What age during exam with rectal temperature did your parent leave the exam room?

I guess depending on your pediatrician or physician and their protocol , had their nurse or they themselves still took your temperature rectally.

At what age if it applies did your doctor stop taking Your temperature rectally?

If you were in your teens early mid or late and you were stll having it taken rectally, was your parent(s) or guardian asked to leave or was allowed to stay while it was done?

And did you want that person to remain or leave when your temperature was taken?

I don’t recall ever actually having my temperature taken rectally at the pediatrician’s office. At home it was done until about 6, and I presume it must also have happened at the doctor’s, even though I have no specific memory of it.

Nonetheless, the interest was there from an early age. I often secretly hoped that the nurse would find a reason to have to take it the “baby way”. Seeing the jar of stubby-tipped glass thermometers on the counter would always get my imagination going.

The idea of having another woman present would have added an element of embarrassment and excitement. It could be my mom or sister, or better yet, a babysitter or one of my sister’s friends. As a teen, I even fantasized about being taken to the doctor by my neighbor’s mother, who would stay in the room with me during the exam, including of course the temperature measurement.

Our mom was a pediatric nurse, so she stayed with us, even as teens. Talk about embarrassment!

During Pediatric exams parents were not in the small examination room. Just me, Dr D and the nurse.