Enemas in Lithotomy position

Is it ok to administer an enema, to a patient on a gynecological table, with knee-rests supports with patient at Lithotomy

position?

Enemas are not my speciality but I would like to gauge one in this situation to a patient of mine. All opinions are welcome.

This position should work fine. Maybe not the optimal position according to the textbooks, but this is the way I take my enemas and it offers great access to massaging the abdomen, plus I love watching the bag getting smaller, and smaller as the enema water goes up inside me. This position seems to have no effect on the amount of water I am able to take.

I frequently administer enemas to my partner while he's in this position. He loves the feelings of exposure and vulnerability. He also likes to watch the level in the bag go down, that is, when he's not blindfolded!

Practically any enema position where the patient is essentially horizontal or upright is alright.

The only position you need to be careful with is an inversion table/suspended upside down/hung by the legs because there is greatly increased pressure to the head and if you have high BP or peripheral vascular disease, you could have a stroke.

I have a sort of trivia question that is, I guess, directed at any old L&D nurses or maybe just elderly members, but were the L&D prep enemas ever given in this position?

I have had a play doc administer enemas to me in that position, I could watch the bag go down and he massaged my stomach to reduce ceamping and extend the holding time

I think there is no any aspect working against that -- it should work fine.

Though I prefer knee-chest, my dream is to receive enemas in that position. 😃

An enema taken while on your back, slowly, allows you to masturbate, or not if you are told not to. If the bag is low enough, you can often take quite a large amount of solution in this position. I usually like each enema in a series to be in a different position. I always seem to do best starting with lying on my left side, to clean out the lower colon.

I agree with Happygal (and that is why she is probably happy). On the back really works for me and that is why I use it most all of the time. Gives you a lot of freedom to do whatever else you wan to do when filling up!