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Do you have questions
about breastfeeding?
about breastfeeding?
Please continue to monitor the Group pages for any changes to meeting information due to illness or weather.
DO YOU HAVE COVID-19, the flu or another infectious illness? Whenever possible, breastfeeding should continue even when a nursing parent has been diagnosed with many infections. In an extreme circumstance, if an interruption of breastfeeding is deemed medically necessary, hand expressing or pumping the milk is encouraged. In such cases, the expressed milk, which contains multiple immune factors, may be fed to the baby to help prevent the baby from getting the infection or to help reduce the severity and duration of an infection if the baby does get sick.
Oklahoma Leaders may be contacted by telephone, email, and/or social media for support and information. Contact and meeting information may be found on the page of a Group near you by clicking on the green "Groups" tab above under the "La Leche League of Oklahoma" header.
Families interested in providing human milk to their babies sometimes need support and encouragement from someone who has successfully nursed a baby and who understands the normal course of lactation. Nursing includes feeding a baby human milk at the breast/chest; while many people prefer the term "breastfeeding," we are happy to talk with you in the terms that work for you. Some people may be exclusively human milk feeding by bottle, whether by pumping their own milk or using donor milk; we'll support you, too. La Leche League Leaders are here to support families in achieving their own goals in offering their babies human milk in all of these ways. We are volunteers who have all nursed our babies and who have been trained and accredited by La Leche League International to provide information and support to anyone who is pregnant, adopting a baby, or nursing regarding any concerns, challenges, or questions they may have as well as to provide a safe haven of support.*
If you have questions about nursing before adoption or birth, or at any time after baby arrives, Leaders are here to help!
PLEASE WATCH EACH GROUP'S MEETING INFO OR CALL A LEADER
FOR CANCELLATIONS DUE TO WEATHER OR ILLNESS.
IMPORTANT: Please note that LLL Leaders do not act as health care professionals while working as Leaders. In order to see a provider who is able to provide comprehensive prenatal and postnatal lactation support and counseling for situations outside the normal course of breastfeeding and pursuant to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), families need to request a referral to an in-network IBCLC or coverage for out-of-network IBCLC services from your primary care physician. We maintain a list of IBCLCs and other providers for some communities; please contact a Leader to ask for more information.
DO YOU HAVE COVID-19, the flu or another infectious illness? Whenever possible, breastfeeding should continue even when a nursing parent has been diagnosed with many infections. In an extreme circumstance, if an interruption of breastfeeding is deemed medically necessary, hand expressing or pumping the milk is encouraged. In such cases, the expressed milk, which contains multiple immune factors, may be fed to the baby to help prevent the baby from getting the infection or to help reduce the severity and duration of an infection if the baby does get sick.
Oklahoma Leaders may be contacted by telephone, email, and/or social media for support and information. Contact and meeting information may be found on the page of a Group near you by clicking on the green "Groups" tab above under the "La Leche League of Oklahoma" header.
Families interested in providing human milk to their babies sometimes need support and encouragement from someone who has successfully nursed a baby and who understands the normal course of lactation. Nursing includes feeding a baby human milk at the breast/chest; while many people prefer the term "breastfeeding," we are happy to talk with you in the terms that work for you. Some people may be exclusively human milk feeding by bottle, whether by pumping their own milk or using donor milk; we'll support you, too. La Leche League Leaders are here to support families in achieving their own goals in offering their babies human milk in all of these ways. We are volunteers who have all nursed our babies and who have been trained and accredited by La Leche League International to provide information and support to anyone who is pregnant, adopting a baby, or nursing regarding any concerns, challenges, or questions they may have as well as to provide a safe haven of support.*
If you have questions about nursing before adoption or birth, or at any time after baby arrives, Leaders are here to help!
PLEASE WATCH EACH GROUP'S MEETING INFO OR CALL A LEADER
FOR CANCELLATIONS DUE TO WEATHER OR ILLNESS.
IMPORTANT: Please note that LLL Leaders do not act as health care professionals while working as Leaders. In order to see a provider who is able to provide comprehensive prenatal and postnatal lactation support and counseling for situations outside the normal course of breastfeeding and pursuant to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), families need to request a referral to an in-network IBCLC or coverage for out-of-network IBCLC services from your primary care physician. We maintain a list of IBCLCs and other providers for some communities; please contact a Leader to ask for more information.
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Leaders: to make changes to your Group info, please contact Sandy using the subject line LLLOK Website. Thank you!
Parents: the email address here is only for website changes. Please check individual Groups near you for help contacts.
Parents: the email address here is only for website changes. Please check individual Groups near you for help contacts.