In this article it is considered different definitions to “maternity” concept as well as moral and psychological aspects of students training for maternity which mean human perception of the whole set of requirements, duties, social standards of behavior. This training is oriented to increasing of responsibility of students before family life, social prestige of maternity, psychological readiness of students for maternity, obtaining succinct knowledge. The level of psychological readiness for maternity is determined by the combined effect of positive and negative factors influence by the moment when a woman becomes a mother.