I guess it depends on the reason....sometimes I recommend pumping prior to a
feed (briefly, to assist with a latch, get a milk flow, "take off the
foremilk") and sometimes I recommend the full treatment as carol suggests, and
sometimes a few minutes after (based on baby's gestational age, how well they are
latching and "emptying the breast." I kind of worry, like Jan pointed out, about
the smaller amounts obtained when pumping after a feed. But when the
differences between foremilk and hindmilk are explained, it makes sense to mom and dad.

Mary Kay Smith, RN, IBCLC
Canton MI (detroit suburbs) waiting for the big snow

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