Swelling The Bags

Mom and my aunt came home from shopping I was next door playing and come home because they where home,they where in the kitchen smoking and drinking coffee the big pot was on the stove they where boiling water. The water got hot they filled the tea kettle from the pot and took it to the bathroom they refilled the tea kettle and went back to the bathroom. I went to the bathroom in the tub was a big fluted amber latex bag was hanging filled with the hot water it was huge. They kept adding water to the bag finally emptying it and refilled the new bag will boiling hot water it got huge. They then took a closed top bag filled it with boiling hot water put the hose on it and then connected the hose from one bag with the enema nozzle and filled the new bag until the closed enema bag looked like a basketball and repeated this process again the bags got huge. The where streahing the bags to hold way more volume I figured out later. Anyone else ever hear of this ?

I remember one day while Mother and Grandma had gone shopping, I decided to give myself an enema. So, I took out the Rexall Victoria Combination syringe from its resting place and filled it full of hot, salty and soapy water. After it was full, I attached the tube to the bag using the adapter cap. Then, I hung the bottle on the hook that Mother had put above the toilet for that purpose. I opened the shut-off and let the water fill the hose. Then, I closed the shut-off and took the bag off the hook and laid it onto floor. I, then, went into the kitchen and got a quart mason jar and brought it into the bathroom. I filled the jar with very warm water and sat down on the toilet. Next, I picked up the hose, took off the nozzle and while holding the hose in one hand I picked up the quart jar. Then, I would get a big gulp of water from the jar, put the tube in my mouth, open the shut-off and blow the water in my mouth into the bag. When all of the water was out of my mouth, I'd shut the shut-off again and repeat the process. I did that until I had blown all of the water in the jar into the bag. When, that was done, the bottle looked like a basketball.

To my surprise, right after I had reattached the nozzle to the hose, Mother opened the door. There I was holding the red hose, black enema nozzle on the hose and the bloated enema bag on the floor. Wow! I was oh so embarrassed! Mom just stood there for a second without saying a word!

As I was looking at her, she closed the door, I remained sitting on the toilet. I didn't know what else to do.

Questions ran through my mind. Should I take the enema? Should I let the water out and put the bag up where Mom kept it? I was in a state of flux! Anyway,

Fifteen or so minutes later Mom came back to the bathroom. She opened the door and came into the room. Next, she sat down on the edge of the tub and took my left hand into hers. I looked up at her and I know she noticed that I had tears in my eyes.

She, then, asked me point blank "if I intended on taking that enema."

I looked up at her, and said "I was"..

Well, with that said, she said "Mike, that is way too much water!"

I replied that "I can take it!"

Mom, shook her head, stood up, and then leaned down and picked up the bag. Next, she hung it on the hook above the toilet and instructed me to get off the toilet and take the enema. So, I did as I was told... and like I told her that I could, I did take all of the water. I don't think Mother could not believe it!

We used a closed top bag for years for just this purpose, swelling the bag. We had a good quality bag back in the 70's that was made of a higher grade material which could withstand the additional internal pressure caused by the filling process. After a sink full of hot, appropriately soapy water was prepared, the hose was attached to the bag and the bag was partially filled with very hot water to warm both the bag and the hose. Then the bag was held upright to get any air to move up to the hose, and the bag was squeezed to expel the air from both the bag and the hose. When the bag was just about empty the clamp was closed so no air could enter either the bag or the hose.The bag was then laid on the floor, the hose end inserted into the sink full of solution, and the clamp re-opened. The solution would then flow into the bag via the siphon principal and the bag would fill, air free, to a capacity quite a bit beyond the intended volume. This made an impression on any recipient who was told they were to receive an entire bag; eyes popped when they saw the capacity in store for them!

Being someone who likes larger than normal enemas (greater than 2-quarts), I will take my closed top bag 2-quart red rubber bag and fill it normally. Then I will screw in the hose adapter with hose and clamp, and while holding the bag with the hose pointed up, I will squeeze the bag to burp all of the air out of it. Then I will lay the bag down on the floor, and put the end of the hose into the container of warm water (with soap, salt, or other ingredients) and open the valve. The water then begins to overfill the bag taking in over another quart, so total volume of water is just over 3-quarts. This is where the bag maxes out. I measured the water at this point one time and the result was right at 100 ounces (3-quarts, 4 ounces). Then I hang the bag, attach the nozzle of the day, and enjoy.

Having read about force-filling a hot-water bottle combo bag to hold 4 qts, by filling it from an open-top bag attached to it and held up to drain into it such that the combo bag swells to like a basket ball; I would do this at times. The stretched bag would add to the force of soapy water would shooting in so fast that no sooner then I'd release the clip and the first quart or more had gone into me. The force was such that it prevented cramping. The weight of bag was such I was afraid it would break the rubber ring at the bottom of bag, or even pull down the shower rod. Thinking about all that pressure those enema exerted on my insides, I wonder how much they contributed to my now having a large inguinal hernia.

Why not simply buy a bigger bag??

@gwhap Why not simply buy a bigger bag??

You would think, but funny thing, logic doesn't apply with what goes on in my noggin. I find extra large bags made for 4qt enemas a turn off. Similarly, enema cans are a turn off. Only the force-filled, swollen combo bag excites me when it comes to very large enemas…

You would think, but funny thing, logic doesn't apply with what goes on in my noggin. I find extra large bags made for 4qt enemas a turn off. Similarly, enema cans are a turn off. Only the force-filled, swollen combo bag excites me when it comes to very large enemas…

Understand your attachment for the combo bags. I would expect a “swelled” bag initially would deliver more pressure. True or False?

For me, I generally take the easier route. Enjoy!!! 😃

Why not simply buy a bigger bag??

In those days they weren’t available. In era between the no longer available open top pumpkin bag that held three quarts and the yet to be available four quart bags one had to improvise. I routinely pressure filled my rubber combination bag to three quarts without incident back in the 70s/80s. The initial higher water pressure wasn’t that noticeable to me.

If you more force just hang the bag higher!

Speaking of more force - the first quart or so from a combo bag that has been forced filled to 4 or more quarts is very powerful since not only is the height of bag causing it, but the stretched out rubber of bag contracting that adds to it.

I do like to overfill my 2Q combo bag and love the bulging look. Especially if I know it is filled with soap suds. The first rush of enema solution is wonderful and the first 1Q seems to go in very fast.

Those of us around way back when, used a lot of tricks like the over filling of a combination syringe. Another one was using a Y connector putting two bags together for high volume enemas. Using two bags one could also alternate hot and ice water enemas. Those were especially thrilling when sent high via colon tube. We didnt have the terrific gear then (except for the large colon tubes available then) that we have today, but we were rather Inventive!!

@Edevotee I did exactly as you described prior to getting a 4QT bag … think I had 2 x 2500cc bags connected by Y connector. Sometimes one was filled with extra-soapy water and the second held just plain water, other times one held hot and soapy water and the other plain cold water exactly as you mention. I called those hot/cold enemas “fire and ice."

I also had a 2.5QT closed-top combo bag that I overfilled by siphoning - I measured the total volume once and I had added another full quart. Boy did that thing look like it was an overripe melon and ready to burst! It was too heavy to hang by it's normal eyelet, so I simply laid it flat on the lip of the bathtub.

Love over-filling the Sanger “3.0 Liter” bag to 4+. I agree that it’s an aesthetic thing — I have plenty of 4, 5, and 20+L bags (the latter being designed to hold water for camping…or colonics)