Why do you like to have your rectal temperature taken ?

We didn’t check temps rectally in the hospital unless it was someone bad off and couldn’t hold a thermometer in there mouth and then it went under there arm usually both arms and the readings were way off we would get a old fashion thermostat and check it rectally and see what it read! Surprisingly,it wasn’t much difference! No thrill to for the staff and some patients knew what we were doing and they were sick and could care less who saw what! We did have to hold their cheeks together on some to keep it in! Haven’t done yet that in years!

My feelings cover almost everything that has been said here. Years ago when I was younger, I had an old doctor who was set in the old ways and he would get me on the table doggy fashion, hoist up my skirt, pull down my knickers and insert the thermometer. and I found it humiliating, and I still do in play.

Submitting my most intimate part of my body to any human being.

Vicki V,

I am glad you are better. A few months ago I had the worst sore throat of my life. I was sure I had strep. The doctor did a strep test and it came back negative. I was looking forward to getting a bicillin shot in the butt but when the test came back negative, that ended that hope. I have not had a penicillin shot in the butt since I was about 11 or 12 and would love to experience one again.

Not really sure just kno i like it like a lot

At home, fever was always measured in the buttocks. I always liked that because I enjoyed my mother's care.

The exposure of having someone looking at your anus and of course the feeling of the thermometer going in and out

My answer is in agreement w / many others who have previously commented as to a desired practice which results in a wonderful physical sensation for those of us who enjoy rectal stimuli . Then , whether partnered or solo , the stimulating activity returns my mind to a distant ‘ gentler and kinder ’ time where it was just mom , grand-mom , auntie or my favorite family physician office nurse and the held in their hands rectal thermometer with the target receptacle being that of my little cotton brief covered fanny which did not stay covered for long . Yes , their pretty smiles and soothing words to elicit my full cooperation @ ‘ RT time ’ were appreciated and my compliance to the letter and spirit of their instructions were mine to enjoy through my early adulthood as was the soothing , well administered enemas received from my above referenced ladies .

It has nothing to do with accuracy, but everything to do with sexual stimulation. It's also good for stress relief, and prostate massage. I have mind-blowing orgasms, that I can't achieve otherwise. I can't explain it, but I know that it works.

I worked 40 years as a RN and I can count on my hands how many rectal temps we did! Even unconscious patients we would put it under there arm and we had the kind to put in your ear! I never had a grown person ask for a rectal temp! That’s uncalled for! I don’t know if they even check babies rectally! They stick it in there ear!

@WannaJ Rectal temperatures were popular in France longer than they were in the US. In the early 80s it was very common for adults and older kids to take their own temperature rectally (it was actually expected in hospital, I distinctly recall a nurse telling me that this was the way), and to take younger kids' temperature rectally. My mom told me it was more reliable, when I asked why we did not do it in the mouth like in comics.

I don't know when exactly it fell out of favor for older kids and adults; though many older adults do it rectally, as they were brought up this way. I had another stay in hospital in the late 2000s and they used tympanic, if I recall correctly.

For me is less about liking rectal temperatures than it is disliking oral thermometers. Between gag reflex, frequent nausea, and allergies making it hard to breathe through my nose continuously, taking it rectally is just more comfortable without sacrificing accuracy.

Adding to that comfort point, a rectal temperature requires virtually no interaction from the patient whereas it takes a bit of concentration to hold the oral thermometer. Whether taking it myself or having it taken, I prefer to be as uninvolved as possible, especially if I'm already sick and tired.

I want to see if, when it goes higher, I become sick

If I get a warning thru my temperature

Vicki V,

I had the worst sore throat of my life about a year ago. I finally went to the emergency room and I was sure I had strep. I was looking forward to the bicillin shot in the butt. But they did a strep test and is was negative. So no bicillin shot for me.

Like the feeling of being exposed while it goes it. Reminds me of getting rt taken when I was little.

Because it feels soooo good when the glass slides in & out

When a nurse takes it is the exposure, knowing she is looking at an intimate part of you body , and wondering what's going through her mind and of course the sensation

For me, it brings back the tender care I received from my mom. She was the most compassionate person and I miss her every day. As a child and having my temp taken, felt very embarrassed and humiliated each time, but the tenderness and care she showed overshadowed all of that.

The only reason is because it drives my nerve endings wild with pleasure, and the resulting orgasms probably have contributed to my health and well-being. The need for an accurate temperature is a nice benefit, but that’s low on the priority list. It’s also the only opportunity that I have to fantasize about having sex with attractive women, which would otherwise be impossible.

The humiliation and embarassment of having to bare my bottom to the nurse and feeling like a little kid. Also trying to hide the inevitable erection that comes.

First and foremost it’s the way I can feel the shape of it when someone slides it inside of me - starting with the pear-shaped bulb followed by the cold glass rod before it stops and sits still inside of me. I can feel my pulse against it while I wait, and I have to fight to lie still when he gives it a twist.

It‘s also the thrill of anticipation with the cool air on my exposed backside, and since I’m lying on my stomach, I don‘t know who else might be able to see me or when it‘s coming until he parts my cheeks.

Then it all happens in reverse - the twist, the rod, and finally that pear-shaped bulb.

I went to your first post @TakeItAgain because it seemed the appropriate place to welcome you to Zity. I read your profile and smiled.

Welcome to Zity. A good home for all of we who like the back door.

I like to take my temperature rectally cause it feels good. I also have tourettes and sometimes I do have facial tics so sometimes it's tough to hold something in my mouth so to me, rectal is easier.

Thanks so much @easy123 for the warm welcome - all 99 degrees of it and above 😉!

I’m very anal erotic and the prospect of a lady taking my temp rectally is very taboo yet so exhilarating

Number one, the exposure, Number two, the sensation

The anticipation of knowing that you are about to pull your pants down lay on your stomach or side and have someone push a thermometer into your butt and hold it in place

in the early 70s as a child you don’t think much about it. as you get older in reality kicks in he becomes a little more embarrassing from the time I can remember in the 70s early 80s that’s pretty much how your temperature was taken at the pediatrician office or at the emergency room at the hospital

It takes me back to a time when i felt comforted and cared for. Taking my pj bottoms off and laying down on my tummy on her bed also always keyed a thought that something more might be happening if i was running a temp. I loved watching her stand there, remove the thermometer and shake it down and then looking at it to see that it was ready to go. A different time when mothers cared for their boys

Personally I can’t say that I enjoy it.

when I am doing a play exam I like to suggest it because I think it is embarassing especially as a result to receive one especially from the nurse before the exam even starts.

It was always the feeling of having to submit to it especially by a unknown taker.

@TakeItAgain I think you are right on about having a rectal temperature taken. I remember watching the thermometer being lubed with Vaseline, as I lay there with my bottom exposed then not being able to see what was happening until I felt the Vaseline covered bulb touch me there then the cold glass as it was inserted into mt bottom, as much as I liked the sensations it caused sometimes, I would try to push the thermometer out, just as it was about to slip out I would feel it slipping back in then being held in place. While it was embarrassing laying there exposed at times, I did like the way it felt when it was taken rectally.