Best Position to Give Yourself An Enema

I live alone and am scheduled for a procedure that requires me to take a Fleet's enema 2 hours before. Can anyone suggest a position to be in when giving yourself a Fleet's enema?

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Remove at least your pants and underwear, get down on all fours with your chest to the floor, insert the nozzle, squeeze, wait a minute or two or three for the liquid to spread throughout the rectum, sit on on the toilet, hold as long as you can (probably 5 to 10 minutes), expel.

I would also rinse the Fleet and fill it with warm, but not hot, tap water and repeat the process once or twice to get rid of the saline from the original Fleet.

Good luck.

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Place the Fleet bottle in warm (not hot) water for a few minutes. Then lie on your bed on your left side, make yourself as comfortable as possible with your right leg flexed, add Vaseline or a lubricant to the tip, gently insert and squeeze in the enema solution. Try to retain the enema for at least 4 to 5 minutes. It may be a little painful, but you’ll get through it.

A good practice is to fill the Fleet bottle with plain warm water and give yourself a couple of additional enemas and hold them as long as possible. This will help clean out your lower bowel of the saline, which is very concentrated. Best of luck.

I am going on a trip where normal enemas will not be possible. I asked my wonderful colon hydrotherapist what I should do. I had not had much success with Fleets enemas in the past. She recommended that I purchase a rectal catheter and fit to the nozzle of the Fleets, use my normal Simms position; left side, right leg drawn up and, as suggested by @Vicki_V do two additional fills using bottled water.

She also suggested that I try https://www.microlax.ie/why-choose-microlax. She said that for many years she had been a District Nurse and had used them so many times to relieve patients who were constipated. Her words "simple, easy to use and they have definitely stood the test of time". I have a colonic booked with her the day before we leave and another the day after we get back. She will certainly deserve her, very reasonable, fee for that one!!!

Laying on my back with my knees up. Relaxing till full.

If I'm giving an enema to myself, I usually do the sim's position. I think that is comfortable allows easy access to my bottom and the nozzle. It is also easy to hold the water in that position.

Mostly i just lay flat on my stomach and hips raised with a pillow. But i also sometimes sit on a chair with the nozzle inside