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The Fastest She Ever Did Beat..

After the breath play that had her in the low 40s earlier today...I thought that it might be a good idea encourage her to beat a bit faster... 155 beats to be exact. If you don't like breathing noises I would recommend giving this one a miss.

We've all heard how my little heart used to react to exercise. Well I've been treating her kindly and now she's a bit more used to it...Today we warmed up and did a bit of recovery run.. she climbed but was fairly well behaved. I was feeling fine... so I slowly increased the speed and until she broke the 190s. I was feeling it and knew if I did a last min sprint I could get her over the 192 which was the highest I had recorded. Speed up slightly, incline to 3... this was enough to push her to 196! The highest I had ever seen her beat.

What you are hearing is the 5 min recovery afterwards. I really struggled with this one. You can tell that even up the end I was struggling to control my breathing. But my little girl pounded strongly, exceeding all expectations and hearing her recover reminds me why I love her and other hearts.

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #self stething #pounding heart #fast heartbeat #stethoscope #stress test #exercise heartbeat

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Was bored and decided to do some breath play. I usually get 2 or so chances then she goes… “nah imma just go fast then slow”. Well today on the 4th try she did the weirdest sounding overload skips. Got very irregular for like 1 min then did this… and of course I made the rookie error of not recording it 😅

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #self stething #pounding heart #fast heartbeat #stethoscope #slow heartbeat #breath play #breath holding

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Another File I Can't Remember Context...

In the last 24 hours I recorded these beats... annnnnd I cannot remember what they were. Doesn't stop them being beautiful though does it?

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #self stething #stethoscope #heartbeats #stething #fast heartbeat

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A Random Rec I Found...

I don't remember when I did this one but 11 sec into the recording she PVC'd. I rarely catch her skipping and now I have 2 in very short periods of time.

When I just had my stemoscope I used to say I wish you could her my heart the way I do. This rec is closest I've gotten to. The way you hear her spilt is the one I fell in love with.

So what do you think? What do you recon she's feeling based on her beating? What would you tell her if it was your stethoscope on my chest?

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #self stething #pounding heart #stethoscope #heart #irregular heartbeat #my heart #heartbeats

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Apex Predator

Been on a bit of a rec roll. @hartspot17. This one’s for you. Laying on my left, arm above my head, littmann pressed into my apex. I could feel her pounding back at me strongly reminding me of her power.

A little surprise around 8:35ish… was gonna actually stop it about then and glad I didn’t ☺️

Was this the result we were expecting?

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #self stething #pounding heart #fast heartbeat #stethoscope

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Heart Tour (Littmann's Version)

A resting full tour of my heart with the littmann (finally). 2 mins at each landmark. Take a moment and explore my Aortic Valve, then hang out with my S2 split at Pulmonic. Quick stop in at Erbs on the way down to Tri and Mitral.

Let me know what you hear. How does she beat? Where would you place your steth to hear her?

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #self stething #pounding heart #stethoscope #heart tour #calm heart #my heart

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Realised I haven’t done a heart tour with my littmann so recorded an unmedicated morning tour laying down with diaphragm resting on my chest (no pressure). I plan to do a medicated and playing with the chest piece pressure too.

But are there any other methods I’m missing? I don’t usually do requests and will not entertain anything NSFW or make me feel uncomfortable but I’m also starved for ideas but want to share this beautiful gift with you all. 🥰

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #self stething #stethoscope #respectful asks #send asks

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Ok - Lets do this shall we? And coz it's me and I find the reactions of my heart interesting I recorded her while doing this.

1. What is your earliest heart related memory that made you feel funny/fuzzy/flustered? My first memory was hearing my mums heartbeat and asking her what it was. I was like 2 or 3. But my first flustered moment was probably in school when there was a song with hand actions and the word "heart" in it. I never could place my hand in the centre of my chest so I did it to the left. One of the girls saw and was like "no - your heart isn't there , it's here" and put her hand directly on the centre of my chest. I was so mortified.

2. When intimating the sound of a heartbeat, how do you do it? Are you a lub-dub, thump-thump, etc person? Or something else? Lub-Dub

3. What’s your favourite auscultation point? Coz Y'all kept pointing out my split, Pulm has become mine. It was Tri before but now I will default to Pulm / Erbs as I love that sound.

4. What’s your ultimate SFW cardiophilia related fantasy? Probably just having someone examine my whole heart with a 12 lead and echo just because I'm curious. Doing a stress test version too would be dope.

5. And what about your ultimate NSFW one? (Feel free to skip this!) - Umm that's hard coz I haven't really dabbled to know what I like but maybe the above pushing my heart too far and needing medical help to correct it.. or start it again... I'm not sure...

6. Do you prefer to listen to be listened to? A bit of both, however whenever I imagine the above situations I am always the patient / being listened to. *Shrugs

7. Have you ever had an awkward moment at a doctor’s appointment? Not heart related. I usually focus so much to bring her down that she's beating "calmly" for any heart or heart adjacent exams.

8. How about any “oh shit, have they clocked that I’m into this?” moment with strangers, acquaintances, friends or family? When going through my room my parents found my steth... it was never brought up. And back in Myspace (showing my age here) days I did a quiz like this and it asked "What's your fav sound" which I said - Heartbeats - Someone replied saying something like - yeah they are the best sound in the world... I got scared and deleted the post.

9. What’s your most recent heart related experience that gives you the warm fuzzies (in a wholesome, SFW way?) When I was having an anxious day, one of my close friends shared so when I was at work I had a body double and didn't feel alone. He shared for 7 hours like it was nothing but it meant so much to me.

10. What about in a NSFW way? (Again, feel free to skip this!) - Gonna skip this as I don't really have one.

11. Do you love or loathe the effect that caffeine has on your heart (if you drink it)? Used to love it. Now I can't drink caffeine on medication so loathe?

12. Do you own a watch that tracks your heart rate? Apple watch - but I forget to charge it all the time. I also had to turn off high heart rate notifications as she regularly goes over 100 with stimulants and it was annoying me

13. How about any other equipment (e.g. a steth, blood pressure machine, stemoscope, pulse oximeter, etc)? 2 X Steth (the purple littmann Classic and a Kincare Cardiology (which was my one and only for ever), Blood Pressure monitor I got when i started meds, spoilers i forget to do it. whoops, 3 lead ECG, Stemoscope. Polar HRM.. I think that's it.

14. Do you prefer listening to a fast or slow heart rate? Slow mostly because they are calming and you can hear what they are actually doing. But I don't hate fast ones.

15. Do you prefer having a slow or fast heart rate? Slow, she used to be so slow and now she's fast most of the time.. I miss the calm.

16. Have you ever done anything to purposely make your heart rate speed up or slow down? If so, what? Exercise.... coffee... in my 20's I tried poppers and weed. I don't anymore. Breath holds... I just can't pressure coz that s*** hurts lol

17. Have you ever stethed someone or taken their pulse outside of a medical scenario? lol - no.. well with my friend when he was training to be a nurse but I count that as medical scenario.

18. Has anyone done the above to you outside of a medical scenario? Same as above

19. Do you tend to hear “are you nervous?” or similar things from doctors because your heart is always beating so fast when they steth you? Do you have white coat syndrome? I always try to calm my heart when I know it's about to be checked in some way so no.

20. Have you ever complimented a medical professional on their steth? .. No.

21. Has a medical professional ever expressed curiosity about your knowledge of hearts after you've mentioned something that a typical patient wouldn't know? Lol I go the other way and pretend I know less so as not to be caught out.

22. Have you ever told anyone in real life about your interest in hearts? Nooooooo.

23. What’s your favourite heart related lyric in a song, or favourite song that gives off cardiophile vibes? Like any Taylor Swift song....

I can't find a pulse My heart won't start anymore for you 'Cause you're losin' me

orrr

'Til we were dead and gone and buried Check the pulse and come back swearing it's the same After three months in the grave

24. Has anyone ever caught you listening to heart audios, stething yourself, etc? If so, how did you explain yourself? Nope - not yet

25. Do you have a nickname for your heart? Well I always referred to my heart as She or Her. When I joined here someone asked for my name and as I was doing this anonymous to allow me to feel comfortable to post I had to come up with a name. First name that came to mind was Anna. I don't know why. But as people called me it more, by the time I gave my name to the first person I was like - "I feel like she has her own personality and is an extension of me. And I think Anna suits her". So I call her Anna which has worked really when talking about her reaction separate to me... if that makes sense.

26. Have you ever had an ECG/echo/stress test, etc? 12 lead ecg for my meds - anti climactic as I never saw it coz i was too freaked out at the time and it was just a cautionary thing.

27. What’s the ultimate comment that someone can make about your heart to fluster you? Probably just making comments about how she's currently beating.. she's pretty reactive so anything does it.

28. Do you struggle to say the words “heart”, “heartbeat”, etc aloud? OMG yes. But i've forced myself to use them so it's easier now. But there are times I will go to say it and have to pause before pushing it out.

29. What’s your favourite pulse point on yourself? How about on others? Radial all round. Carotid is just too life and death (think hospitals and greys anatomy). radial is just convenient and inconspicuous

30. Has anyone ever commented on your heartbeat or pulse being visible? No. She's a bit delicate and not visible that im aware of...

OMG that took 45 mins. hahaha - did any of the questions make her race? where there any more that weren't there that you MUST know?

Cardiophiles, reblog with your answers so your followers can get to know you! ♡

There are 30 questions, more below the cut!

1. What is your earliest heart related memory that made you feel funny/fuzzy/flustered?

2. When intimating the sound of a heartbeat, how do you do it? Are you a lub-dub, thump-thump, etc person? Or something else?

3. What’s your favourite auscultation point?

4. What’s your ultimate SFW cardiophilia related fantasy?

5. And what about your ultimate NSFW one? (Feel free to skip this!)

6. Do you prefer to listen to be listened to?

7. Have you ever had an awkward moment at a doctor’s appointment?

8. How about any “oh shit, have they clocked that I’m into this?” moment with strangers, acquaintances, friends or family?

9. What’s your most recent heart related experience that gives you the warm fuzzies (in a wholesome, SFW way?)

10. What about in a NSFW way? (Again, feel free to skip this!)

11. Do you love or loathe the effect that caffeine has on your heart (if you drink it)?

12. Do you own a watch that tracks your heart rate?

13. How about any other equipment (e.g. a steth, blood pressure machine, stemoscope, pulse oximeter, etc)?

14. Do you prefer listening to a fast or slow heart rate?

15. Do you prefer having a slow or fast heart rate?

16. Have you ever done anything to purposely make your heart rate speed up or slow down? If so, what?

17. Have you ever stethed someone or taken their pulse outside of a medical scenario?

18. Has anyone done the above to you outside of a medical scenario?

19. Do you tend to hear “are you nervous?” or similar things from doctors because your heart is always beating so fast when they steth you? Do you have white coat syndrome?

20. Have you ever complimented a medical professional on their steth?

21. Has a medical professional ever expressed curiosity about your knowledge of hearts after you've mentioned something that a typical patient wouldn't know?

22. Have you ever told anyone in real life about your interest in hearts?

23. What’s your favourite heart related lyric in a song, or favourite song that gives off cardiophile vibes?

24. Has anyone ever caught you listening to heart audios, stething yourself, etc? If so, how did you explain yourself?

25. Do you have a nickname for your heart?

26. Have you ever had an ECG/echo/stress test, etc?

27. What’s the ultimate comment that someone can make about your heart to fluster you?

28. Do you struggle to say the words “heart”, “heartbeat”, etc aloud?

29. What’s your favourite pulse point on yourself? How about on others?

30. Has anyone ever commented on your heartbeat or pulse being visible?

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #self stething #stethoscope

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Another Recovery Rec...

Just a small recovery rec from a run.. ok I thought this was 5 min long... it felt like 5 mins.. I believe it's about 18 mins.

Pushed her as far as she would go. You can hear me struggling to catch my breath as she pounds away.

Can you count her beats? Do you think she's getting stronger and used to the medication with exercise?

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #pounding heart #self stething #fast heartbeat #stethoscope #stress test #exercise heartbeat

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It's been a long time since we've heard a good heartbeat coming from you

Hope you're doing well and we get another strong heartbeat soon

Hey!

I work full time during the week and my ability to record, edit and post after this is usually minimum. My medication that helps me to focus ceases in the afternoon / early evening so there there is a high chance I’m aimlessly scrolling at this time instead.

Rest assured, my heart continues to beat to strong but posting files is likely to be irregular and when motivation allows ☺️

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #self stething #stethoscope #adhd heartbeat

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Testing Testing 123 - Exercise

Was just testing my mic with some exercise and the above is the result. Felt like a waste not to share it after she worked so hard...

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #pounding heart #self stething #fast heartbeat #stethoscope #stress test

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Cardiophile thoughts - Heart to Heart

I've been looking back and thinking about my cardiophile journey recently. I stumbled upon Tumblr and this community 3 months ago. What I saw was people that were like me. People that mostly hid this side of them from the world, but people that mostly felt free to express that beautiful side of themselves. So I joined - mostly to post my heart recs that I didn't need to make into videos for Youtube. I didn't realise that I was going to make connections...

If you look at my blog you will know that I hold a strong connection with my heart. We've been through a lot together and the hardest and darkest times were just me and her. I feel weird sometimes that I like my heart more than most other people's but she was what I turned to for comfort when I needed it and she is still beating today despite the battles she has fought. She's been the one constant and love her for that.

So here I was, ready to have some fun posting some harmless recs of her daily life and I met these people. Real people! People that shared this "thing" that I thought I understood, but I now know I didn't. In the most part I've felt respected and not pressured to do things that would make me feel uncomfortable. I know not all people experience this, but I am thankful for all the people that contributed to this. I've been able to explore this world in a relatively safe way (well as safe as you can on the internet).

Prior to this I had only ever shared with 1 person in my life. 1 person that I felt comfortable to hear my heart and my truth in that moment. I don't make those decisions lightly. Anyone who I've shared with know that I make them wait until I feel really comfortable to do that. The vulnerability and the rawness to me is both terrifying and beautiful at the same time. It's not always romantic or exciting but it's two humans connecting on the most personal level imaginable.

So that brings us to the title. I've always loved the idea that the heart cannot lie. Well I love it and I hate it. No amount of fake confidence can hide the terrified heart beating in your chest when the stethoscope is over it. The beauty that I have experienced sharing and discussing hopes and dreams and fear and pain is something I cannot put into words. When your heart is racing writing about something you're passionate about, or drastically calms down when read a reply and the same hearing another heart do the same to you. I have never experienced a connection so beautiful as that.... and I treasure it with every beat of this heart inside me.

So Tumblr... Cardio Community. Thank you for this. I non-religiously pray that we keep this community safe for everyone like us, coz it's beautiful to have people to walk this confusing life with.

I heart you all!

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #pounding heart #stethoscope #fast heartbeat #heart to heart #cardiophile thoughts

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What kind of advice can you give to me about holding your breath? I've been doing belly breathing & short breath holds to help increase my CO2 tolerance but I always get erect doing it

Well I can't comment on the last bit as I don't have that anatomy...

For me, experimenting with heart reactions and the sexual side is very separate. I just tried to keep calm and relaxed. I think the 90 sec mark my brain threw out the call for oxygen then it was just a battle to calm my brain between my body fighting it's natural response to stay alive. I don't really have any tricks to it... just trying to be calm... shrugs.

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #pounding heart #self stething #stethoscope #breath holding

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Any chance you are comfortable sharing a steth selfie with your new littmann? Perfectly okay if not! Hope you are having a lovely weekend!

Thanks Anon,

Unfortunately I don't feel comfortable sharing my image on here, at least not yet. That's not to say I won't in the future but maintaining a level of anonymity has allowed me to feel comfortable to post what I do.

Can I also thank you from the bottom of my heart for asking in such a respectful way. This is the kind of ask that makes me feel safe to keep posting such a personal thing here.

Oh and I am having an amazing weekend - thank you for asking.

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #stethoscope #respectful asks

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How long can you hold your breath? And how fast do you make your heart pound?

I don't know. Shall we try?

She clearly wasn’t ready for the first one, only lasted 1 min. The second wasn’t much better. The third starts at 9:30 after some hyperventilation to rid the carbon dioxide and get more oxygen. I believe I held this for 3 min. You can hear in the last min my lungs trying to get oxygen but can’t as there’s no space and at the 12:30 mark I let it all out. Do we think she did ok?

The fastest I’ve recorded in recent years is 192. That was a push to get there but usually she’s happy between 166 - 182 depending on the exercise.

Good questions 💜💕

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #pounding heart #self stething #stethoscope #breath holding #heartbeats

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I Woke Up Like this...

Groggy but awake - her slow rhythmic beats, beautiful and untouched from the day...

An easter egg is when Audacity also yells how obvious your split is and you didn't notice for 30 odd years.. haha

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #self stething #stethoscope #morning heartbeats #slow heartbeat

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Just chilling and scrolling…

Having a moment doom scrolling and listening to her beats. One day she’ll get the memo that she can calm down. How many beats do you count?

#cardiophile #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #heartbeat #beating heart #pounding heart #fast heartbeat #self stething #stethoscope