a little brother or sister — even though she admits it has been far tougher than she imagined. “It’s a lot harder at 48 than I ever thought it would be,” she told Us Weekly recently while promoting Cancerguard’s multi-cancer early detection test.
Andrews and her husband, former NHL player Jarret Stoll, welcomed son Mack via surrogate in July 2023 after a multiyear fertility journey. They later tried again, but in May 2025 their surrogate suffered a miscarriage. The couple, nevertheless, isn’t giving up. “I said to my doctor the other day, ‘I’m not done,'” she said. “So yeah, I’m very, very interested in continuing this whole thing and seeing what I can do. Listen, I feel like I’ve been through a lot before, and I’ve come out on the other side. So I’m ready to rewrite a little history with this too.”
She acknowledged that failure has never sat well with her: “For some reason, I don’t take ‘no’ or bad visits very well.”
As for other couples enduring the same emotional roller coaster, she has simple but heartfelt advice: “Lean on your loved ones, even if they’ve never had to deal with this before. I feel like it’s the best way.” She added that communication with her girlfriends has been her lifeline, because “it’s just not good for you” to bottle things up.
Andrews’ determination to expand her family comes during a poignant moment in her health journey. This month marks ten years since her cervical cancer diagnosis. In September 2016, after a routine screening, she received an alarming text: “Call me.” She vividly remembers sitting in a hotel meeting room before an Eagles–Giants broadcast, thinking, “Oh, my God, to get a text from a doctor on a Saturday, that says it’s not great.”
She underwent two surgeries before being cleared in 2017. “I remember having an outer body experience,” she recalled. “I remember not feeling my legs and my arms. I remember my boyfriend, who’s my husband now, at the time, wanting to call him. I called my mom and dad. It was bad. It was all bad.”
Her own close call is why she has joined forces with Cancerguard, a prescription blood test that screens for more than 50 cancer types and subtypes. It’s meant to complement — not replace — routine checkups. “It’s a huge peace of mind,” she said. “I’m so glad I went to the doctor. I’m so glad I had a routine checkup because I was able to do something about it.”
Nearly a decade later, she has reached an important milestone: her oncologist visits have been stretched from every six months to once a year. “He always is so lovely, and he’s like, ‘You’re good, you’re good, you’re good.’ But I feel like once you’ve been told you have cancer, you are dreading your next doctor’s appointment.”
Motherhood has heightened the stakes. Watching her 3-year-old son Mack grow up reminds her why she stays so proactive. “Everything takes on a different meaning when you have this little, 3-year-old bundle of joy that walks and talks and sounds like a human,” she said. “You really need to take care of yourself. You need to take care of him. You need to take care of your mental health even more because it’s a lot.”
Football fans will see more of Andrews this fall. She returns to the sidelines as part of Fox Sports‘ NFL broadcasting team alongside play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt and analyst Tom Brady.
