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Abstract Any infection during pregnancy can be extremely deleterious for pregnant women and baby. The Hormonal and mechanical changes which occur in pregnancy can promote urinary stasis and reflux. Accompanied by these changes, along with an short urethra (approximately 3-4 cm in females) and difficulty with maintaining hygiene due to a distended pregnant belly, contributes in making urinary tract infection the most common bacterial infections during pregnancy and also because the enlarged womb (uterus) compresses on the bladder and prevents it draining as well. Objectives of Study a) To assess the knowledge regarding prevention of urinary tract infections among antenatal mothers. b) To find the association between knowledge regarding prevention of urinary tract infection among antenatal mothers with heir selected socio-demographic variables. Materials and Methods In this study descriptive research design is used to assess the level of knowledge regarding prevention of urinary tract infection among antenatal mothers. The approach of the study is quantitative research approach. The setting of the study is selected hospital in Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Vrindavan, Mathura. The target population for this study is antenatal mothers in admitted in hospital Antenatal mothers who fulfil the inclusion criteria will be considered as the sample. In this study sample size will be 40 mothers. A non-probability convenient sampling technique is used in this study. Results Results revealed that majority of the Antenatal women (15%) had adequate knowledge, 22 (55%) had moderate knowledge and 12 (30%) had Inadequate knowledge. Conclusion: The findings of the study revealed that educating the mothers would be effective in updating the knowledge regarding the prevention of urinary tract infection .