Hold Time

I use small volume glycerin or Mayo enemas.

When the pressure on my sphincter becomes pretty intense I find that firm pressure applied to the anus with a cloth or towel allows me to hold out for another 2 or 3 minutes.

Has anyone tried this or used any other method?

I hold EVERY enema until I can't

My target time is 15 minutes. With straight up soapsuds I can make that on anything up to 3-qts.

Fleet enemas I TRY for 15 minutes, usually end up in the 10-12 minute range

At least 10. Sometimes More. As mom said got to give the enema time to work.

As long as an hour with 2 qts of coffee…I try to hold at least 15-30 minutes.

@MufDvr a wet face cloth held tight against the anus helps a lot to hold the enema.

Liquid glycerin and Dr. Bonners 2- 3 quarts. Hold for 15 minutes and practice practice practice. Use a plug or a retention nozzle. You'll learn to love it. I certainly did.

While it pretty much requires a retention nozzle or butt plug, I've NEVER been given an enema I have not been required to hold at least 15 minutes. At least.

Never had to hold until doing coffee enemas. This coffee ones I hold for at least 30 minutes to an hour. My other enemas I don’t have to hold but do until commode is open, usually 5 minutes or less.

I can hold a long time. Up to 30 minutes. My average is 15 minutes but I have seen girlfriends who cannot hold over five minutes.

With an inflatable nozzle, as long as the giver wants... But I think that at least 15 minutes should be required.

My target time is 15 minutes, usually end up in the 10-12 minute.

Depends on the solution and the volume, 3 qts. saline 15 minutes, 3 qts. ivory soap 5 minutes, 3 qts. Dr. Bronners peppermint 3 minutes. 3 1/2 qts. anything, maybe 2 minutes. 4 qts. water , 7 seconds!!

My usual hold time is an hour or so, with a salt/soda solution. With plain water, it's ten minutes tops.

I always hold 4 L or more for more than 30 mn

Even with plain water

I generally go for a hold time of 5 - 10 minutes. This off course depends on the solution. A soap enema, soap and glycerin are about 5 minutes. Baking soda and salt, about 10 minutes. Also, depends on how full I was before the enema and the amount solution. In punishment play, I have sometimes have needed a plug or to hold a wash cloth in over my hole to retain the enema for the required time.

I would hardly qualify as an enema pro! I find the experience of receiving one to be a mix of arousal as well as a submissiveness and then loss of control. I think the exposure is a big factor along with the nozzle insertion and required positions to receive an enema. As for retention, I am okay with 5 minutes but not much longer as discomfort intensifies. At some point, the submissive aspect gives way to having no control and then fear sets in, as I don't want to make a mess and becoming more emotional will only make it worse. As apprehension intensifies so does my desire to void. Thankfully I have not been pushed to go beyond my comfort zone, which seems to me to be a necessary requirement for giving and receiving.

When my siblings and I were growing up, we were required to hold a soapy enema for ten minutes and a salt and baking soda rinse enema for five minutes. As preteens, after our RN grandmother taught us personal hygiene and enemas were our responsibility. My siblings and started swapping enemas with each other on a weekly basis using the same hold times mom, grandma, and our aunts did, with one exception. We drop the soapy enema hold time from ten minutes to five minutes.

My hold times didn’t change again until I was married, and my wife and I were using enemas for both health and pleasure. We had stopped using soapy enemas, replacing them with salt and baking soda rinse enemas. Realizing that rinse enemas worked just as well for us, plus they were easier to hold. It was during this change, we discovered holding enemas for twenty minutes or more could be a real turn on. It happened while I was laying on my back in bed holding a two-quart enema. My penis was in its normal state during an enema, hard as a rock sticking straight up. My wife and I were playing around with each other while I was holding the enema and she was getting hornier by the minute. She finally couldn’t stand it anymore an impale herself on me, slowly bringing herself to orgasm, all while I’m holding a two-quart enema. Because I was holding an enema, she took her time. Going slower than she usually would, with a surprising side effect. The longer she took, the more intense it got. Needless to say, we repeated this many times, switching out who held the enema. Working just as well for girls, as it did for boys, while holding an enema and having sexual intercourse.

Growing up, my sisters and I had to hold a small four or six ounce m and m enema ( as teens eight ounces) for thirty minutes. The final ten were the hardest. Soapy enemas were a twenty minute hold if possible but always we were told to wait until we could no longer hold it in and then let it gush out on its own. Emollient enemas such as flaxseed or potato starch or slippery elm bark were given after diarrhea and were to be retained. Herbal distention enemas given on an empty colon were to be retained for forty-five minutes to an hour. A vibrator helped with the retention.

I like to hold coffee for 10 to 15 minutes. Yesterday I took an enema only 2 quarts but with a bunch of soap. After holding for a few minutes, could not hold it, blew the nozzle out, had to close the valve real quick. Couldn't hold my Anus closed, sprayed soapy water on the floor. Made it to the shower as I continued with the blowout. Fortunately it was easy to clean the mess. Hold time less than, 2 minutes, should have used my double balloon cath.

The higher up I can inject the enema, the easier it is to retain. Not always easy, though, if I'm blocked up lower down. In that case, I'll take just 250ml and hold it as long as I can. My husband has actually stuffed tissues "in the crack" so I can make it from bed to the bathroom. Goodness, I hope no one else ever sees me like that!!!

After receiving 4-7 bulb fulls of warm soapy water I’m usually made to hold it for 10 minutes. if I can’t hold it, the entire process starts over until I can make it through the entire hold time.

The higher up I can inject the enema, the easier it is to retain. Not always easy, though, if I'm blocked up lower down. In that case, I'll take just 250ml and hold it as long as I can. My husband has actually stuffed tissues "in the crack" so I can make it from bed to the bathroom. Goodness, I hope no one else ever sees me like that!!!

@Vicki_V Our imagination does create a pretty good visual!

It does depend on whether I used Ivory soap or baking soda because I can't hold Ivory for nearly as long. In general I try to hold for about 10-15 minutes but the sign that I've held long enough is when I can't curl my toenails any further. That's when it is time to move to the potty.

Holding an enema does not make it work any better. It is fun to do though. I like to hold for a long time just to feel the cramps and stuff. If you feel the urge to poop let it out. It is probably the healthiest thing to do.

As a doctor i like to make my patient to hold enema for at least 10 minutes. It can be very fun and hot! Especially with retention nozzle and a magic-wand massager 😃

But when i taking enemas myself - i am not a holder one. Even a couple of minutes is hard for me. And the best record is no more than ten.

Moreover, on a volumes from 2-2.5 liters i don't feel any difference from retaining.

I suppose on a small volumes or special solutions like oil it makes difference. But on a relatively large volumes, especially with soapy solutions, i believe there is much more of sadistic than therapeutic intent.

Having reawakened my long time enema kink, my hold time for my 1st 3 qt. bag of liquid glycerin and Dr. Bronners peppermint bar soap nice and opaque I hold until the cramps (inspired by Momsegirl’s postings) are strong .Twenty minutes to a half an hour results in an expulsion of amazing feelings😍Then another two sea salt “Aargh matey) enemas until clear held for around 30 minutes each😍followed by a 3 qt. coffee bag or a 3 24 oz can beer enema for a my happy ending😍I hold for 60+ minutes while playing with my special friend🦄🤪🦄My hold times back in the eighties and nineties were deliciously longer😎

I like holding a 3-4 quart Bronners citrus soap or lemon juice enema for 15 minutes with a balloon nozzle and then removing it when there’s a break in the pushing. Then I try as hard as I can to hold it in but that’s not possible once the spasms start again. The evacuation begins on its own and the entire colon clears itself out. Pure bliss.

Holding an enema does not make it work any better. It is fun to do though. I like to hold for a long time just to feel the cramps and stuff. If you feel the urge to poop let it out. It is probably the healthiest thing to do.

Thank you, @Bad_Princess. For me, almost exactly like you, too. Mine are almost exclusively taken for recreation and orgasm stimulation. I’m nearly 72 with near complete ED and enemas are a very pleasant strong stimulus to an orgasm. It is VERY fun to do - only with me I’m not looking for cramps. I neither need nor like them except for very mild ones of a certain kind, and I’ve often changed solutions to try and minimize them. I wrote on another earlier thread that after >50 years of enemas, to me there are different types or subsets of cramps or enema discomfort but not crucial for this post. For me, like BP also said, I like to hold for a long or very long time but in my case not for cramps. My enjoyment for these >55 years of enemas is simply the sensations of fullness which increase with bigger volumes, internal non-painful pressure buildup, the unusual but highly pleasant feeling of my colon and rectum simply being occupied somewhat under my control, the later visual effect of seeing my belly distention in a mirror, and the unique not-directly-sexual overall enema pressure and fullness stimulating my arousal and then orgasms. (Okay, the plug, nozzle or rectal balloon feelings are almost directly sexual!😊)

So as a result, I roughly plan a volume and hold time to aim for on a given enema, often 3.5-4.5 quarts for 30-60 minutes, always with a fat nozzle or DBC to deter leaking. Usually I make it to the full volume and hold time, but I have little if any control over when the filling plus holding will become irresistiblly arousing and push me into completing my orgasm. Although I do really enjoy reaching my full volume and hold time and then starting masturbating to have an orgasm, but especially at my age with serious ED an orgasm at ANY time during my enema is just fine with me. 🧨💥🌋😊 (sorry - anyone know of an emoji for Orgasm?)

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Because I

Because I like to take my fills very slowly, it's like holding a long time even before I'm full. It takes me about a hour to get my 4.5 quarts in so I've already held a long time. I always use salt added so as not to become waterlogged.

Hold time for my enema depends on the purpose and type. I try to hold a soapy enema for a clean out about five minutes. I usually don’t hold a rinse enema for more than the minute or two it takes to get up, take the empty bag to the sink, and then get to the toilet. A coffee enema is another thing. I usually hold a quart for fifteen to thirty minutes depending on how I feel and how much time I have, but sometimes longer. I find that after thirty minutes or so, the urge to expel really diminishes and almost goes away. One time I got distracted, maybe reading stories here, that I retained the coffee for over ninety minutes! There was only a little that wanted to come out but I had to pee every hour the rest of the day.