Hand on bottom while taking rectal temperature

One of the aspects of rectal temperature taking that appeals to me is the idea of the parent or caregiver's hand resting on my bottom, gently but firmly holding the thermometer in place. A lot of the instructions in child care books specifically say to hold the thermometer between two fingers and keep the hand on the buttocks for the whole time the temperature is being taken. There's something about the intimacy of that that feels exciting and embarrassing to me.

Do you remember having your grown-up's hand on your bottom, holding the thermometer in place, while your temperature was being taken as a child?

Yes I was around six years old and it was the nurse's hand. This is the only time I can remember having my temperature taken rectally and for some reason I remember it very well.

Last rectal temperature I had was when I was 8 and my mom left the room and "trusted" me to lay still until she came back. I was using a baby thermometer while having limited big boy priveleges.

Yes. My Mom always rested her hand on my buttocks as she held the thermometer in my rectum for a full 5 minutes until the kitchen timer went off.

I had this situation many times growing up. I didn’t like rectal temperatures to begin with. I put up with my Mom or Dad resting their hand on my bottom; however, especially in my teen years, I hated when the nurse did it, especially if it was a young nursing student, who would rest her hand and sometimes pat my bottom.

My mom or my gram did both depending on my age, doctors nurse did the same. older no hand , younger hand.🌡️🧴🧻

Yes, it always happened. My mother or my aunt or my older sister had their hand resting on my bottom and the thermometer between their fingers like a cigarette to prevent it from moving or coming out.

However, I was absolutely forbidden to put a hand behind me to try to touch the thermometer and I knew that, if I had attempted to do so, I would have been punished with an additional time of at least two minutes more with the thermometer in the rectum!

I do remember this! Mom with her long fingers holding the thermometer in place between her fingers while gently squeezing my buttocks together with her fingertips to ensure the thermometer stayed in place.

Don't recall ever having a hand on my butt. I only remember always lying on my side, having my cheeks spread, and the thermometer sliding in. The thermometer was left sticking out of my ass. My mother never held the thermometer while it was inside me.

I’m a huge fan of a shapely female bottom and resting my palm on one her hips is the least of what I do. There’s gentle massaging, finger tipping and prying apart the globes to see the thermometer disappearing in her pink crinkled skin and the moisture seeping from her pouty labia. Pushing and pulling and twisting the thermometer the whole time. Yum.

Our mom never did that. I watched her take my sisters and she took mine. Once the thermometer was in she would keep her thumb and pointer finger on it and watch the clock. Then she would pull it out. If she was cooking and I needed my temp taken she would put it in and have my sister hold it in. I would try to push it out and my sister would push it back in over and over. It was a game we played. Then when we heard the timer go off in the kitchen we would be really still because we knew she was on her way.

My mom had her hand on my bottom quite a bit of the time, but not every occasion. There was definitely something soothing for me about feeling her hand on my bare butt while the thermometer was inside.

I think that is generally a great thing like when listening to someones heart you can put your other hand on their shoulder just to like steady them. Same goes for the rectal temperature. It feels nice and its reassuring 😃

My mom never put her hand on my bottom when she took my temperature rectally.

I think that is generally a great thing like when listening to someones heart you can put your other hand on their shoulder just to like steady them. Same goes for the rectal temperature. It feels nice and its reassuring 😃

When my older daughter was sick with Covid and ran a high fever for a couple of days, I took her temp rectally with a new digital. Very easy to do, accurate and it took only a few seconds. I found myself unconsciously putting one of my hands on her lower back. I think Whisperess is right when she says it feels nice and is reassuring to the patient. She was scared, I was a little too. Daughter is in her early 30s, but I doubt if I’ll ever stop feeling like a mom.

Yes it was part of the ordeal. It always reinforced what was taking place and added to the sense of embarrassment.

Yes it was part of the ordeal. It always reinforced what was taking place and added to the sense of embarrassment.

The nurse At the clinic used to hold my chicks together so tight

She was big and strong

And her pointing finger was resting on top of the thermometer

I used to watch it over my shoulder or by the mirror above the doctors sink