Coalition of Oklahoma Breastfeeding Advocates

11/20/2025

Learn more by reviewing the 2025 March of Dimes Oklahoma Report Card: https://www.marchofdimes.org/report-card

11/11/2025

Returning to work after giving birth can be challenging, but COBA is here to help!
https://okbreastfeeding.org/breastfeeding-at-work/

11/09/2025

11/07/2025

Don't miss out on this new members-only opportunity launching in 2026! Register as a COBA Supporting Member now!

11/05/2025

On October 30th COBA held our Fall 2025 Workshop featuring Melissa Cole. We were thrilled to host Melissa with attendees gaining valuable information on oral function and assessments, differential diagnoses, tongue and lip ties, milk production and herbal galactagogues, ending with great discussion on critical thinking skills and communication. Here are some photos from the event.

10/20/2025

Don't miss out! Register today! https://ow.ly/BPL250Xev1b

Join Melissa Cole, MS, IBCLC, RLC for our fall education event:
From Assessment to Action: A Mindful Approach to Infant Feeding Challenges

📅 Thursday, October 30 | 📍 University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond

Half Day (8am–12pm) – $45 non-member | $20 member | Breakfast included
Full Day (8am–4:30pm) – $125 non-member | $100 member | Breakfast, lunch & afternoon snack included

Topics include:
• Infant Tongue-Tie Care (Parts 1 & 2)
• Beyond Fenugreek: An Individualized Approach to Galactagogues
• Lactation Case Studies: A Critical Thinking Approach

For lactation consultants, nurses, physicians, dentists, midwives, doulas, and others supporting families. CERPs available.

Join us for an engaging workshop with Melissa Cole, MS, IBCLC, PMH-C, on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, OK.

10/17/2025

Registration is now open!

Join Melissa Cole, MS, IBCLC, RLC for our fall education event:
From Assessment to Action: A Mindful Approach to Infant Feeding Challenges

📅 Thursday, October 30 | 📍 University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond

Half Day (8am–12pm) – $45 non-member | $20 member | Breakfast included
Full Day (8am–4:30pm) – $125 non-member | $100 member | Breakfast, lunch & afternoon snack included

Topics include:
• Infant Tongue-Tie Care (Parts 1 & 2)
• Beyond Fenugreek: An Individualized Approach to Galactagogues
• Lactation Case Studies: A Critical Thinking Approach

For lactation consultants, nurses, physicians, dentists, midwives, doulas, and others supporting families. CERPs available.

Register now: https://donorbox.org/events/797301

10/15/2025

We need your help! Oklahoma Mothers’ Milk Bank is experiencing high demand. If you’re an approved donor, please bring in your milk as soon as possible.

10/13/2025

Indigenous Peoples' Day is a day set aside to celebrate the deep and rich heritage of Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, as well as to acknowledge the ancestral wisdom and continuing contributions of those who were the first to both inhabit and steward this land we now call America.

Human milk feeding has, historically, held a significant place in every culture; Mothers breastfeeding their children is not only a biological norm, but also an ancestral practice used to nourish, develop connection, and pass down knowledge. At the USBC, we believe that by providing a platform for Indigenous health organizations to discuss challenges and opportunities, we can help build healthier families and reduce disparities in breastfeeding rates.

09/30/2025

COBA and Ocarta are proud to announce a new partnership to expand lactation support for mothers in recovery.

With funding from the Oklahoma State Department of Health’s Choosing Childbirth Grant, COBA helped OCARTA establish dedicated lactation rooms at their Oklahoma City facility and two sober living homes, each equipped with a hospital-grade breast pump and comfortable seating.

COBA also provided supplies for unhoused outreach and collaborated with OCARTA to develop a lactation policy offering evidence-based guidance for mothers navigating recovery.

Together, we’re working to remove barriers and support the health and well-being of Oklahoma families.

09/21/2025

Hicks, a member of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee as well as the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, has championed legislation and worked to raise public awareness for a broad range of health issues, including diabetes, infant safety, the support of breast-feeding, rare diseases, and the sustainability of community and school-based family resource centers with public and private partnerships.

Sen. Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City, has been named the 2025 Health Innovator of the Year by the Oklahoma Turning Point Council.
Learn more: bit.ly/46CdIka

09/21/2025

Today marks the start of the first ever Deaf & Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding Week! As an allied partner with the Deaf community, the DC Breastfeeding Coalition fostered the initiation of the first-ever Deaf and Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding Collective. The theme for this first-of-its-kind observance is "Close the Gap Bridge the Divide: Establish Breastfeeding Support Access."

The purpose of this initiative is to provide the nation's marginalized and underrepresented Deaf community with accessible breastfeeding education, support, and community, because language and breastfeeding access matters from birth! Follow Deaf & Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding to keep up with the observance's activities.