nsfw:racy: Likely ocr: Resident and Staff Physician Patiant Education Chart Breast Self-Examination: Step3 3. - Lie on your back and put a pillow or towel under your left shoulder. Place your left hand under your head and, with the tingers of your right hand held together flat, press gently but firmly to feel the breast tissue. (For steps 4 through 6, you should feel for a lump or thickening.) Reprinted with permissionfrom Resident and Staff Physician (c)1991-92, 19931 by Romaine Pierson Publishers, Inc.