This research aims to investigate the beginnings of motherhood construction from the perception of primiparous women in contemporary times. For this, the support to the desire to be a mother and the motherhood references for new mothers were more specifically studied. Virtually interviews with ten primiparous mothers were carried out and then transcribed and submitted to the content analysis method, in the thematic category. For the purposes of presenting the results, this dissertation was divided into two articles. The first investigates the desire to be a mother in the contemporary scenario and the second, the references of motherhood for new mothers. It was observed that motherhood is less and less the result of a biological mandate and can be further questioned. In view of the ambivalences and difficulties inherent in the choice, postponing the parental project comes up as a strategy for most women. Motherhood references are multiple, still predominantly feminine, as pointed out by the classic literature. However, there seems to be a tendency to change, due to the increasing participation of fathers in this context. It is concluded that motherhood is a continuous construction process and that becoming a mother requires a high degree of psychic investment, not being something just biologically given.