Preferred position to listen to Heartbeat

Laying down for me. This way the heart and chest is open and exposed fully for the examination.

I've had chest exams both sitting and lying down at the same time; I think it's the only way to really make sure everything is working right.

One question that just came to mind: Do doctors still steth the back while you're lying on your belly? Seems to me when I was a kid, my doctor used to do that, but maybe I'm wrong.

It changed over the year at the same praticioner, becoming almost laying down each time

I had an ex girlfriend who had never been stethed by a Dr. while lying down. One day we were messing around and I stethed her while she was lying on her back, topless on the bed. I heard a heart murmur that had never been detected. I had her sit up and listened and I could not hear it. Later, I went with her to a nurse practitioner and she stethed her very thoroughly and found the same thing that I had found - it was inaudible while she was sitting up but very audible while she was lying down.

Usually seated.. And it's super hot when the steth goes up the back of my blouse..

As for heart auscultation, I get asked to undo my top button, and I do that super slow and sexy ( just for fun and giggles later )

And I always undo an extra button 😉

I've usually had to be listened to sitting up and laying down. Having MVP can complicate things. 😄

Both. Especially for women with big breasts, auscultation laying down is better. Standing auscultation with big breasts allows you more touching of her breasts ;-)

When doing the listening, I'd say I like seated better, but laying down is just fine. When I'm the one being stethed, I'm usually so worked up I can't even think of how I'd prefer it 😜

I like both, but I especially like the vulnerable and helpless feeling of being flat on my back with the doctor standing over me.

Standing up

The last few times have always been sitting for me.

For me, I just started a new doctor, and it's been laying down and sitting up. In the past, it was just sitting up, though.

I've always only had it in the sitting up position

I don't have a preference but I'm usually sitting when my heartbeat is getting listened to.

I love it standing, sitting or lying down.

I like every position, esp the special ones where you listening to murmurs, on left latheral decubitus pos or leaning forward and exhale, strarting standing and auscultating the apex then ask the patient to squat as you listen and hearing how the heart slows down in squat position, and when standing up again it starts to beating faster again.

Standing, sittiny, lying and left lateral. Definitely all positions.

But the best is in sitting

The standard positions are sitting, semi-recumbent and left lateral (for PMI).

For play exams, all three plus supine with continued auscultation to abdomen and beyond.

For chest / back it has to be standing up. abdomen obviously lying down.

:I prefer to lye down wearing only boxers or to be completely naked. To see into the eyes of a doctor when she/he listens to my apex with stethoscope touching my left nipple. Standing up completely naked in front of a doctor is very cool for me too. The stethoscope could be also in apex.

I like the seated position best. Whenever I see someone getting their heart listened to sitting upright on an exam table it is so hot. I really love the image of a female sitting on an exam table , bare chested with her bare legs and feet hanging down while the doctor listens with his stethoscope. Very hot when the doctor makes her lean forward after he instructs her to breath out and hold it while she leans forward.

I like to be stethed standing up naked and facing my (play)female doctor. I get a big erection which rubs against her stockings !

When I examine her I like her standing up with hands on head. I like her standing between my legs while I listen to her.

You get a big erection? Strange, your profile indicates you are female.

Rockdoc: ...she might well be a Transsexual ;-)

Rockdoc: ...she might well be a Transsexual ;-)

A possibility of course. It would be helpful if members indicated this in their profile to avoid potential confusion though.

I like to be stethed or steth when patiend was sitting

One question that just came to mind: Do doctors still steth the back while you're lying on your belly? Seems to me when I was a kid, my doctor used to do that, but maybe I'm wrong.

Never had that before. If you've already got a stiffy then laying down on your belly pressing down on your stuff on the exam table seems like a good chance of an accident occurring!

I've had exams where the doctor has done both. He starts with me sitting on the side of the bed, checks my heart and lungs then makes me lie to listen to my heart more. For my own exams, the patient is sitting first, if its a woman, bra on, then the bra comes off for the apex, and then they lie down.

Sitting up! To me it is as iconic as the Stethoscope itself...when anyone in any country sees one they think of going to the doctor. The image of a person...especially a female sitting on the edge of an examination table with their legs hanging, their back straight as the stick their chest out at the doctor's command of "Breath deep.." or " I want to listen to your Heart now.." and the doctor getting to listen to the most fascinating thing known to man.....Thump Thumpa!

My regular GP does both, first I am sitting up and she listens to my lungs from the back, then she listedns to heart & lungs sitting up from the front. Then I lie down and she does my heart & abdomen. I prefer lying down, since she normally does it without my bra, and my breasts are exposed, which I love the feel of. At the gyn she only does it lying down.

I like to be on my left side, with the doctor behind me and reaching over my chest to place the stethoscope between my breasts and listens to my mitral valve. Hopefully his other hand would be caressing my naked ass while he listens.