A very glowing and very pregnant Nia Long covers the November 2011 issue of Ebony Magazine.

Inside the issue, Nia bares it all, literally! Not only does the 40+ year old actress bare her baby belly, she gives fans a revealing look inside her pregnancy diary.

Nia, who recently revealed that she’s having a baby boy,? is reportedly in the last trimester of her pregnancy and should be dropping that bambino pretty soon.

She opens up for the first time about her childhood and her “surprise” pregnancy in the duel cover feature.

Check out Nia’s 2nd shot + an excerpt from her Ebony feature below:

Cover Star and expectant mother, Nia Long as you?ve never seen her before! In the November issue, Long gives EBONY an inside look into her pregnancy diary, the shocking news that made her knees buckle, and how she and her partner, Ime Udoka, are handling the changes and bracing for a new chapter in life.

She also opens up to EBONY for the first time ever about her humble roots, reconnecting with family in the West Indies, raising her son, finding her life mate–and about the pregnancy that wasn?t suppose to happen.

Nia, spoke about being over 40 and pregnant, stating:

The medical profession tries to tell every woman, ?Have your babies before 40?? Society tells us ?Get married before 30??

I think if we just take our time as women, and do what comes natural to us and for us, we would make fewer mistakes.