@jacobsmom, I did that after I gave birth especially the first few months. It's gets better with time in my experience my baby is six months now and I hardly get clogged milk ducts like the beginning.
@jacobsmom The first time it was before and after. Either way it helps and also wearing the cups that collect milk helped to. They are like nipple extender cups that collect the milk too from Medela, it helped me as a ftm. I breast throughout my second pregnancy until delivery and didn't have issues.