Jennifer is in her first months of motherhood and the “Spotlight” star is opening up about her most precious moments with David Jr — who arrived Aug. 10.

“I love being nurturing and caring because I love to see other people happy,” Jennifer tells PEOPLE. “Who better to devote my time to than my own child?”

Check out the most interesting excerpts from J-Hud’s interview:

How hard was it keeping your pregnancy under wraps?“David and I were the only people who knew for a long time. I would forget I was pregnant, it was so easy. I didn’t have any morning sickness, no cravings either. 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.”

Your son was delivered via C-section, what was your recovery like?
“Everybody told me how much it was going to hurt afterwards but I think I have a different tolerance for pain than others. 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.”

Would Jennifer like her son to become an entertainer like his Mom & Dad? “We’ll definitely encourage education. His father is an education fanatic so we definitely want him to get an education and go to school….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.”

“We are excited that Jennifer Hudson will share her award-winning talent with our VH1 Divas audience next week. Adding Jennifer to our roster of young yet hugely successful performers guarantees that the show will truly be a night to remember,” the network said in a statement Tuesday. “We can’t wait for our viewers to enjoy the performances that will reflect the talent, hard work and tenacity that has come to define this new generation of divas.”

Special musical guests for the show include Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Cyndi Lauper and Martina McBride. Also taking part as presenters will be comedienne Kathy Griffin, Grammy winner Toni Braxton, reality personalities Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port, Ryan Kwanten of the HBO breakout hit True Blood, and the cast of the new motion picture remake Fame.

Former American Idol judge Paula Abdul is set to host the live concert event at at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, New York.

“The baby is beautiful and perfect,” says J-Hud’s rep Lisa Kasteler. “His parents are ecstatic.”

David Daniel Otunga, Jr. weighed in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces. He is the first child for the former American Idol and her wrestler fiance, who once appeared on the VH1 reality series I Love New York 2. The column adds that the pregnancy was never announced due to privacy and superstition.

“Jennifer and David, Sr., by the way, did not know the sex of the baby in advance. They bought blue and pink clothes, just in case!”

Celebrity pals like Usher and Mariah Carey are encouraging singer/actress Jennifer Hudson to name her unborn baby after the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

Windy City-born Jennifer “merely smiled coyly when several stars (including Usher and Mariah Carey) suggested she should name her soon-to-be-born baby Michael — or Michaela, if it’s a girl,” according to a scoop featured in The Chicago Sun-Times.

The heavily-pregnant Oscar & Grammy winner has never publicly confirmed reports that she is expecting, but sported an undeniable baby bump as she performed MJ’s hit single “Will You Be There” at Tuesday’s memorial at The Staples Center in Los Angeles.

A very pregnant Jennifer Hudson performed Michael Jackson’s “Will You Be There” with the MJ Show Company dancers and the Andrae Crouch singers as the music world and thousands of fans bade farewell to the singer known as the King of Pop in a public tribute in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

No word yet on what song the reportedly pregnant Oscar winner will perform at tomorrow’ funeral.

The network is also reporting that the event will be produced by Ken Ehrlich, who has previously produced the Grammy Awards. The director of Jackson’s memorial will be Kenny Ortega, who was set to co-direct the singer’s O2 shows in London later this month.

Jennnifer Hudson is seven months pregnant with her first child, a longtime friend of the Grammy/Oscar-winning 27-year-old told The Chicago Tribune over the weekend.

The singer/actress has been laughing off rumors that she and fiance David Otunga are expecting since reports first surfaced in an April report from Essence Magazine.

But according to the star’s pal Felicia Fields, Jennifer celebrated the baby’s arrival with at a relative’s home in her native Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, May 30.

“It was a baby shower, a quiet gathering of friends and mostly family. They’re really trying to keep it kind of quiet. It was a nice time that we had,” Felicia told The Tribune on Sunday.

Jennifer and David are determined to keep the sex of the baby a secret – with guests at the party lavishing her with neutral coloured gifts.

“They don’t know (the gender).”

Melissa Goscinsky, Queens, NY, won a contest to sing a duet with Jennifer.