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 McLeod Resource Center provides valuable health education material and resources for the community.

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.

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.

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.