Pediatrician rectal temperature

Hi zity members did anyone ever had their temp taken in their butt when going to their pediatricians? The only time I remember was when I was 5 turning 6 and I was held down by 4 nurses and I felt something going in my butt....at that time I thought it was a shot going in my butthole but then later growing up I found out it was actually a thermometer lol....I also remember that it was in a triage room....which is an open area for the kids to have their vitals taken....I noticed I was the only one that day because I think I was the last patient of the day....after that scenario I remember the next year I started crying and pointing at the exam table because I remember that was the exam table for rectal temp and one nurse said don’t worry your to old for that anyways...but I was still scared anyways but never got my temp taken that way again....tell me your stories of those doctor visits!!! P.s. this was in the early 90’s

Will wonders never cease? Good thing you eventually figured it out!

I had my rectal temp taken many times at the pediatricians office in the early 90s.

Mine was taken in my rectum in 1960 to 1973 in my pedestrians exam room by his nurse. Laying on my belly naked. I remember the nurse using globs of vasaline on the tip of the thermometer.

She the nurse would open my cheeks and slide the glass thermometer deep into my rectum. At a young age I would wince a little.

Mine was taken rectally at the pediatrician in 1962 to 1972.

@Pitbull

If I did, I was too young to remember. But somehow I became aware of rectal temperatures because I eventually got fascinated by the idea. I do vividly recall my pediatrician examining my anus when I was about 12 years old, hormones raging.

First rectal temp I remember was at the hands of a former girlfriend who was cute, blond, and anally obsessed.

Thanks everyone!!! I can’t believe rectal temps were so popular in the 60’s and 70’s and 80’s and early 90’s.....I was unfortunate to only remember that one time.....no wonder I have this crazy fetish 😂....back then I wish I didn’t go berserk and just let the doc stick it up my butt....but oh well that’s kids (me) being spoiled brats lol....I kinda wish I was born in the late 50’s early 60’s because that’s when the anal thermometers 🌡 were hot hot hot at the pediatrician....I guess I can’t have it all right?? Hahaha

@joe_thom why did you have to be naked?? How old were you?? Did the nurse spread your legs wide apart to get to the target 🎯 with the anal thermometer??? Where were you looking at?? The wall in front of you?? Was your parents there too?? Please do tell more thanks!!!

My pediatrician was an old country doctor. Every patient that visited him, young or old, got their temperature taken rectally. Since I had issues with my bowels growing up, I always received 2 enema bulbfuls from him right after my temp taking. Going through the usual process with a diaper on and the enema inside me. I usually lost the fight against the enema in 5 or 10 minutes.

This is a great thread. I don’t specifically recall having my temperature taken rectally at the pediatrician’s office, though it must have been done (at least until I was 5 or so and transitioned to oral). In any event, it clearly had an impact, since, during later visits, I always secretly hoped that I would have to have it the “baby way”. The glass thermometers in the jar on the counter always triggered me, especially if I could see the stubby tips. To this day, I still fantasise about having to lie naked on my tummy on the pediatrics exam table while the nurse uses the rectal thermometer because she can’t get an accurate oral reading.

When I was 18 doctor took my rectal temperature for college physical

@backster your sooooo lucky!!! I wish I had my temp taken in the butt at the doc office at 18!!! Why was it the reason that doc took your rectal temp at 18???

I was 12 and we had switched to a new doctor who we saw only once. Until then, I rarely had to undress. My old doctor managed to do his physical exam lifting my shirt and when needed had me unzip my pants and would pull open my underwear for a look. The hernia exam didn't place until I was 10. I don't recall having a rectal temp.

When we switched, the doctor had me strip to my briefs and upon greeting me while I sat on the table required a rectal temp. He instructed me to lay back and turn onto my stomach. I was told to lift my hips up and down went my briefs to my knees. I had no clue what was to happen and then felt my cheeks being spread and soon a cold thermometer pushed into my rectum. I gasped and clutched the table. It was a bizarre feeling and one I never forgot.

As I have said before, I had the displeasure of having rectal temperatures taken at home and at the doctor’s office all throughout high school. I hated every minute of it, and that is why I have this fetish today.

A question to Fontana : are you serious when said that you had a rectal temperature taken during all your childhood and teenagehood until 18 age all along years of high school ?

who was taken your temperature at home? your mother ?

and you could not ask her to let you do it yourself ?

or that you were embarassed ?

Was it the same at the doctor office even when you were at high school ?

Who took your temperature ? the female nurse?

How did she was performing it ?

Was your mother always present as a chaperone required by the office or because she wanted to come ?

"Backster" You said that you had a rectal temperature taken at your college physical at 18 age?

was it the first at a school physical examination ?

Who took your temperature and in what situation? As a part of the examination process or before?

Alone in the examination room without anybody else than a female nurse or in group in a gym ?

My temperature was taken at the pediatricians office when I was all alone with the nurse. She had me naked on the table spread wide. She saw everything. She used a wad of Vaseline on the tip of the thermometer. First her finger went into my anus with Vaseline on the tip of her finger. from 1965 to 1973.

"joe Tom" :until what age did you have your temperature taken rectally by the nurse if it was during seven years ?

I had RT taken at the pediatrician till I was twelve. I got RT at home so I never thought about it being strange. I sometimes fussed to my mom but that never helped. I never through a fit about it. I was in the hospital when I was six and the little girl in the bed next to mine pitched a fit because she thought it was a shot. In the hospital I was just wearing a gown so when I rolled over and the sheet was pulled down I was bare to the world. That was embarrassing but not really frightening. I got shots and I cried both in the hospital and the doctor.

To Esaterman: Yes, I am serious. Different doctor's offices had different policies as to how their patients' temperatures would be taken, or when they might be switched over. Most every nurse was female. I once had a male student nurse.

At home my parents did as the doctor instructed. I had my temperature taken by either of my parents at various times. My dad accompanied me into the examining room most of the time, but there were some occasions when he could not be there, so my Mom took me.

Yes, it was embarrassing, but I really had no choice.

Office visits in the 1950s meant rectal temperature taking (same as house calls). Pre-school age I was naked, after that stripped down to underpants. The nurse did the temperature taking, I behaved for this so I wasn’t held in place while the thermometer registered. When I was older, my underpants were lowered to my knees for the procedure. While the nurse waited for the reading she questioned my mother on the reasons for the visit. I do not recall being wiped after the thermometer was removed.

House calls were handled a bit different. The pediatrician checked my temperature last as a way to keep my butt exposed as he prepared my injection. He would read the mercury by parting my cheeks prior to sticking the needle in. Then the thermometer would be removed. To add insult to injury an enema soon followed after he left.

@Pitbull I have a very similar single memory! It's very distinct. I was laying on my back on the table top scale with my legs being held up and getting my rectal temperature taken. I thought I was getting a shot and I was terrified. I think that's why the memory is so clear. I can even remember what the curtains on the windows looked like.

@deepbreaths omgggg!!! I would kick and scream too!!! I’m sure that’s why I only remember that incident because it was scary for me too....shots were a real phobia for me growing up but now I love everything that has to do with medfet and shots!!

I have vague memories of the pediatrician taking my rectal temp., during a house call. I was probably around 3. After 5, it didn't happen again. I went to a new pediatrician at around age 9, and he didn't take rectal temps. on me either. After reading some of the posts, it seems that my experience was uncommon.

It would be irresponsible for a pediatrician or a family doctor not to take the temperature of a youngster arriving at a clinic with a fever. The concern that a youngster may not have been capable of responsibly managing a glass oral thermometer in the mouth resulted in the youngster being designated to have a temperature taken rectally with a glass rectal thermometer. Although age and gender have been a more objective criteria in determining whether a youngster has an oral temperature taken with a glass oral thermometer or a rectal temperature taken with a glass rectal thermometer, other characteristics about a youngster may be at play resulting in the best choice for taking a youngster's temperature.

My temp was taken rectally by pediatricians until age 12. There were two jars of thermometers on the counter in most offices I went to, the red topped ones and the blue topped ones. The red ones went in your hiney. Up to age 7, it didn’t bother me having my temp taken this way. The nurse would take my other vital signs and then she would tell me to “lie on your tummy and pull your undies down”. She would prepare the thermometer by taking it out of the jar, rinsing it, shaking it down and applying lubricant on the tip. She would then come over and pry open my buttocks and insert the cold slimy thermometer. I would have to lay there for 3 minutes as the thermometer registered. Sometimes the door would be closed, sometimes partially or completely open. Around age 8 I started to get embarrassed by the procedure, knowing big boys got it taken in their mouth, plus having to have my bare butt penetrated while the nurse and my mom and sometimes whoever passed by in the hall looked on. I also started to develop erections from the thermometer, which were nearly impossible to hide when I was told to pull my undies back up. I would have a greasy butt to remind me of the procedure until my next visit to the bathroom, and sometimes walking out of the clinic the feeling of the lube squishing in my butt made me feel as if everyone knew. I would get approving grins from adults as I walked out, which were probably not at all related to having my temp taken, but in my mind it was always saying “I know you got your temp in your bottom”.

Additionally, every visit to the doctor ended with a shot of some kind given in the butt, so I would always have to bare my bottom for the nurse a second time. This wasn’t as embarrassing as the thermometer, it was over quickly, but it definitely loomed over my head during every exam.

I had mine taken at the pediatrician until I was 10. It was always pants and underwear down on my stomach. The nurse would lube the thermometer and slide it in for the required 5 minutes. It didn't really bother me until I was older. I remember the nurse leaving the room once and forgetting to close the door. That was embarrassing for sure.

I had to think about it but I remember my pediatrician did it a few times when I was sick. I think the last time was 17?

A few times it happened yes

Nope. Never.

I've never been admitted to a hospital during my childhood years.

During the pediatrician check-ups / exams at elementary school, there was no reason to take someone's temperature.

@Pitbull: I only have one memory of it happening. And like you it’s from my early childhood in the early 90’s. I had a stomach bug and couldn’t keep an oral thermometer in my mouth. For whatever reason the next option they went to was the rectal thermometer. I was so sick I couldn’t put up much resistance. But I remember I did not like it at all!