Disliking RT's as a kid

I also use to hate it with this one nurse. She would pull up my underpants to hold the thermometer in place adding pressure to my intestines that hurt a lot but never said anything or I might have gotten my bum spanked after for making a scene

I would say, I disliked having my temperature taken rectally as a kid and that was the norm in our house. My was taken that way until 17 yo. Also, because it was taken rectally home, the same at the doctors. It not hurt but it was embarassing, in the OTK position until 13 when I went into puberty. Either naked from the was down, or briefs or whatever I was wearing to the knees. The things I disliked was, I had no choice. I was going to happen. Often, in private, though sometimes with others present. The OTK is humiliating, bottom up and you are exposed. My mom always inserted the lubed thermometer quickly and. then held it in place for what seemed like an eternity. Also, sometimes this would stimulate my urge to poop and the thermometer would have the brown residue on it. Which meant, if I did have a BM soon after. a suppository or several soapy bulbs of water assist. While I got used to it, I never really liked it until I got into my late teens, which has lead to adult interest in rectal temps, enemas, etc.

When I was a kid, the only thing that I disliked about having my temperature taken rectally was having it done in front of other people. At the pediatrician's office, I remember feeling like I wanted to disappear while lying on my back on exam table with my legs being held up in the air by the nurse, or sometimes even the doctor, who would be holding the thermometer in place. It felt humiliating to have this done in front of my siblings and everyone else who was in there. I don't think that I always felt embarrassed about having my rectal temperature taken, but my feelings about it changed after I started getting enemas.

The girls in my class didn't like it when a thermometer was inserted into their bums. I was never uncomfortable as I was used to it from frequent measurements.

@PW1912 You discussed rectal temperatures with the girls in your class? Wow, I'd have thought everybody would be too ashamed for this!

I think most is a matter of routine. Showing private parts isn't a problem in younger age. I remember, we have been always instructed to hold the thermometer for 10 minutes. After this time mother went back with the obligatory suppository.

From the pharmacy there was the hint to administer first the suppository against vomitting and eventually about 30 min later a pain & fever dose. This was always obbeyed. This was continued until the normal vitality was back.

Hated it as a child but as a teenager I grew to love them.

I didn’t really dislike rectal thermometers as a child. They were just a thing that nurses (and my mom) did.

I spent a lot of time in hospitals growing up, so I was used to having normally private parts exposed to doctors and nurses. And rectal temperatures had the advantage that they did not involve pain.

Of course, with one exception that I remember, I only got rectal temperatures until age 6 or 7. If they had lasted to an older age, I might have felt different. Although, even as a teenager, I would have gladly chosen a rectal thermometer over a shot in the butt or an IV or a catheter or a whole lot of more unpleasant medical things.

My mom was from rural Canada so enemas, suppositories, and Rt's were just what was done. I didn't care for these things as there were always so many people around, particularly at grandma's

Again, it was just the way it was done. I really didntblike being done in the hospital because they were done on the open, especially RTs. Everbodyb in the room got them at the same time before bed.

I hated them as a kid, because I was told that I was too young to hold a thermometer under my tongue. I also hated the Vaseline residue squishing in my butt, and the mild soreness that I felt for hours afterwards. They stopped by age 5. It was later that I learned that rectal temperature was commonly taken in many older children, including teens, both at home, and the doctor’s office. I’m happy that I never had that experience.

I suppose that there were a number of factors that contributed to my dislike of having my temperature taking rectally but none of them were about pain or discomfort. I was a very modest child from quote early in my childhood. I'm not sure where that came from as my parents were neither modest nor prudish. I was the youngest of 3 brothers and my next oldest brother was 8 years older than me. So the combination of being modest and knowing that everyone else in my family was using an oral thermometer contributed to my dislike of RTs. Fortunately for me at the age of 3 or 4 when I refused to allow my mom to take my RT one time, she decided to see if I could handle an oral temp and I had no trouble holding the thermometer under my tongue. From that point on she never used any method other than oral on me and the same was true for the pediatrician. At my next doctor visit the nurse asked my mom how it was taken at home and when my mom said "orally" that was how it was taken from then on. This was in the mid 1950's . From reading posts here I guess my experience was not typical for that era. My RT interests/fetish also started very young, but only for taking RTs and not for receiving them.

I didn't dislike them, I found them to be calming and comfortable. What did stir emotions was the embarrassment of my bare bottom being on display with a thermometer sticking out for all to see.

I hated RT’s as a kid. Hated them at home by mom and also at doctor’s office. Once my fetish began it turned into a love/hate kinda thing. I still hated them but tried to enjoy them when they happened. At the doctors office I would bury my face in arms and not look at my mom or the nurse the whole time, but in my mind was savoring the moment. This was around 7th grade.

I hated them as a kid, because I was told that I was too young to hold a thermometer under my tongue. I also hated the Vaseline residue squishing in my butt, and the mild soreness that I felt for hours afterwards.

I remember that squishy feeling. My mom wiped my butt after removing the thermometer, but there was always some residue. It didn't get removed until the next time I had to move my bowels. I have no idea why I didn't think to just go to the bathroom and wipe myself further. That squishy feeling all day lol.

Why did you have mild soreness from a rectal thermometer?

I'm glad it ended for you at an early age.

My impression is that people here did not hate rectal temperatures per se, but rather

- having their rectal temperature taken by others

- being submitted to a procedure associated with babies.

@PW1912 You discussed rectal temperatures with the girls in your class? Wow, I'd have thought everybody would be too ashamed for this!

Although we were ashamed to have our temperature taken rectally, we talked about it among our closest friends. Probably because everyone did it that way.

@PW1912, It was the same for me growing up. We lived in a small. close knit neighborhood where we all went to the same doctor. Rectal temps were common conversation among my friends and our moms too. This was in the early 1960's.

What I disliked was the sensation of "intrusion" but I admit there was nothing painful in it

Having my rectal temperature taken in my bottom with a glass rectal thermometer was a procedure that I grew up with. For me, it was a normal process that was used for taking my temperature. at home, and at the clinics. Mom, all my older sisters, mom's neighbor lady friends, my older sister's friends, and the nurses at the clinic were always gentle when they were taking my rectal temperature in my bottom with the glass rectal thermometer.

All of them had their own unique procedure, but for each rectal temperature check, I was always laying on my tummy with the temperature-taker holding the glass rectal thermometer in my bottom for the full five-minutes. At home, I was laying on my bed. At the clinics, I was laying on the examination table.

For any of these times, there never was a disliking or a "I don't want it done like this moment" when I was having my rectal temperature taken in my bottom with the glass rectal thermometer. For me, it was the only way that I knew of having my temperature taken.

I found them incredibly embarrassing

@PW1912 Did you discuss this with the other girls?

@Jacana Have you discussed this with the other girls?

If I remember correctly, it was a conversation with school friends about determining ovulation by taking temperatures.

That's how we came up with the topic of ‘measuring in the bum’.

@PW1912 Oh I see. And this happened in older teens, I guess, so some years after the last actual rectal temperatures.

Rectal temp gave way to axillary and oral temp.