Indications he/she has taken enough?

I am thinker about purchasing a 4- quart open top bag. Ian use to two and maybe an occasional 3- quart bag. If I swap over how will I know when enough is enough ?

@mrlee - the size of the bag has nothing to do with how much enema solution YOU can take. If the most you can take is 3 quarts, I don't see the point of purchasing a 4 quart bag unless you want to challenge yourself. As I said in my post, you'll know it's enough when your body says so. Where enemas are concerned, your body will let you know in no uncertain terms.

Unless you are a sadist when administering an enema I always let the "patient" decide when they have been filled to their max. I might push them a little to try just a little more but never that they have to receive a set quantity.

@mrlee - the size of the bag has nothing to do with how much enema solution YOU can take. If the most you can take is 3 quarts, I don't see the point of purchasing a 4 quart bag unless you want to challenge yourself. As I said in my post, you'll know it's enough when your body says so. Where enemas are concerned, your body will let you know in no uncertain terms.

I think even if you only take three quarts, there is merit in a four quart bag.

First, it gives you a little extra to flush out and prime the hose, and second, you can do a little "rectal rinse" prior to the main enema to make room for a balloon nozzle without re-filling the bag. There are probably a couple other reasons where a little extra in the bag comes in handy.

I have read many posts that state that Nurse given Hospital Enemas in the 'old days' required the whole enema bag be given.I know from experience that given the choice, I will opt-out of a large volume enema when the going gets tough, and I strongly believe that to get a 'proper enema', it must be given to you by someone who understands the tendency of most people to quit early. if the enema is being taken for pleasure,then anything goes, but its an enema in name only. clinical enemas arent meant to be fun.....

I like the large volume enemas, usually 2L for the first one and then 3 for the second one.

Any time that you want to push someone to their edge, agree on a "safe" word that they normally wouldn't say during a session. Pineapple is a good word to use. Once they feel they have truly reached their limit, they just say the "safe" word, and you know to stop. In the meantime, they can moan, beg, and cry all they want, and you know that it is just part of the sub/dom experience.

Mine have all been solo, but in reviewing the video - I can confirm that I am among the toe curlers.

I agree you should have a bag that exceeds your normal capacity, simply because capacity is a moving target and I don't want to be left wanting if the craving for more should arise.

If I were to have a partner, I like the idea of a safe word just in case begging for mercy was part of the fun.

Solution comes out their ears?

L think that the recipient should call the shots as it were. Involuntary signs include sweating, grimacing, toe curling and finally leaking. I guess the final thing would be solution from the ears or mouth! I do not think that anyone should be made to take more than their preference. Having been made to take more than I wanted I can say that it's very unpleasant.

If the patient is an adult I think common sense on the part of the caregiver and honesty from the patient are enough. I never exceed the maximum volume recommended in medical field of 1,5/2 liters: a regular colon can be cleaned without excessive stretching. If the patient is particularly constipated I prefer add more soap, olive oil or glycerine to a very warm solution rather than inflate the patient like a balloon. I stop after 500 ml mark and ask the patient how she feels. I massage her abdomen and back. I continue up the 1000 ml limit and ask her if she would stop. If all is well I go up to 1500 ml and tell her that it should be enough, if she feels too severe cramping. If she takes less of 1500 ml I tell her that I'll gave her another enema after expulsion.

I have a sub who knows when I tell him to get his enema bag, he knows it will be a large enema. He takes great pride in taking as much as I think he needs.

Took time and training to get him to this point.

My wife just tells me. She knows that if she stops the enema early then I will just re-fill the bag and give her another one after she expels. No point in making her suffer for no reason, or for her to lie.

The "toe curling" would not be a reliable sign for me as I'd curl my toes even if the bag were empty (before the water even started). I am very responsive I guess, but I force myself to take 4 quarts and no less and have no problems with that.

New partners...I watch and listen to them closely. I usually stop before they get too vocal. I want them to enjoy the sensation and want to come back for more. Why make their first time scary? For subs that I plat with, I enjoy using restraints and blindfolds and not telling them how much they are getting. What always happens is that they take more than they think they can hold. We use a one gallon bag always for convenience, but not always full. They don't get vocal or began fighting it until they are usually a quart past what they think they have taken. When they find out what they took, they seem amazed and proud.

Light-headedness, Confusion, vertigo, inability to retain Severe nausea, with or without actual vomiting

Inability to walk a straight line

Hypersensitivity to light

Any of these symptoms and that person has had enough for a few days. Time to back off!!

Exploding on the way to the toilet is a good indicator.

Light-headedness, Confusion, vertigo, inability to retain Severe nausea, with or without actual vomiting

Inability to walk a straight line

Hypersensitivity to light

Any of these symptoms and that person has had enough for a few days. Time to back off!!

Hypersensitivity to light? From an enema??? Really????

Constant dialogue between "giver and receiver" is so important when I was giving an enema, which, by the way, was to my husband and older daughter, now grown. At the first sign of cramps, I always stop and let them rest. I never insisted they take a full bag, actually to the contrary. I'd rather have them retain what is comfortable with minimal cramping. Mine was never giving an enema to "clean them out." It was to get the movement started, which was nearly always successful with just half a bag -- and if that worked, great!

If it is my husband he will tell me that he thinks that he reached his limit. I take that comment so he is truly finished. When she was growing up my daughter would say that she couldn't take any more, but since she was a bit of a complainer, I'd coax a bit more into her. So the answer to your question is “it depends." In any event just because I might have prepared a full bag never meant that the patient had to take it all.

When the water starts to run out of your ears is a very good sign you are full !!

Communication is the key. At least have a safe word. But if the person getting the enema starts to get up fast for the potty is a good indication. Sometimes they cannot get a safe word out or one was never established. When I got my first and only one as a child when I was nine, I took off on all fours as soon as the cramps hit. I have had a few girlfriends who were trying enemas for the first time just jump up instead of saying stop. The one and only time I took three quarts or should I say a bag and a half? I was on my back in the tub and it was my fourth enema. The other three had been expelled in the potty. This was a dare. We both had bags. She filled them both. All I could take was another half a bag. As soon as I could not take anymore I started getting up fast for the potty and it just gushed out in the tub. There was no stopping it. I was lucky it was the fourth and nothing but water came out. She was in the tub with me and had been rubbing my tummy and clit trying to help me. But enough was enough.

You can usually tell when they have had enough. I never push that envelope because of not wanting to clean up a big mess. I like to give as small one to clear the decks then give another with some stimulation, my favorite being a Hitachi wand. It makes for some hard orgasms. Then after that maybe a toy with a little more wand. Fingers can be used as well.

When the water in process starts to flow from the inside out.

Light-headedness, Confusion, vertigo, inability to retain Severe nausea, with or without actual vomiting

Inability to walk a straight line

Hypersensitivity to light

Any of these symptoms and that person has had enough for a few days. Time to back off!!

That’s not enough, it’s far too much!

My sub knows better than to lie about being full. He runs the risk of not getting another enema for sometime if he would fake being full. He has been told that.

I hate wasting good enema solutions by dumping them down the drain. They either go up his ass or suffer the consequences.

Sir can tell by my breathing, even if we are just on the phone when i take one. i won't say a word, but He says, “And I can tell you're getting full / you're full.”

There suggestions when giving someone a large volume enema:

Since one of the keys to taking a high enema is complete relaxation; a retention nozzle gives the recipient confidence there won’t premature release while being relaxed. The spinning wheel flow device alerts the one controlling the flow that an enema cramp is about to occur when the wheel begins to slow down and even go in reverse. Stopping the flow entirely at that point may prevent the cramp. Keeping the height of the bag low will slow the flow, and enable the recipient to comfortably take more enema; however, even these steps don’t ease any discomfort, stop when you’re asked to stop.