When I am taking my rectal temperature in my bottom with the glass rectal thermometer, I am always laying on a double sheet, on my tummy, on my bed. This was the way that mom, all my older sisters, mom's neighbor lady friends, all my older sister's friends, and all the nurses at the clinic took it when I was younger.
I always lower my underwear to my knees or completely remove them after I am laying on my tummy. When I lower them down to my knees, or completely remove them, my penis slides down between my legs and against the double sheet on the bed.
At home, I was always told to lay on my tummy with my arms at my side, and to look at the pictures and posters on the wall. At the clinic, all the nurses always told me to turn my head and look at the animal paintings on the wall. After that they lowered my underwear-shorts to my knees or completely removed them. This varied on where and who was taking my rectal temperature in my bottom with the glass rectal thermometer.
When my underwear-shorts were lowered down my waist, over my bottom-cheeks, and down my legs, my penis would slide down between my legs and against the sheet on my bed at home, or the white crinkly paper on the examination table at the clinic.
At home, while laying on my bed, on my tummy, my arms at my side, I am told to lay still and to continue looking at the pictures and posters on the wall. I hear them say this, but I always turn my head and watch whoever was going to take my rectal temperature in my bottom prep the glass rectal thermometer's silver pear-shaped bulb and glass shaft with Vaseline.
At the clinic, I also turn my head and watch all the nurses take the glass rectal thermometer from the examination room's refrigerator and prep the glass rectal thermometer's silver pear-shaped bulb and glass shaft with Vaseline at the examination room's countertop area. After entering the examination room, and I am undressing to my underwear-shorts, I always see the nurse's take the large jar of Vaseline from one of the upper cabinets above the countertop area of the examination room.
It seems that I always see them do this at every visit to the clinic. When the nurses see me watching them, they always smile and continue setting up the room for my physical checkup or sickness visit.
Once they are done setting up the examination room, the nurses take the clipboard with the examination form on it and write more information on it while they wait for me to finish undressing to my underwear-sorts for the physical checkup or sickness visit.
I already knew that "rectal temperatures only" was already preprinted and highlighted in red on the examination form. Mom had told me that she requested this when she filled out the initial new patient information form when she brought me to the clinic for my initial physical checkup.
All the nurses always took rectal temperatures on all the patients during all physical checkups and sickness visits. The lead nurse administrator said that it was a standard clinic policy and recommended by all the doctors and nurses that worked there.