One of the most embarrassing, yet effective positions used to take a rectal temperature is the "Diaper-change " position. I have been put in this position and have seen it used on others in hospital setting. Once as a young boy, my mother had asked me to turn over onto my stomach so that she could take my temperature. I either did not respond in a timely manner or "sassed " her in some way, I do not recall.
What I do know is that she pulled my pants down with me still on my back and lifted my legs up with her left arm under my knees and bent my knees to my chest. I could feel the cool air on my bottom and felt my cheeks spread on their own as my bottom raised off the floor as she knelt next to me. Moments later the lubricated thermometer was put straight up my rectum and held in place while I howled in protest to no avail. I never felt so exposed before and my mother had full view of my erection from the anal stimulation.
In the pediatrics wing of our local hospital , I saw my roommate undergo the same treatment for giving our floor nurse some trouble when it was temperature time. I saw the nurse lift up his legs and put his knees to his chest as she put a thermometer up his rectum without drawing the curtains as an example to the rest of us in the room.
Any other members recall the diaper- change for temperature taking or an enema?