Conclusions: It can be safely concluded that
promotion of parental education, neglecting child’s gender as far as cultural context and preference of a son is considered, observance of
pregnancy interval for more than three years, non-smoking in nursing mothers, practical training of breast-feeding to mothers besides
conductance of educative programs via maternity hospitals and health centers to educate parents about the importance of breast-feeding
and benefits of spouse’s support can be considered as the influential factors in continuation of breast-feeding.