Thermometer register time

How long have you ever had a thermometer inserted. Mostly thinking about actual attempts to get a factual reading. I know most of us here leave it in a lot longer than five minutes while we are playing, but how about nonplaying situations. When I was growing up, my mom was a five minute believer but a least a couple of times she would leave me face down, thermometer in and she would go off to do some chore or answer the phone. Probably the longest was when I was older, and she got an early morning phone call and I lay on the bed for over twenty minutes.

Speaking for myself I will say my Mom followed the guidance of Dr. Benjamin Spock whose book on baby and child care came out in ‘46.

And I am guessing the OPs question was about mercury thermometers.

I did as an adult have a RT from a nurse using either an IVAC or FILAC unit where the probe was left inserted for what I thought was a longer than usual amount of time for such a unit. If I had to guess she left the probe inserted for a good three minutes. Why? No idea.

My Mom always left the thermometer in my rectum for 5 minutes timed with a kitchen timer. It was what Dr. Spock recommended in his book on infant and child care. She also made me hold an Ivory soapsuds enema in for 5 minutes no matter how much I complained that I had to go. She just told me to take deep breaths through my mouth to ease the cramps and held my butt cheeks tight together so it wouldn't leak out before the kitchen timer went off.

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