Were you aware of your parents taking enemas?

I'm pretty sure my mother took enemas because she was often constipated and sometimes a dose of Feen-A-Mint didn't work. I never actually saw her taking an enema but several times the enema bag was hanging on the back of the bathroom door when I got home from school instead of in the linen closet where it was usually kept. I thought it was out because she was going to give me an enema but she didn't so she must have taken an enema herself during the day. My grandmother (her mother) had given my Mom enemas when she was growing up and had several enema bags and bulbs in the bathroom cupboard which she often used on me and my cousins when we were staying at her house for a week during school holidays. I don't think my Mom ever gave my father an enema although his mother also had enema equipment and she helped my mother give me enemas when we lived in her upstairs apartment until I was 6 years old and we moved to a new house in the suburbs. I'm pretty sure my father got enemas as a child but not as an adult. My Mom was quick enough to give me a hot soapsuds enema when a dose of laxative given at bedtime didn't make me go as soon as I woke up in the morning even after giving me a suppository to "help the laxative work". She also gave me a daily hot soapsuds enema early in the morning every day I was home sick from school at the suggestion of the family doctor who believed in keeping a child's bowels emptied out when they were ill.

Yes. My mother found my enema equipment and knew I was taking enemas. We didn't talk about it, but once she found my bag I wasn't as afraid to be caught and no longer hid my enema taking at home.

My mother and older sister definitely took enemas, but they only discussed it amongst themselves. They weren't too concerned about keeping it hidden and often left their equipment out in the bathroom.