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"Effectiveness of Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise on Urinary Incontinence among Pregnant women attending Antenatal OPD in Tertiary Hospital Gangtok, Sikkim" Memory Manner1, Binita Khati2, Sonam Zangmu Sherpa3 1M.Sc. Nursing Student, 2Professor HOD OBG Nursing Dept, 3Associate Professor, Sikkim Manipal College of Nursing, Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok, Sikkim, India. Abstract Introduction: One of the most prevalent health issues affecting pregnant women worldwide is urinary incontinence (UI), often known as the involuntary flow of urine. Urinary Incontinence is the term for when a person is unable to contain her urine effectively. This is a typical issue that arises and gets worse throughout pregnancy. Statistics show that 423 million (21.6%) women received UI diagnoses in 2018, making it one of the biggest regional burdens in Asia. Aims and objectives: The study was conducted to assess the Effectiveness of Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise on Urinary Incontinence among Pregnant women attending Antenatal checkup in Tertiary Care Hospital Gangtok, Sikkim. Method: A pre-experimental one group pretest-post-test Research study was conducted with 63 First Trimester pregnant women who were attending antenatal check-up. Non-Probability Purposive Sampling Technique was used. Revised Urinary Incontinence Scale (RUIS) was used to measured Urinary Incontinence in pregnant women then a pelvic floor muscle exercise was taught to the pregnant women who had urinary incontinence with the help of flyer (comprises of steps and benefits of pelvic floor muscle exercise). They were asked to practice the same for 30 minutes for a period of one months. Post test was done after one month. Result: The pre-test results shows that 7(11.1%) of the first trimester pregnant women have severe urinary continence, followed by 31(49.2%) have moderate urinary incontinence, 25(39.6%) mild urinary incontinence. Whereas, in the post-test results shows that none of the first trimester have severe urinary continence, followed by 7(11.1%) have moderate urinary incontinence, 39(61.9%) mild urinary incontinence and 17(27%) have no urinary incontinence. Hence, findings indicates that pelvic floor muscles exercise was effective in improving urinary incontinence among pregnant women, with p*value <0.05 level of significant Conclusion: The study revealed that pelvic floor muscle exercise was effective in improving urinary incontinence among pregnant women. The results of this study can be taken into consideration in educating Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise to every Pregnant woman during their antenatal visits, in order to reduce the risk of Urinary Incontinence among them.