HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Jennifer Hudson is opening up about motherhood after welcoming her first child this summer with fiancé David Otunga.
"I love being nurturing and caring because I love to see other people happy," says Hudson, who welcomed son David on Aug. 10, in the latest issue of People magazine. "Who better to devote my time to than my own child?"
The former "American Idol" star managed to keep her pregnancy a secret from the tabloids, a feat that she accomplished thanks to being one lucky mother-to-be.
"I would forget I was pregnant, it was so easy. I didn't have any morning sickness, no cravings either," she says. "I just thought, 'Oh, well, we'll wait until it'll tell on itself.' I didn't show until I was seven months so that made it easy right there."
Hudson delivered her baby via a C-section and says her initial fears weren't nearly as bad as she expected.
"Everybody told me how much it was going to hurt afterwards but I think I have a different tolerance for pain than others," the Grammy winner explains. "By that night after I had the baby, I'm like, 'Look, I can't sit in this bed anymore. I've got to get up!' I've been up and about since he was born. To me, the pain is no different than when you work out a muscle you've never worked out before and it's sore."
Hudson also says that her nearly 2-month-old son is already taking after his father.
"He has a lot of personality, like David," she says. "He's always been a good sleeper. His favorite time to smile now is diaper changes. Or when he spits up on you – he just cracks up like he thinks it's the funniest thing. And his bottle is his pacifier. With a pacifier, it's like he knows, 'Ain't nothing come out of here. No, I don't want that. Where's the real deal?' His best friend is that bottle; that's all he wants."
Hudson doesn't discuss last year's family tragedy in which her mother, brother, and nephew were killed in a Chicago shooting, but she does reflect on how the influence she had as a child will come into play should her son desire an entertainment career.
"We'll definitely encourage education. His father is an education fanatic so we definitely want him to get an education and go to school," says Hudson, who will star in an ABC holiday special in December. "My mom always said, 'Whatever you want to do, I'll support you as long as you're happy.' So I will do the same."
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