Device and method for collecting and dispensing colostrum

A method of collecting colostrum from a breast of a human and dispensing the colostrum to a newborn, using an electric breast pump system and an adapter, the method comprising:

• coupling a first end of the adapter with a distal end of a syringe;
• positioning a second, open end of the adapter in contact with or near the breast;
• manually expressing colostrum from the breast into the second end of the adapter;
• coupling the second end of the adapter with a connector of a breast pump shield of the electric breast pump system by engaging helical threads on an outer surface of the second end of the adapter with complementary threads on an inner surface of the connector, wherein the coupling step is performed while the adapter remains attached to the distal end of the syringe;
• expressing additional colostrum from the breast, using the breast pump shield and the electric breast pump system attached to the breast pump shield;
• retracting a plunger of the syringe while the syringe is attached to the adapter, to cause the colostrum to move into the syringe from the adapter;
• detaching the first end of the adapter from the distal end of the syringe;
• and
• dispensing the colostrum to the newborn from the syringe.