Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford introduces her new bundle of joy Helena to us in this week’s issue of Life and Style Magazine.

Already the mother of adorable 2-year-old son Hermés, Kelly was overjoyed at the idea of having another baby. But her volatile three-year marriage to the children’s father was already at the breaking point.

So when she was three months pregnant, Kelly, 40, made the difficult decision to leave her husband, Daniel Giersch, and have the baby on her own. Their daughter, Helena Grace, was born on June 8 in LA. Now, for the first time since the controversial split, Kelly is speaking out.

“When you’re in labor, you don’t want the man you’re divorcing in there, especially someone who’s said cruel things about you,” she explains.

The couple is still locked up the L.A. courts, as Daniel tries to prevent Kelly from taking Hermes back to New York while she works on Gossip Girl.

“I’m not moving without my kid,” she insists. “I’m not doing anything without my son.”

What’s more, Kelly believes having dad out of the picture altogether wouldn’t be so bad.

“The most important thing is that children have love and stability in their lives, whether that comes from a mother or a father. [Alone], I can raise them to be much more peaceful.”

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Ugly Betty star Eric Mabius is showing off his second son, Rylan Jaxson in this week’s issue of Life & Style Magazine.

During the interview Eric talked about the morning that his wife went into labor and the chaos that ensued when they tried to cab it to the hospital. Like a scene from a sitcom, the couple rushed to catch an NYC cab — only to have it run out of gas en route to the hospital!

“We had to pull over to the side of the highway,” Eric tells Life & Style.

“The driver got out and started waving his hands to hail another cab.”

Thankfully, the couple was able to make it to the hospital in time for the birth of 10 pound, 3 ounce Rylan Jaxson. (WOW!)

In the five months since, Rylan’s put on around 9 pounds. “When he came out, he was so big, he looked like a toddler,” Eric, 38, says with a laugh. “It was wild.”

The couple still hasn’t decided whether a third is in the cards,

“We each come from two-children families,” Eric explains. “We think it’s a good, round number.” And a whole lot of work besides. “Two kids are definitely more work than one,” he says. “But they’re only going to be this age once. I don’t want to miss anything.”

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