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Answers to Common Breastfeeding Questions

Dental Health

Donor Milk

Down Syndrome

Free Online Lesson: Feeding Your Baby

Feeding Cues

Freeze, Store & Prep

Hand Expression of Milk

Latching baby

Medication while breastfeeding

  •  Call/Text the free Oklahoma Breastfeeding Hotline (Free!)
  • Contact the Texas Tech Infant Risk Center (TTIRC) (Free!)
  • LactMed - Drugs and Lactation Database
  • MommyMeds by the Infant Risk Center/Texas Tech HSC - MommyMeds is the premier health & safety app for all pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. Ensure safe breastfeeding and care of your baby while using prescription and over-the-counter medication.
  • InfantRisk for Healthcare Professionals by the Infant Risk Center/Texas Tech HSC- The InfantRisk App gives health care providers fast, convenient access to up-to-date and evidence-based information about prescription and non-prescription medications and their safety during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Milk Supply

 
  • To learn more about how to best use an electric pump, watch this video: Electric Pump and Hands-on Pumping.
  • Hands on Pumping Flyer - English
  • Hands on Pumping Flyer - Spanish (Extraccion Manual)
  • To learn how to increase your milk supply, watch Boost Your Milk
 

Nipple Shields

NICU

Skin to Skin

Skin to Skin (English & Spanish) 

Support Group - Virtual (by OK Mothers' Milk Bank)

The Hotline team invites you to join our new virtual breastfeeding support group, Moms Milk Circle. This is a free group hosted by an IBCLC created to uplift, inform, and inspire nursing moms just like you!  Click here to register for one of our Free Virtual Groups

Tongue Tie

Twins

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