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Meeting pregnant migrant women who have had to leave children behind in their home country has led to exploratory research in order to better understand the issues surrounding their parenthood experience. The main objective of this work is to explore these women’s subjective experiences and to focus on their representations of motherhood, concerning both the child they are expecting here and the ones they left behind. The data was gathered from semi-structured interviews with nine participants and analyzed using the IPA methodology (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis). The analysis allowed three main meta-themes to be identified, highlighting the separation and loss that are felt on various levels by these women, and the different ways of creating links between the present and the past. The image of motherhood provided by these women is complex, entailing adjustments and changes as they explore and reappraise the traditions of childcare and fostering. The furthering and broadening of this area of research is essential for improving the perinatal care of migrant women.