Inclusion criteria:
Having reading and writing literacy
resident of Tabriz
her last breastfeeding failed (failure in this study is meant for mothers who have passed a term pregnancy and have given birth to a healthy baby, yet for some reasons have used infant formulas alone or in combination with breastfeeding in order to feed their infants during the first 6 months of birth)
have a singleton pregnancy
able to attend continuously in counseling sessions
be in her third trimester of pregnancy
Exclusion criteria:
recognized abnormalities in the fetus including congenital anomalies of the heart, brain, kidneys, visual problems, gastrointestinal upsets, cleft lip and cleft palate, oral and maxillofacial abnormalities, etc
High risk pregnancy including preeclampsia, diabetes preterm labor, premature rupture of embryonic veins, thromboembolism, heart disease and third trimester bleeding
contraindications for lactation (women with galactosomal infants; women taking certain drugs; women undergoing breast cancer treatment, women with HIV infection, women with active herpes simplex virus infection, women with Untreated tuberculosis, women who abuse drugs and, have no control over their alcohol consumption, and mental disorders which cause the mothers can not regularly feed their infants).