Putting Vaseline onto the rectal thermometer before insertion

Will only spoil the pleasure pain it gives to my anus and rectum. That's why no Vaseline, enjoy pain in the bum 😉

I remember the Vaseline being used at home and the doc;s office.

My mom dipped the thermometer in Vaseline

When sick thermometer was on night stand in glass jar ready every 4hrs except night time. Then still there in morning first thing before getting up.

Hm guess I'm significantly in the minority. My mom didn't use Vaseline. She used KY and would squeeze it from the tube onto the thermometer and spread it evenly with her finger.

Mommy didn't put the Vaseline on the thermometer, she put a dollup on her index finger and then gently applied it to my tight Lil hiney, always managing to pop her warm sticky finger up me.

My Mom just dipped the end of the thermometer in Vaseline before inserting it in my rectum.

I posted this comment excerpt elsewhere here in another thread:

I liked my doctor visits (well, most of them)

One of the three regular nurses at this office always made me happy, she gave me a feeling I didn't remember experiencing before. At the beginning of a visit for the patient's temperature, two of the nurses would just put a glob of Vaseline on a glass mercury rectal thermometer for my temperature and slide it into my butt. The other, the third nurse, did something different - it felt good, really good, a very nice feeling; I think she put Vaseline on her finger, moved my butt cheeks apart with her other hand, then she would stick her finger in my butthole and then twist it around once or twice. It was fantastic! At a very early age, probably around age four, I thought this was the best feeling ever. I can still remember all of the details very clearly, I'll never lose those memories. This was the first time I clearly got an erection, a nice feeling, a new experience at age four. All of the nurses always held the glass thermometers in place with their hand resting on your butt for the three or so minutes; there were no oral temperatures at this practice, that's what the doctor wanted - a minimum of problems with young patients. A side benefit was each of the children got to watch up close their siblings receiving their own rectal temperatures, a learning experience. Can you complain about receiving a rectal temperature when all of your brothers and sisters also get them?

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I am a dipper and Vaseline is my choice. For me it feels better than KY and the thermometer does not slip out. As a child, Vaseline was used to take a

rectal temp

I remember the jars of Vaseline in every medicine cabinet, on the cabinet top in every examination room, and on the carts that the nurses used to push down the halls. I used it for years to lubricator rectal thermometers, though I have since switched to KY jelly for that and other uses.

@Joy-ful Makes less of a mess.

If you already know that a rectal temp won’t be uncomfortable, then Vaseline might just make it harder to keep the thermometer in place, plus it’s super messy to clean up. For a first time recipient, or a tight anus, definitely use a lubricant. Vaseline is allegedly carcinogenic, so you might not want to use it frequently. A beautiful woman, Farrah Fawcett, died from anal cancer. Was Vaseline the cause? Probably not, but who knows.

@JJM I did not know she died of anal cancer… and I discover that anal cancer can be caused by HPV in the same way that cervical cancer is caused by HPV. I hope she was not infected by a partner.

My Nanny always took my temperature rectally growing up. My Nanny was a hired Nanny, not my actual Nanny - to be clear. She would always apply vaseline to my bum in a generous amount. I nearly always needed to be wiped afterwards.

I was not using vaseline until recently preferring to insert it dry. However I think it adds something to the experience in terms of how it feels when added down there and once the thermometer is introduced. It's a nice feeling and I think I am a convert.

A few nights ago I had a home massage . Being I have an issue with sciatica I asked if I could be nude. She said yes, and preferred it so as to actually work my gleuts.

She had me lay on my stomach. Once on the table I asked her if with me face down and nude if she’d be comfortable taking my rectal temperature . She said she hadn’t done it in years with her kids and she was afraid she might hurt me. Told her I would guide her.

Told her where the thermometer and Vaseline were. I told her the thermometer was already shaken down so all she needed to do was lubricate the bulb.

“ Is this enough?” . I looked at her standing there holding the thermometer up vertically with a healthy dollop of Vaseline on the bulb and said “ Yes” . She walked over to me and what I remember is feeling how her fingers spread my cheeks. Then she inserted it asking how far? Told her half its length. And in in went for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes she pulled it out wiped the thermometer off and said I was at 99.2F.

The image of her standing there, thermometer held vertically with that dollop of Vaseline visually had my undivided attention though. It was almost comical.

Before she took my temperature seeing she had some trepidation, I told her that it was not going to lead to anything else. And it didn’t .

She gave me a great massage and gave me the needed work on my sciatica.

When at the Pediatricians office They did take rectal temps. The nurse would dip the tip into a tub of Vaseline.

She would spread my cheeks press her finger with Vaseline into my anus, and insert the thermometer deep into my rectum bumping my prostate.

I would think it would be for lubrication and ease and comfort of inserting. Personally I prefer a hand lotion (Jergens) that works just fine and easier clean up afterward. There are also water based lubricants available that are easier for clean up. Denise

I would think it would be for lubrication and ease and comfort of inserting. Personally I prefer a hand lotion (Jergens) that works just fine and easier clean up afterward. There are also water based lubricants available that are easier for clean up. Denise

@Denice Yes I've used hand lotion and always used water based lubes. Tried Vaseline years ago but to hard to wash off your hands and toys. Like I said before, it'd better be used for axle grease but to each their own.

When nurses took my rectal temperature at the children's clinic, each nurse had her own technique. The old nurse I dreaded so much dipped the thermometer into the Vaseline and it came out with a thick dollop on the tip. The younger more gentle nurse got a dollop of Vaseline between her thumb and index finger, then coated the first couple inches of the thermometer. I was always whimpering when this was going on because I knew what was about to happen. Either nurse always stuck the thermometer up my butt too far, or so it felt. The younger nurse just went slower and was more gentle when she put it in. I felt like a human blow pop with that cold glass rod stuck up my ass.

Vaseline was always used so the patient wouldn’t feel the thermometer going in. There was one time when I was going to have my temperature taken. I was 15 or 16. The nurse had me turn over and asked my dad to stand next to me. We watched her spin the thermometer around in the jar of Vaseline a number of times and when she took it out, there was a huge ball of Vaseline at the end of the thermometer. My dad was very impressed with this and told her he would try it at home the next time my temperature needed to be taken.

I don’t think that most people had Vaseline in their house, without a rectal thermometer as well. I know that there are other uses for it, but I’ve usually associated it with the anus. I would occasionally see it in a woman’s handbag, which was a huge turn on.

I am sure the thermometers were lubricated, and we always had Vaseline in the house , but I never saw mom preparing the thermometer other than shaking it down and wiping ir on removal. I would be on my belly on the couch or bed, and she would bring the thermometer in from the other room

Before the world went nuts over mercury ( thermometers included) B-D had “

Pre lubricated” sheaths for its rectal thermometers that it sold. No doubt many of you remember those red strips that you opened (peeled apart the paper top and slid the thermometer into the pre lubed sheath.

Oh yeah,the red strips my doctors office had those for a while, but went back to Vaseline. Mom tried them, but she decided she didn’t like them so we went back to Vaseline at home too. 🌡️🧴🧻

PS. B-D made blue oral ones too.

Dipping a thermometer into vaseline is probably for lubrication. That is erotici.

I was always taught that dipping the thermometer into the jar of Vaseline was dangerous should it shatter from the side motion stresses. Mom would always dip her finger into the jar and coat the thermometer from her finger. I've kept to that same method all these years now too.