Mothers take rectal temperature

Is anybody here whose mom still take their rectal temperature?

My mom still does, everyday when I wake up and again when it is bed time.

How does your mom take your temp, does she use an old fashioned glass rectal thermometer, or a more modern digital one?

How old are you?

She uses old fashioned glass thermometer. And I am 19 nearly 20.

@Vertigo,

Do you have a medical condition that implies that you have your temperature taken twice every day ?

Do you have a boyfriend ? Would he not be interested in taking your temperature ?

When I was between ages 2 and 4, I was sick a lot and having high fevers and my mom took my rectal temperature twice a day. Once around lunch and again before bedtime. That was only when I was sick.

My mom still takes my temp in my bum but mostly only when I'm sick. Sometimes she does it at bedtime if I'm really tired or not hungry.

I haven't had my temperature taken rectally by mom, anybody else or do it to myself in over forty years. Besides the fact that I very rarely get sick, (catch a cold) I can't even imagine (and really don't want to) mom taking my temperature rectally at my age. I'd never allow it to happen.

For those still living with a parent......do you prefer to have your mom take your temp. rectally, or are you content to take it yourself, or have a girlfriend/boyfriend step up to the task ? Even when I lived with my parents, until age 17, I couldn't imagine that happening. The last time that my mom took my rectal temp. was around 1960, when I was 5. Many moons ago ! (Pardon the unintended pun).

My mom still take my rectal temps once a day over her lap with a old fashioned rectal thermometer, I’m 21 nearly 22. I don’t mind when she does, she’s been doing so since I was a little girl.

clara

Yep every week at least once on sunday. She will put the temperature down in her book to keep record. If its to high she will measure at least three times a day until its normal again.

Does your mom worry that you’re sick (COVID-19)? Or does she just like taking temperatures rectally? Are you her only ‘patient’?

I still have rectal temps at home too.Only mom takes it.