The Breastfeeding Resource Guide

The Birthing Center’s Lactation Services Department offers the following support services to assist breastfeeding mothers:
• Board certified lactation consultant on staff
• Nurses who are trained to provide lactation assistance
• Breast-feeding education classes each month
• Telephone warm line to provide personalized breastfeeding advice after discharge
• Lactation Consults by appointment
• Breast pump rental program

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.

St. Francis Eastside offers a very informative Prenatal Breastfeeding Class. This 3 hour class is taught by a board certified lactation consultant and helps ready moms with information. We encourage dads to come too. The classes are held the first Thursday at 6pm and third Sunday at 2 pm of each month. Please call to pre-register. (864) 675-4400

Our Lactation Supply Center, located in the gift shop on the first floor, has many hard to find lactation items at competitive prices including: Medela Pump in Style breastpumps, pump accessories, Medela nursing bras, nursing gowns, and specialty items needed for breastfeeding difficulties. Nicky Bradford is our certified bra fitter located in the lactation center. To schedule a bra fitting please call 675-4089, Monday through Friday
9-5. Specialized help from a board certified lactation consultant is also available.

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.

St. Francis Eastside rents Medela's Symphony pumps, Lactina pumps and Baby Weigh Scales. Please call for pricing. Many Medela pump accessories and supplies are also available.

Our Breastfeeding Support Group is free and open to all nursing mothers in the Upstate community. The group meets the 1st Tuesday of each month from 10-11:30am and the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 6-7:30pm at St. Francis Eastside in classroom 201. The group is staffed by Board Certified Lactation Consultants. There is a scale available for weight checks and to do a feed and weigh. A feed and weigh is when you weigh your baby before and after nursing to confirm milk intake.
Please call (864) 675-4215 for more information

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.