Baring your bottom at the doctor as a kid

Whether it was for a rt, injection, or something different, what was the process like when your bottom had to be bare at the doctor?

For me, my bottom had to be bare for the rectal temperature, as well as a few injections. For my temperature, the nurse would tell me to roll into my tummy, and then attempt to distract me by making a noise or telling me to look at something around the room while she pulled my pants and my boxers completely off. For injections, it was different. They would always come at the end of the exam when I was already in my boxers. Nothing was ever mentioned in front of me, but I knew one was coming when 2-3 nurses would walk in with an orange tray. With the help of my mother, they would flip me over and bare my bottom. Most of the time i was already crying at this point. Then came the sting of the medicine into my tight bottom.

When I had an appointment at my pediatricians' -and this happened until I was 16 - I always had to lower my pants and bare my bum, because of taking temperature. Sometimes a nurse took it before seeing the doctor, and the doctor took my temperature for a second time, why ever. And it doesn't count whether my parents had taken my temp at home before I went to the pediatrician, but my parents kept on measuring to have values to compare (my dad studied physics, do I have to tell more ?) . I did not receive injections at every appointment but in case of that it was combined with the rt. So as a child baring my bum was a normal fact that belonged to the examinations. Compared to my brother I didn't start discussion.

There was never a history of taking rectal temperatures here in the UK insofar as I am aware. But, I certainly had to bare my backside for the school doctor during annual school medical examinations. I used to find it horribly embarrassing.

The first part of the exam was conducted with boys in vests / underpants (or just underpants if you happened not to be wearing a vest to start with). The vest soon came off anyway (for heart / lungs ausculcation, abdominal palpation etc).

The final part of the test was always the worst for nervy, slightly sensitive boys like me....underpants removed for hernia checks, testical palpations, close examination of the penis etc. Finally (although there was no DRE), I had to bend over (showing my bare backside to the doctor) and (as directed) part my buttocks....thereby showing my anus to the doctor!!!! He would always literally shine one of those little pen torches up there!!! I have often wondered why. Checking for haemorrhoids maybe???

(UK.....1960s)

He would always literally shine one of those little pen torches up there!!! I have often wondered why. Checking for haemorrhoids maybe???

Maybe perhaps checking for bad hygiene habits?

Doing so has in my mind become associated with a right of passage! I am sure that my bottom was exposed routinely when seeing the pediatrician but my firm memories of it began around ages 9 and older.

The most vivid were entering those awkward years of puberty - preadolescent and teenager years - where clearly lowering or removing my briefs made me so self conscious. Indeed removing my t-shirt to just be displayed in my briefs was provocative enough.

Each doctor back then had his own style. Some would simply have me stand and then pull down my briefs for an inspection. Others had me lay down and would tell me to "raise up your hips," and similarly yank them down to my knees. Others, and this one always made me cringe, "Let's have you stand up and take off your briefs." For whatever the awareness of the passage of time became crucial and excoriatingly slow. I do think that the doctor took longer to examine my genitals when I was naked and also would spread my butt cheeks and ask me to pulse my anus. For a brief time, we saw a doctor who really didn't specialize in seeing teens but saw plenty of adults. He had me naked from the get go!

The experience of being exposed always seemed to be it's own thing for me. That is, the necessity to do as told. Of course, things would happen when exposed but that too seemed to become separated in my mind. Receiving a rectal temp could happen if my briefs were just below my cheeks or with cheeks more exposed or me lying there bare! Either way, the thermometer was going to register with me having to lie still or risk a stern lecture from the nurse, doctor or a parent. My preference was to be seen alone and not have a parent observe by having them remain out of the exam room. It was bad enough if they peeked into the room or heard me be told to receive a rectal temperature.

As for shots, they usually took place at the end and almost always were done before getting dressed either given in my arm or bottom. On occasion, one nurse would have a needle already prepared and in her pocket so I never really had a chance to react for long. I think while that was upsetting, it wasn't nearly as bad as sitting on the table and waiting for the doctor or nurse to administer the injection. Worse for sure was having to visit the office for a shot without an exam. That always felt like an execution!

Great question - so many thoughts come to mind. Thanks

In the timeline 1959--64+ The Pediatrician did not always have a full time nurse.He mostly gave (arm or butt) injections himself. I dreaded any butt shot in my small fairskinned buttocks. His usual calm directive was: " Drop your pants and underpants and lay across the exam table son " I usually let out with a loud "OW" w/tears but never had to be held down .

Now that I think about it, our family MD, a middle-aged man, always had me pull down my own pants and underwear when he wanted to check me for a hernia.

But if I had a rectal temperature taken or had to receive a shot, which was always done by one of his nurses, the nurse would usually strip me herself... though in the case of an RT, with me lying on the table and crackling paper, it seems like it would have made more sense to ask me to do it. The way I remember it, I would be lying on my back, and then she'd say, "I need to take your temperature," and her fingertips would go to my belt, unbuckle it, unzip me, and open my pants. Then, she'd ask me to turn onto my tummy, I'd comply, again to a crackle of the paper and a jingle from my belt (I'd move the buckle out of the way), and she'd pull down my underwear to just past my hips. Even then, I liked her hand on my hip, and the feeling of the Vaseline on my anus before the thermometer slid in.

With shots, I was usually standing, and the nurse would likewise unbuckle me (reaching around me to do this), unzip me, open up my pants and let them fall, and then pull down my briefs to just past my hips. If I had on a shirt with tails, she'd lift it and have me hold it in place with my underarms.

I do remember a few times, though, when I got a shot in the front, with the nurse having me lie on my back in the table, opening and sliding down my pants and my underwear ("Raise up...") until they were past my hips and penis, then giving me the injection in the crease between my belly and thigh.

Even as a kid, I wondered about something else: which was why, during shots I took while standing, some nurses would just slide down my underwear in the back, letting the elastic band rest under my hips, but others would pull them down to a uniform latitude, so that everything showed, including my penis being bare, in the front. Making me essentially naked didn't seem necessary, for the shot.

It never occurred to me at the time that some nurses might like stripping the pants off boys, and I'm very doubtful that that was ever the case with the nurses who stripped me. But to this day, the feeling of having my pants pulled down to just past my hips, whether just in the back or with my cock laid bare, as well, is very erotic.

And I love it during massages, when the masseuse is working on my lower back, and the sheet is gradually pushed down by her moves, so that I can feel increasing amounts of my hips and crack being exposed to the air, and her gaze. If she turns away for a moment to replenish her oil, or to load a hot towel, I surreptitiously touch myself in back to see just how much of my crack is exposed. The best times are when she just slides down the sheet to past my hips entirely.

Parker has said it all! We just do as told and by doing so are exposed to being submissive. The exam is a mix of anxiety, sometimes discomfort, and almost always more exposure than we would likely volunteer.

Well said Parker. Thank you

My doctor would always pull the back on my underwear down while I was standing. Usually after doing exercise type stuff like the the squatting down infront of him or standing on one foot. Sometimes his hands went on my butt, but that was it. Mostly it was a visual he did

When I went to the doctor for a sore throat or a UTI. The nurse would tell to take off shirt and undershirt and to unbuckle and unzip my pants. She she took my temperature she had me roll over and she woul pull my pants and undies down about mid thigh. If I a UTI the doctor would have me lay back and he would pull pants and drawers down . Then he would check my scrotum for swelling. Then he usually said just leave things down until the nurse gives you an injection. I hated those words.

As a child I don't remember ever getting a rectal temperature at the doctor or at home. I do remember my mother taking my temperature under my arm before she started doing in my mount.

I do remember many times at the doctor being told to pull my pants and underwear down to my knees and lay on the table. While I was doing that the doctor was preparing the penicillin shot on the table next to the examination table. Then he would give the shot. The nurse never gave me shots. I hated those shots, was embarrassed about baring my butt, didn't like the pain, etc. But as a result of those experiences, I love painful shots in the butt. On the few occasions I have found a nurse to give them to me, I have insisted laying on my stomach, usually naked, and getting the shots in that position.

I knew that my bottom was going to be bared for a rectal temperature each and every time I visited my pediatrician's office. When I was there for my yearly check-up, I would have undressed to just my underpants, and after getting on the scale for my height and weight, I would climb onto the examination table and be instructed to lie on my tummy. The nurse would pull down my underpants to my knees, get the thermometer ready and then insert it into my bottom. She would usually stay in the room getting updated information from my mom for my medical file, and eventually would remove the thermometer and record my temperature. My mom would help me pull my underpants back up so that I would be ready when the doctor arrived. When I went to the pediatrician because I was sick, I only had to remove my shoes before getting on the table, where I would always lie down immediately. After talking to my mom about why I was there, the nurse would help me roll over onto my tummy and then pull down my pants and underpants to my knees. She would insert the rectal thermometer and then leave the room. Several minutes later, the doctor would enter the room, go to the sink and wash his hands, and then come over to the table and abruptly pluck the thermometer out of my bottom. While he was reading and recording my temperature, my mom would help me get my bottom clothes back in place and the exam would proceed. All of the shots I received from my pediatrician went in my arm, so thankfully I never had to bare my bottom again later in the visit.

No memory of rectal temperatures at the doctor office.

But he did pull my underwear down in order to part my cheeks and examine my anus. No penetration, just visual. It was too intimate and intense for my newly pubescent young mind. I think my medical fetish began there.

My Pediatrician gave most all shots himself. For the dreaded penicillin shot I had to drop my pants and briefs and lean over the exam table.It was similar to the classic Norman Rockwell painting of the young boy getting a butt shot. With a small baby smooth butt -- butt shots were very painful with soreness for a day or two afterward.

At my pediatrician, the primary reason for a child's bottom to be bare was for temperature taking. Temperatures were taken at checkups and sick visits and all children under the age of 9 had their temperature taken in the bottom. Between 9 and 10 was the transition to oral and by age 10 most children were on oral temps unless their parents wanted it taken rectally.

At checkups I would be stripped to just my white briefs , and would be instructed by the nurse to lay down on my tummy on the exam table. My briefs would be lowered down just below my thighs and the thermometer would be placed in my bottom for 5 minutes. At sick visits I would usually keep my clothes on and just pull down my pants and my underwear to bare my bottom for the temperature taking.

I had my last rectal temperature at my 4th grade checkup and my first oral temp at a sick visit a couple of months later. I had some kind of intestinal bug and the doctor decided to do a rectal swab so I had to bare my bottom and lay on my side for that procedure.

I always received vaccination shots in my arm and was prescribed oral antibiotics for infections. Most of my friends had to bare their bottoms for vaccinations and penicillin injections.