Breastfeeding & Baby-Friendly Resources

• Feeding Cues (English & Spanish)
• What to Know About Crying - English
• What to Know About Crying - Spanish
• The Wheel of Frustration (English & Spanish)
• Common Questions (OWH)
• Intakes & Outputs for infants
• Breastmilk for baby in NICU booklet (OU Childrens')

• Importance of Breastfeeding - English 
• Importance of Breastfeeding - Spanish
• Breastfeeding Myths (By: Office of Women's Health)
• How to Tell If Baby is Getting Enough Milk - English
• How to Tell If Baby is Getting Enough Milk - Spanish

Safe Preparation

• CDC Guidance on Formula Preparation and Storage
• Formula preparation guide - English
• Formula preparation guide - Spanish
• Safe preparation, storage & handling of powered infant formula (Available in: English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French, Portuguese & Russian)

• Breast Milk contents vs. Formula
• Risks of Formula Feeding - English
• Risks of Formula Feeding - Spanish

• Donor Milk & Your Baby - English
• Donor Milk Y Su Bebe - Spanish
• Milk While Mourning (Donating after loss)  (Spanish coming soon)
• New Hope for New Lives (Donating Human Milk)  (Spanish coming soon)
• Donor Human Milk - Inside Track by ILCA

• Oklahoma Breastfeeding Hotline - Free to anyone, from anywhere!
  • Text ok2bf to 61222
  • Call: 1-877-271-6455 (leave VM for returned call)

• Contact the Texas Tech Infant Risk Center (TTIRC) Call the Infant Risk Center during regular business hours with any questions about medications and breastfeeding.
  • 1-806-352-2519
  • Monday through Friday, 8AM to 3PM CST

• MommyMeds (An App for Moms by TTIRC) 
  • 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. Scan over-the-counter medications and search over 20,000 drugs and medications. 

• A "how to" for teaching parents to breastfeed
• Alternative feeding methods
• Breast massage & compression
• Helping a parent to relactate
• Presentations on Breastfeeding Culture 
• Transgender and non-binary lactation (LLLI)
• Empowering Clients and Avoiding Aversives (Sage Publications)

• Promoting Human Milk and Breastfeeding for VLBW Infants
• Donor Human Milk for the High-Risk Infant: Preparation, Safety, and Usage Options in the United States
• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol #12: Transitioning the Breastfeeding Preterm Infant from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Home

• New Hope for New Lives (Donating Human Milk)  (Spanish coming soon)
• Donor Milk & Your Baby - English
• Donor Milk Y Su Bebe - Spanish
• Milk While Mourning (Donating after loss)  (Spanish coming soon)

Oklahoma Mothers Milk Bank (OMMB) The OMMB is the 13th milk bank in the U.S. and serves Oklahoma and surrounding states. For more information call 405-297-LOVE(5683)

Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) HMBANA advances the field of nonprofit milk banking through member accreditation, development of evidence-based best practices, and advocacy of breastfeeding and human lactation to ensure an ethically sourced and equitably distributed supply of donor human milk.

For sample protocols regarding common breastfeeding challenges, etc., please refer to the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine's "Protocols" page .

• Oklahoma Breastfeeding Hotline (Free to anyone, from anywhere)
  • Text ok2bf to 61222
  • Call: 1-877-271-6455 (leave VM for returned call)
• Contact the Texas Tech Infant Risk Center (Online chats only at this time)
  • Also try: Hale's Medication Safety Book & App (Dr. Hale is the organizer of the TTIRC
• LactMed - Drugs and Lactation Database
• MotherToBaby - Drugs & Medication Database
• American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Drugs. Clinical report: The transfer of drugs and therapeutics into human breast milk: an update on selected topics. 

• Benefits of a Breastfeeding Friendly Worksite!
• Breastfeeding Worksite Regional Coordinators
• Federal Law - Break Time for Nursing Mothers
• Breastfeeding Support on College Campuses
• OSDH Worksite Breastfeeding Policy (for use as a sample)

Coalition of Breastfeeding Advocates Friendly Worksite Program

• Employer Support
• Worksite Recognition
• Breastfeeding & Working: OSDH PSA Videos:  English - Spanish

• How the marketing of formula milk influences our decisions
• Scope and impact of digital marketing strategies for promoting breastmilk substitutes
• Exploitative formula milk marketing - Part 1 - Part 1
• Exploitative formula milk marketing - Part 2 - Part 2
• The Code (1981)
• The Code FAQs
• Compliance with the Code

• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) 
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• La Leche League International (LLLI)
• Office on Women’s Health (OWH)
• Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
• United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• International Lactation Consultation Association (ILCA)
• Baby-Friendly USA (BFUSA)