How many bulbs does it take?

IMO, some enema givers lack understanding. It is not necessary to give bulb after bulb of solution until the recipient starts to poo. A single bulb will usually do it for either a child or an adult, if the solution is given time to work. After the bulb is given a poo often happens within about 15 minutes. If nothing has been produced, a second bulb can be given.

Enemas don't always produce immediate, bowel clearing, poos.

Someone posted in another thread that they took multiple bulbs solo (I think it was eight 8-oz bulbs) to get a two quart enema. Primarily because they enjoyed the insertions!

The big bulb holds 8 oz, so 4 bulbs = 1 quart so ... 4 bulbs ... then 4 more bulbs... etc. etc.

I take 6 to 9 eight oz bulbs.

Can take many small ones, a few if they are bigger...what makes the difference is the insertions, the interaction with the hole, the flush of the liquid being squeezed in....normally I love the bag, if you like a little hole teasing, the nozzle can be played in it, the building of pressure inside is constant, plus the giver hands are free and can play on you... if giving it is the same....a long series of bulbs from small to big, with different nozzles are lots of fun to insert and squeeze in, taking a little time to tease and play in between.....the question is open to different answers... what do you want to reach?

How many bulbs it takes depends on what you are trying to do. If you just want to empty the rectum or ease the passage of a hard poop, then one or two bulbs will work if you hold it for a few minutes. As a child, I got from one to four bulbs depending upon my age. Most times two bulbs did the job. When I started giving myself enemas just for fun, I often gave myself more than mom ever gave me just to see what it was like. I read in our home health book that a normal adult enema was one and one half to two quarts so that became my goal. It took some practice to get there.

Over time, I learned a few things about bulb enemas. I have had several eight ounce bulbs over the years and found that when self administered, a one-handed squeeze delivers about five ounces. So it takes on average seven bulbs to deliver a one quart enema as I do when I’m doing coffee. If I want a two quart clean out it takes fourteen bulbs. The most I ever did with my bulb was twenty bulbs. I felt very full.

I most frequently use an open top fountain syringe for my enemas, but sometimes I get the urge to use the bulb. Maybe because of the good memories of using the bulb as I was leaning about enemas, for fun.

My current record is 6 x 210-ml. bulbs (I'm still new to enemas and haven't tried larger volumes yet).

My mother must have used a bulb syringe to give me hot soapsuds enemas before the age of 4 which is when she first used the open top bag to give me a 1 pint enema of warm salt solution on the doctor's advice when I was sick with a cold and constipated. I don't really remember those bulb enemas but she had several different size bulb syringes ranging from 4 to 8 ounces so must have used them on me when I was younger. When I was 10-12 years old she did start to give me 1:2:3 enemas of glycerin, Epsom Salts and hot water using the 8 ounce bulb when she was in a hurry and didn't have time to give me a large soapsuds enema with the bag. My friend Jimmy's Mom did that to him and his 2 sisters when she was pressed for time and said it was very effective, recommending it to my Mom. Those enemas were really strong and difficult to hold for the required 5 minutes and she had to squeeze my butt cheeks tight together to force me to hold them in until the time was up.

I found that a enema delivered with a bulb is more effective than with a bag. I think the reason is the agitation the solution causes as the bulb is squeezed.

I take 6 to 9 8oz bulbs depending on the degree of constipation.

@Kathy4161 I agree. Bulb enemas taken slowly are very effective. It also allowes time for the liquid to migrate up the colon while refilling the bulb. Also for me, I get intense pleasure from the slow insertion of the nozzle. I just purchased a new bulb from Amazon that came with a soft pointed tip with a small discharge hole near the tip. Although I'm not crazy about the softness of the bulb. The feeling of the tip going in is totally different than the normal blunt end tip. If you love the feeling of the enema you should try one. It's the best 10 dollars I have spent.

The first bulb I took was 1250ml. It was very effective.

Growing up my mom had a small bulb that was maybe 6 oz capacity. I really disliked the insertion part and did not tolerate an enema well when she reached three bulbs. That was when I was graduated to the enema bag and a single insertion did not necessarily make me a happy camper but I was more cooperative.

Growing up my mom had a small bulb that was maybe 6 oz capacity. I really disliked the insertion part and did not tolerate an enema well when she reached three bulbs. That was when I was graduated to the enema bag and a single insertion did not necessarily make me a happy camper but I was more cooperative.

maybe a question learning by doing ??

Watching my Mom administer to my siblings, I think 4 or 5 was the number. Here bulb very small. 1 or 2 ounces. They always seemed to work. Squirt squirt, plop plop, then it was over. When she gave me my first bag enema, she remarked that a small enema coould start a bm which is what she was going for. One time when I was constipated and she was giving my little brother one, I told her I couldn;t go and she told me that a big boy enema would make me sick to my stomach. I was hoping she could just give me a couple squirts to loosen things up, but it didn't happen.

The first bulb I bought on my own was 8 oz. It was never a very successful syystem. While standing it leaked, and laying on my left side I could never get more than 2 bulbs in and I never felt cleaned out. The bag always worked better.