For well babies, I catch the colostrum onto a clean plastic spoon.
For sick babies, the mother's breast could be washed, her hands washed, and 
use hand expression to harvest the colostrum. A small size syringe could be 
used to draw up the drops or a sterile cotton tipped applicator could be 
used for very small quantities and quickly swabbed into the baby's mouth, 
cheekpads. I have also used sterile water, poured or injected down the 
breastshield tunnel and this thins the colostrum and allows it to pass thru 
the valve easier. Then the colostrum/sterile water mix can be more easily 
harvested. I understand this is not ideal and don't know what effect if any 
this has on colostrum/its bioactive properties etc. But with very tiny 
quantities of colostrum I have done this.

Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN
Mississippi, s.e. USA

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