Introduction: Midwifery graduate is trained in midwifery care that focuses on a woman during physiological pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, and her child. Students choose this responsible profession, which requires a lot of sacrifices, strong will, strength, knowledge and skills, at the tender age of 20. In this decision, each individual is driven by a different motivation; they encounter different feelings and expectations. Purpose: The purpose of the diploma work is to determine the motives for which students decide to study midwifery, to explore what feelings they encounter when enrolling, what are their expectations and who is a "good midwife" for them. Methods: In the first part of the diploma work, a descriptive method of work was used, with the help of which an analysis of the existing professional and scientific literature was performed. In searching for relevant literature, we used databases: COBISS, DiKUL, PubMed, MedNar. In the empirical part, we carried out a qualitative form of research with the help of a semi-structured interview between first year midwifery students, which took place at the faculty of Health in Ljubljana. The students involved were guaranteed anonymity and the opportunity to withdraw at any time during the survey. This was followed by a qualitative content analysis of the interview followed, using coding and categorization of the text. Results: The study included five first-year midwifery students who had not yet completed clinical practice. The students chose to study because of different motives. At the very beginning of their studies, they encountered with some disappointments regarding expectations. The midwife is in their eyes a positive person who plays an important role for a woman during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Discussion and conclusion: The students came from the desire to work with women, to help them to have a beautiful experience in life, work with newborns; they were inspired by the midwife's relationship with women and her work. At first, they faced fear, disappointment and burdens. However, they were driven by the desire for this profession, enthusiasm, happiness to be where they wanted to be and the motive to become good midwives – midwives who will support women, listen and hear them, know how to help with their knowledge. The results confirm the findings of previous foreign studies
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