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Many women experience minor ailments during pregnancy. These ailments should be treated properly as they may escalate and become life threatening. Minor ailments may occur due to hormonal changes & accommodation changes of every system of the body. The mother needs knowledge to cope with the experience of pregnancy. An important nursing responsibility during the prenatal period is educating the client regarding the discomforts, that occur during pregnancy and the remedies to these will make them more comfortable. Another important aspect is counselling on the discomforts of pregnancy will help the pregnant women distinguish between a normal discomfort and a real problem in the pregnancy This study used one group pre-test post-test pre-experimental design and non- probability purposive sampling technique to select the samples. The results showed that the respondents gained knowledge and practice After the teaching, the pre-test mean score of knowledge was 12.81and post test score was 16.08 and 12.768. The pre-test mean score of practice was 19.78 and post test score was 23.81 and the value is 12.579. There is no association of the post-test knowledge and practice with the demographic variables. The result concludes that the self-instructional module on the managing of common discomforts during pregnancy is useful to improve the knowledge and practice of the primi mothers.