The purpose of this study was to analyze the practices and meanings of motherhood, and to examine whether motherhood could be a chance of growth and development for women. For these purposes, 20 housewives were interviewed in depth. The major results were as follows. 1) Motherhood as experiences included some feelings such as various gratifications and joys, and satisfactions of social permission. 2) Motherhood as experinces was appreciated positively, but conversely being a primary caregiver in nuclear family was recognized as negative experience because of conflicts between motherhood and individuality. 3) Motherhood brought various cognitive changes to women, which showed an important element in adult developments. 4) Although mothers thought that the matters on child were common topics for conversations and bridging husbands and wives, motherhood as experiences would have differentiated mothers` marriage and fathers` marriage.