Those born in the 80s and after — enemas/suppositories?

I’ve seen some topics where the question is posed something long lines of, “have any younger people received an enema as a kid?” The problem is the question is often interpreted as whether someone of any age received enemas or suppositories WHEN they were a kid (regardless of current age).

My curiosity is how many of you born in the 1980s and after were given suppositories or enemas by parents or other caregivers? I received several glycerin suppositories until I was about eight years old and then it was never a recommended treatment after that. Unfortunately, this isn’t a common topic of conversation with my contemporaries, but I know anytime either word is mentioned most people around my age cringe and say they don’t know why anyone would do that. So, for those of you my age are younger, what was your experience? And where did you grow up (country or state).

Those parents with kids still at home can certainly answer as well. I feel the prevalence is almost at zero now other than infant suppositories and the little liquid “suppositories” but I’d love to be proven wrong!

I remember my sister getting suppositories sometime in the mid 90s, as a prescription but I don’t remember for what. That’s about the only instance that comes to mind for me.

I was born in the 80s and don't ever remember being given enemas or suppositories as a kid. I do remember a trip to the drugstore to buy Fletcher"s Castoria one time when I was 8 or 9 after a bout of constipation when I managed to plug up the toilet and I remember being given the Castoria once or twice, but I honestly don't even remember the effects of the Castoria. I remember seeing a Fleet enema in the bathroom cabinet, but never an enema bag or suppositories. I discovered bag enemas and suppositories when I was a bit older and started experimenting with them once I had my own apartment in college.

I was born in the 80s and my mother took enemas and gave them to my sister. She didn't give them to me. Mom was old school because she was a late life child and her mother and sisters did take and give enemas. In terms of suppositories, they were always medicinal and for my Mom and sister. As far as I saw, I only noticed vaginal suppositories in the bathroom.

I was born in the early 1990s, and yes, I received enemas and suppositories.

Suppositories until I was about 12 or 13, especially when I had a fever.

With enemas, things were different... I've always suffered from intestinal problems, and I regularly received enemas. Both my grandmother, my mother, and my stepmother worked or had worked as nurses, and they administered enemas to me.

My stepsitter had also received some enemas, but on rare occasions.

Even then, I knew it wasn't common among my peers, and I didn't talk about it at all. I don't think they even knew what they were...

Some of their mothers, however, knew about my situation, because my stepmother had mentioned it in the various chats. But they had always been discreet with their children.

As expected, it seems there are few from this generation that were graced with these treatments. I doubt there's any easily accessible data on this, but I wonder if the prevalence of kids/teens admitted to the hospital or ER with severe constipation has increased as a result of parents only opting for mild, oral treatments.

To me it seems that the reason is logical, people do not talk about it, in general...They do it with family or close friends. It is not a welcome subject. My older daughter is from the mid '90s, the other even later.... When they were little we always gave them enemas as needed, and among families we knew, it was common practice...only moms talked about it. Suppositories are in everyone cabinets, all the people I know, and they are a lot, pf different generations..I make it a point to peek in their medicine cabinets...people just do not talk about it...it is only us..the ones that find this conversations exciting that are interested in the how's, because, why's.... most people do not...unfortunately...well... their loss.... but rest assured, suppositories are very much "IN" and I'm sure enemas are too, even if, probably, only a little "FLEET"...a real fleeting experience, if you allow me.....

I was born in 1995 in Russia. Yes, all of this happened in my childhood, but rarely. Honestly, I don't even remember the reasons for the enemas anymore. And suppositories were used to lower my temperature during a fever.