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A member asked:

I'm not pregnant but i can hear and feel a heartbeat in my stomach with a steathoscope. why is that?

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Dr. Duncan Turner answered

It's normal: You are hearing your aorta which is the biggest blood vessel in the body.

Answered 2/19/2016

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Can hear knocking/clicking sound coming from chest with each heartbeat during a quiet night in bed without a stethoscope. Why? When I stand upright, the noise disappears. [My chest X-ray and EKG done 4-5 months ago is normal.]?

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What could cause someone to hear a knocking/clicking sound with each heartbeat in chest during quiet night in bed without a stethoscope? They stand upright, there's no noise anymore. Moreover, their chest X-ray and EKG done few months ago is normal?

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Can you hear your baby's heart beat with a stethoscope at 20 weeks? I'm thin.

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