The Breastfeeding Resource Guide

The Lactation Services Department at Spartanburg Regional is designed to help and support breastfeeding mothers by providing active services including: inpatient support, prenatal consultation, prenatal breastfeeding class, outpatient postartum consultation, phone consultations and consultations for all breastfeeding mothers.
The Lactation Service is staffed by Debbie Costello RN,IBCLC who has been an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant for 14 years. She recently moved from Gainesville, Florida to live in the Upstate and continue to work with mothers and babies.

Debbie Costello RN,IBCLC has been an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant for 14 years. April 2007 I moved to the Upstate to work at Spartanburg Regional, from Gainesville, Florida. I am the Past President of FLCA (Florida Lactation Consultant Association). I have spent most of my professional life working with mothers and babies and I continue to learn from each family. I have 2 adult daughters and 1 grand daughter who all live in Florida. I love to knit and enjoy my Book Club group and active in the Episcopal Church.

The Lactation Services department at St. Francis Eastside is designed to help breastfeeding mothers by providing active services such as: inpatient support, prenatal breast assessment (by appointment), prenatal breastfeeding class, outpatient services (by appointment), weight checks (by appointment), phone consultations, breastfeeding supplies, pump rentals and purchases, and consultations for all lactating mothers.

Piedmont's Lactation Support Services offer inpatient visits to all breastfeeding mother's and babies; outpatient visits for latch assessement/assistance, infant weight checks, intake assessment, back-to-work consultation; and a weekly weight check clinic available for breastfeeding infants.
A monthly Prenatal Breastfeeding Class is offered, 7p-9:30pm, every 3rd monday of the month, in the Piedmont Women's Center Auditorium. Basics of Breastfeeding is taught and individual's questions are answered. Please pre-register.

Lactation Consultant services available on inpatient or outpatient basis. Medela breast pumps available for purchase or rental. Medela nursing bras available, certified fitters on staff. Breastfeeding classes available, call (843) 402-CARE to register.

I have been a board certified lactation consultant for 4 years now. I really enjoy my job. I work at St. Francis Eastside. I majored in Nutrition and Food Science at Clemson University and got my Master's in Nutrition from the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas. I worked in the Kansas City WIC program for 2 years before moving back home. I completed a special Lactation internship to allow me to become a board certified lactation consultant and I worked as a Pediatric Dietitian for 2 years before accepting my current position.

Jean Rhodes, CNM, PhD, IBCLC
Jeanne Barreira, CNM, MSN, IBCLC
Barbara Haase, CPNP, MSN, IBCLC
Pamela Murphy, MSN, CNM, IBCLC

The MUSC Lactation Consultation Service is staffed by advanced practice nurses, either nurse midwives and/or nurse practitioners, who are Masters prepared and certified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.

We see mothers in the hospital as well as in our out patient clinic.