[Bippy22]

When taking my own blood pressure, I hear a few weaker beats and then
A strong one. Do I record my blood pressure as the first weak beat I hear, or
The first stronger one? Thank you.

[joypulv]

Since you are measuring when you first hear sound and when you no longer hear it, it doesn't really matter. They should be very close together, a second apart. It's really an approximation and won't be exact anyway. There are many variables - the way the cuff is wrapped, how well you hear, how good the stethoscope is, what time of day it is, what you have been doing...

[tickle]

Just take note of the reading, that is all you have to do

[ma0641]

I gave up trying to measure with a cuff and stethoscope. You can buy decent digital sphygmomanometers for $30-40