Nozzle "hit" something

Hi, I cannot even count how many times I had an enema but today is the first time this happened to me. I always do it either in Sim's or on my knees/chest down but today I just bent over and inserted the nozzle. With about 4-5 inches in, the tube could not go any deeper and I gently pulled and rolled it with my fingers when I felt it hit something, so I stopped. I had the enema and evacuated without any problems, then a second one without any issue at all. Any idea what the nozzle hit inside me? I do not think it could be feces because I had a large BM right before the procedure, besides it felt like it hit something harder than feces. Is it something I could have avoided if I had been in the knees/chest or sim's position? Thank you.

It may be your sigmoid bend sitting a bit lower after BM, or it may be just a Houston valve. The valves can be relaxed by squeezing your anus/sphincter - after the sqeeze everything relaxes. That's how I do it.

I have 4 different colon tubes and one of the larger ones always seems to stop at about 8 to 10 inches in while the 2 smaller ones can go much further. Maybe since you were inserting the nozzle at a different angle compared to how you usually do, the nozzle simply hit the colon wall at the sigmoid like Afternine said. Our colons are not large open pipes. They are flexible and there can be some tight squeezes. Also if your nozzle is hard with no flex then that could have easily been a case of it hitting the wall and stopping.

You did the right thing and stopped. When I hit the wall and feel resistance, I stop and pull back- never keep pushing or you risk a puncture.

Likely you did not have it pointed towards you navel, and what you hit was the back of your large intestine.

This is WHY you make sure you are pointed towards the navel.

If you had tied to force it you might have injured yourself.

When you are inserting it is OK at that point to put your other hand on your navel to help you position the nozzle. Just be sure you have it away from your abdomen by the time you open the valve! And don't apply any pressure while inserting Use it for sensing direction only.

Also, once again, the worst thing you can do during insertion is tense up.

Once in position, if you sense any tension in yourself, wait until you calm down before inserting

There are a lot of muscles in the pelvic area. In addition to the valves of Houston there is a "sling" that goes around the rectum and can vary the angle (though that's usually at about 3-5 inches in), and there is something that they are still debating if it is a true sphincter or not at the junction between the rectum and the sigmoid. Based on your depth my guess is that you're hitting this.

In addition tight pelvic floor muscles can also affect the rectum.

If, when the nozzle first touches the rosebud, it is tilted slightly in the direction of the waist, then after it's in, imagine yourself trying to "Squirt the back of your navel" with the nozzle and you won't hit the back of your intestine