Gossip Girl’s Kelly Rutherford gets the cover of this month’s issue of Pregnancy Magazine.

The actress talks to the magazine about her birth plan, motherhood and preparing Hermes for his new sister.

Here are some highlights:

How are you doing?

I’m doing good, I’m doing really well. Since we’ve been in New York, I’ve been working and my tummy’s getting big. She’s movin’ around a lot in there. I’m excited to get back to LA and have the last few months off before I give birth. That will be nice. So I’ll focus on that.

I’ll be done at the end of March and then I can go back to LA and get everything ready for the baby and then I don’t have to come back until July, the baby’s due the first week of June and then I’ll go back to work some time in July. So that will give me enough time to rest and regroup and all of that.

What’s your plan for the birth?

I’ll probably have my mom there and Hermes will be close by and I’ll get a baby nurse too. And I haven’t had, I don’t know if I’m going to do a doula this time, I probably will. I usually labor at home, I’m very close to where I give birth, the hospital and my doctor is so lovely he usually comes to the house and checks on me and everything. It just depends on how this one goes. With Hermes it was a little bit longer, I labored at home a long time before I even went into the hospital and I just try to do it as naturally as possible and be as comfortable as possible. You think you can prepare, but nothing can prepare you for the first time you give birth for that experience because it’s just so extraordinary. So at least now I know a little bit more about what goes on, so I’m excited.

I’ll probably have a doula. I had a doula with Hermes and she was so helpful through the process and I’ll probably call her again when I get back to LA and see if she’s available. Cause it just helps, I think no matter who’s there by your side whether it’s your mother, your husband, whoever, there’s something nice about having that neutral party because they can help and keep everyone else around you together. And they know what’s going on, especially if you’re like me and you kind of want to do a lot at home, it’s nice to have someone that’s knowledgable around.

Does Hermes know what he’s in for?

He does, he’s in and out of it. Sometimes he gets it and he’s into talking about it and sometimes he’s like, “Let’s not talk about that yet.” So we’ll see, I think he’ll be a great older brother. He loves to explain things, so I’m sure he’ll have fun explaining to her how things are, how things work. And I just plan on including him in everything and that’s what my mom did with me and my brother, and I have a great relationship—I was an older sister—so I kind of know and she just really encouraged me to help and be a part of it. And I still do, I’m still probably too much in my brother’s business!

What’s your favorite thing about motherhood?

The smell. The smell thing is huge. The first thing I have to do when I see him is smell him. I just have smell him and kiss him and hold him. It’s kind of t hose instinctual things I guess or just seeing him do something new. Now he’s making sentences and he wants to see everything and point everything and show me what it is. It’s like rediscovering the world again.

What’s your biggest challenge as a mother?

The most challenging thing for me is not to worry. Because there are so many things you think about and worry about and I think it’s natural. And I talk to my girlfriends and they all do it, so I think, “OK, it’s not just me.” Cause sometimes you think it’s just me, I’m just overly worried about things. You want to do the right thing. There’s always an element of you want to do the right thing, am I doing the right thing? I just really try to follow my own instincts and say okay, at least if I follow my own instincts one way or the other I can be accountable for it.

The mom-to-be, who expects her third baby this winter, tell the magazine that her husband, Jason Sehorn, is the best baby nurse. ‘When the baby starts crying, he doesn’t just lie there and snore. He gets up and makes himself useful’

Here are more highlights from the interview:

How has this pregnancy been going?

Let me tell you, when you are pregnant with the first one, it’s great of course, and all new and “Yay!” With the second one it’s still OK; you can pay attention to number on and she can share in the joy of the pregnancy. I remember how I used to sit in the bathtub and have [my first daughter] rub my tummy. I loved that!

But this third one has been horrible! First of all, I’ve had morning sickness. Hellooo! And then I got anemia, which was new and horrible. And then I tore a disc in my back. So with this pregnancy I have not had two good days in a row;talk about frustration. And you can pile the quilt of not being able to take care of the other kids like I like to right on top of that. Thank God I am getting a baby at the end of this, because if I wasn’t I’d be insane right now!

How have your deliveries been?

Well, the first one was breech, and the second one was sideways, so I have had 2 cesareans so far and am planning a third – but I am totally fine with it. I learned a long time ago that it doesn’t make me less of a woman because my babies come out of a different place. Me C-sections have been fine. They don’t cut through the muscle anymore so the recovery time is quick. It’s not like back in the old days when they used a rusty saw. We’ve actually made medical strides.

What foods have you craved most during your last few months?

Normally, I’m a salty-food person. I love potato chips and spicy things like Bloody Mary’s. But since I got pregnant, I’ve been going all in for chocolate and sweets. Yesterday, I mowed through half a bag of Trader Joe’s chocolate chips. Now, this isn’t like some gourmet chocolate or anything. I think it’s like 100% sugar! I’ve also had a hankering for real thick heavy beer. Maybe the baby’s got some German in its blood.

What’s your favorite thing about being a mom?

My favorite thing is watching the kids when they don’t know I’m watching them, when I can step outside the parent role and just look at them like little human beings. I’m so amused by their actions.

To read the rest of the interview please pick up a copy of this months Pregnancy Magazine

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Here are some of the highlights:

When is the baby due?

I don’t put a due date on the baby, whenever he’s ready to come out.

How did you decide to have a home birth?

I saw Ricki Lake’s documentary, The Business of Being Born. I think all women kind of like to be in control, but I want to really experience the birth. Society tells you , “You get pregnant, you go to the hospital”, and that was just naturally what I was going to do, but once I saw that there was another option, it just fit me. I want to be fully present – I don’t want any medications. I just want to be in control of the situation – as much as I can be anyways.

Any details you can share about your birth plan?

I’m going to have water there, but I know that I might not end up giving birth in the water. Or, I might just use my own tub.

Do you plan to breastfeed?

I’m definitely breastfeeding. God gave us the gift. Our bodies are made a certain way to nuture our children. To certain point, anyway. I’m not going to be one of those mothers breastfeeding my 3 year old.

For more of the interview and more pictures please pick up a copy of Pregnancy Magazine.