Hospital Enema

I was given a hospital enema when my first child was born. my water broke at home and when i arrived i was not yet n labor. the nurse came n and announced she was giving me an enema. (i figured that out when i saw the red bag.) she told me to lay on my left side and before the enema she gave me a shot in the butt and told me it would help me relax for the delivery. she inserted the nozzle and started the flow which felt great. i remember she was very gentle and supportive..telling me that i was taking a lot and doing good. when she finished she told me to try and hold it as long as i could and left the room. the bathroom was only 10-15 steps away so when the urge came i got up to expel. while i was sitting on the potty i became very dizzy from the drug and barely made it back to the bed. when she returned she told me i shouldn't have gotten up by myself. (that would have been nice to know before she left the room.) she had also told me that if i started having contractions to take note of the time and let her know. i told her i had one contration at 4:15 after and another at 4:17. she laughed and said 'honey...u have along way to go.' i was a young teenager at the time and figured she knew what she was talking about. when she returned i told her my contractions were a minute apart and i needed to go back to the bathroom. she examined me and exclaimed 'oh my god..we need to get u to the delivery room.' to make a short story shorter my baby was born at 5:20. i was given twilight sleep for the delivery and really have no memeory of it except that deep n my mind i kept thinking i needed to go to the bathroom. so i am not really sure if it was because i still needed to expel or the fact that when u r having a baby it feels like u r shitting a watermelon anyway. :😃 i didn't really figure this out until 2 years later when i had my second child with no enema 😢 and no twilight sleep. so far this has been the only enema ever given by someone other than myself.

I work as a CNA at a local county hospital and although enemas are still used-not nowhere to the degree they used to be.We usually give prune and apple juice cocktails warmed up,MOM,mag-citrate,etc, before the Fleets are brought out.If none of those work,they'll do a disposable enema bag with castile soap in the kit.We also use GO- Lytely or Half-Lytely for certain procedures.Depending on the doc or surgeon and their usual protocal.Nurses only do enemas since it is considered an "invasive" procedure and there is risk of perforation.By our hospital protocal...not sure if Iowa has a law about CNAs doing this or not as I was trained in CNA class to give them.I think most facilities decide what CNAs can and can't do on their own.I got my CNA cert. in '80 so maybe laws changed for this too.

I have had a hospital enema, they sent the most junior nurse on the ward & she gave me a bag and tube enema and lubricated me well and truly. The tube slipped in nicely and the solution was just the right temperature, she blushed delightfully as she slid the long tube up my rear end and when finished told me to try to hold it for ten minutes before expelling. She came back in a quarter of an hour but by then I had 'been' very well indeed. It was most effective and I think we both enjoyed the experience !

During a long stay in rehab, when the fleet job had not the desired effect, they break out a pint pail with soapy water, and if that didn't work they repeated the procedure.

Yeah we give still give enemas from time to time, just not so often like they did 10-20 years ago. There are generally three different cases in which we give enemas in the hospital.

For constipation, and when dietary, laxative, and suppository remedies haven't worked, we administer the small volume Fleet enema. Many times even this doesn't work so we move on to the large volume soapsuds cleansing enema.

For surgeries involving the colon or abdominal cavity, we usually administer a series of 2 or more large volume soapsuds enemas to completely clear the colon of fecal matter.

Then there's the dreaded Barium Enema, which I have never had the misfortune to administer or receive. The girls down in radiology tell us it's no pleasant picnic. The patient has to lay on this cold table practically naked for the duration, with a large inflatable nozzle up their rectum, and at the same time having to fight the urge to expel the solution while being tilted and moved in various positions. Apparently expulsion accidents happen all the time with this procedure because the women down there talk about having to clean up the mess all the time.

I think that hospitals don't do old fashion enemas for sanitary reasons and the fact that oral laxative are lot simpler to administer and just as effective. However, now that FDA said that OTC laxatives can cause acute kidney failure, there is no way I would consider that route. I would be like bring on a bag and the bulb.

I guess as nurses you speak truthfully and respectfully I would agree...but when I was in the hospital for 7days, and did not have a BM, and on the last day I'm fully dressed and waiting for my wife to pick me up, and be discharged, and a nurse comes in, tells me to go into the bathroom and "Bend over" and gives me a fleet squirter. . Well this is a bit hard to fathom.

MT

Many institutions have a "bowel protocol" i.e. day one is milk of magnesia, day two is a suppository, and day three is an enema. The really good bowel protocols leave the type of enema up to the discretion of the nurse!

Thanks for the input [pun intended]...This particular hospital though is a medical center, its known mostly for its Cardiac Care.

Its considered as one of Florida's top 5. Which I would tend to agree with, but its nursing care is terrible. I've been there 3 times in the last 6 years, and I'll tell you its Cardiac facilities are tops...but the bed to bed patient care is not good at all. Hence the story of the Last minute enema.

My last one in a hospital was in a private room near to the nurse station, it was very professional, but I enjoyed it anyway!

Every hospital should have a bowel protocol. Ideally it should be in the order set. That is to say, usually when a person is admitted to the hospital the admitting physician has a check off list to use that specify how often vital signs are to be taken, what type of diet, and so on. Ideally this should have a "bowel protocol" that the physician could also check off when they admit their patient. In simple fashion, and abbreviated form, bowel protocols usually include something like, day1- milk of magnesia . . day 2 - give patient a suppository & day 3 - the enema.

I feel that one reason bowel work is so much ignored in the hospitals today is that the stays are so much shorter that they used to be. Also, we now days have an aversion to bowel function and are busy rubbing ourselves all over with anti-bacterial gel, but I won't go there at this time.

Regardless, I have seen some huge and sometimes serous problems arise because of lack of attention to bowel management. To all healthcare providers I would say, if your facility has a bowel protocol, make sure your physicians check it off and you keep diligent track of your patient's bowel activity. If your facility doesn't have a bowel protocol, you should write one and forward it to your supervisors for review and approval. I have written bowel protocols before and when I have written them I have always included as much latitude for the nursing staff as possible, i.e. Fleets or soapsuds enema, etc.

If you are a patient, I would say keep staff informed if you are having problems and keep after them until something is done about it. If you want a soapsuds enema tell them, "I want a soapsuds enema, and you can go use that Fleets for mouthwash!" Well, maybe you shouldn't say that, but it is okay to ask for a soapsuds enema instead of a Fleets if that is what you prefer. Keep in mind that when you go to a facility, even though the ID may say RN, there is still different levels of skill, competency and professionalism behind each RN badge. Never assume everything will be taken care of for you. For instance, if they tell you you do not need to worry about your bowels, you may just be talking to a nurse or doc that is too lazy to do anything about it. I know it sounds sad, but it is true. You need to be your own patient advocate.

Well, I am jumpin' off my Ivory soapbox now!

I've been in and out of hospitals from age 2, now 55 and have had many enemas suppositories, barium enemas, colonoscopys, fleet enemas and colon washouts with tube, funnel, fleet and washout last year so they still do them here in Wales UK

You can't even BEG for a real enema in a hospital any more. "Oh, we will try these pills." OR, "I will see if the Dr. will order a FLEET." I feel it may be btter to just suffer in silence. You will get an ARGUMENT about the topic, from both Dr and nurses.

Walt

I was given an enema in the mid 80's at a local hospital prior to undergoing a barium enema X-ray. To my surprise it was a large volume soapsuds one from a clear Vinyl disposable bag & plastic hose/rectal tube.

When I entered the rather large waiting area, already double gowned and wearning paper slippers, I discoverd I was among a mix-gender group of approximately a dozen patients in similar attire. After signing in I took my seat before noticing the closed door to a small examining room between the waiting area and the X-ray lab.

When the door opened a young nurse in scrubs called the woman seated directly in front of me. As she got up and walked through the open door, I spied the full enema bag hung, not from an IV stand as I would have though, but instead from a hook on the wall directly above the small, white exam table. As the door closed on the rest of us the last words I could make out were: "now this won't be too uncomfortable"

By now I was both a little apprehensive, and being a hopeless Klysmo, more than a little excited. Time passed slowly as another three names were called, and the door to the little room opened and closed. Finally, it was my turn to be called and with my heart in my throat I followed the nurse into the small examining room.

There it was, the plump clear bag two thirds full with gray soapsuds, the long plastic hose/nozzle draped over the top, already lubed and waiting.

The young woman was professional and businesslike as she instructed me to remove my top gown before assuming a position on my side facing the wall.

If there was one thing I recall most about the experience is that it was over way too soon. It seems like only minutes after she instructed me to keep my cheeks together that I felt her withdraw the tube and direct me to the adjoining bathroom. When I looked up, more than a fourth of the bag was left. I kind of felt cheated. My mom used to do much better. Anyway, it beat getting one of those puny fleet squeeze bottles, or worse, having to do it myself at home as is now usually the case.

At any rate, the air contrast barium enema I was soon to get next door made up for any lack of volume I got in prep. But, that's another story.

That last time I got an enema in the hospital was in 1981. Not sure if they still give them anymore. My wife had some serious surgery about 10 weeks ago and they did not give her one. Just about everything they use on patients these days is disposable so if they do give enemas I am sure that equipment is disposable too.

Had an operation a while back ago for Haemorrhoids. Part of the prep included a "present" from the nurse in the form of a Fleet enema. My nurse was male and was not that keen on receiving that from him and, sensing this the senior sister decided to step in. We used to get traditional soap and water enemas at school if we were constipated or if we had the runs and those were fine; the Fleet was really unpleasant; it stung and felt very uncomfortable waiting for expulsion (it took about 20 minutes to take effect) and the sister rammed it in but missed the hole which was not funny as the nozzle is quite sharp. The operation was a success but had two weeks of real hell but feel that in the long run it will be worth it.

Prior to the operation I used enemas in the past to relieve mild constipation and the aggravation it caused from straining but will have to see how my new hole responds. My doctor was quite relaxed about the use of enemas post op to avoid straining as it takes up to 3 months for the nerves in the anus to regain their full function and everything feels a little numb down there at the moment. Incidentally, I gather from my surgeon (a top man) that the anus is extremely complex and is one of the few "organs" that can distinguish between solid, liquids and air - try doing that with your hands!!! ???

The last time I got an enema in hospital is more than 15 years ago. The nurse gave me a fleet enema. She had brown hair and was in her mid-40s I remember. I never got one with an enema can or bag. However, sometimes I wish I will get one in hospital by a female nurse whether she's young or old. The idea makes me feel aroused. On the other hand, hospitals in general are not a place where I wanna be.

After reading all the posts I guess i'll have to admit my twelve years in the hospital was like enema heaven. There were no fleets then, just friendly nurses who made my enemas comfortable and satisfying.They only used a simple funnel and red colon tube on me, but the way they performed in detail and friendliness is what sets them apart from todays hard and cold nurses.

I can never forget when the new nurse recruits came into the ward for their enema training.The head nurse would select those boys to be used. Luckily I was on the list to be wheeled into the large bathroom where the nurse recruits were waiting with smiles on their faces. As a twelve year old kid, I loved the attention and couldn't wait for what was to come.

I have had enemas on two hospital visits as a child in school between 3rd and 6th grade. Both were in prep for a barium enema. The nurse came to my semi-private room very early in the morning, I was still asleep. She had previously prepared a disposable bag (which I took home with me after my release). I was awakened when she pulled my pajama bottoms down. She had me lay on my side and proceeded with the enema. After it was done, she told me to expel and not flush so she could verify it was clear. The first was not so we did it again. The barium enema was no big deal either. When it was over, I was allowed to expel in a nearby bathroom. The tech barged into the bathroom with the disposable bag and balloon nozzle and placed it in the trash. I was so fascinated with the size and shape of that nozzle and the fact that it was inside me. I had an erection the whole time I was on the toilet and kept thinking of a way to smuggle that nozzle out with me. I can't really afford a balloon nozzle today....

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I have never had an enema tho.. How do they feel? Are they always uncomfortable? do they even make u feel better or are they just old medical practices that people like to try? Someone please reply.

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Lilla, you need to get an enema bag or fountain syringe and take an enema.

Fill a bag with warm, body temperature water, hang the bag about three feet from the floor, lay on your back so you can just relax, lubricate yourself and insert the nozzle. After it is in place for a minute or two, open the clamp and let the water flow for several seconds then close the clamp. Let the water circulate through your colon, then open the clamp again for a few seconds to let in more water and close the clamp again. Do this until you feel comfortably full, then expel the enema.

The primary sensation you will feel is one of fulness and pressure building in your abdomen. This is what most enema enthusiasts enjoy. For some, this sensation is an acquired taste, kind of like learning to enjoy sharp cheeses. Many of us enjoy masturbating while we hold an enema. After expellng the enema, most people experience a feeling of relaxation, lightness and calm.

After expelling, you can do it again. Usually, for a beginner, you should wait 10-20 minutes between enemas. As you become more experienced, you will figure out more of what you like and you will probably have new questions on the topic, which can be answered here or in a personal message.

I would imagine over the years I have had 40 - 50 enemas in hospitals. Going back to the early '60's they were a daily affair from every type of equipment imaginable. Bulbs when I was very young but the most common was the enema can. I even recall around '64 having minor surgery and was surprised by the dedication to cleaning me out. Later when I went for surgery the anesthesia was given in an enema. The first and only time and I would have to say it was much better then the face mask with the horrible smelling gas. I also remember waking up without the usual sick feeling from surgery.

Last time I was hospitalized the only mention of an enema was made after three days of constipation. By then it was no longer a desire for eroticism, just a need for relief 😄

While never admitted overnight, I had several diagnostic procedures during the eighties and nineties that reulted in my receiving an enema from nurse / technicians.

The first one occured when I reported to the G.I. clinic at my local hospital for a rigid proctoscope exam. When asked about the Fleet disposable enema that had been prescribed, I replied that it did not seem to have worked well. Upon hearing this, the nurse behind the desk ushered me into the adjoining treatment room and anounced that she would give me something to better prepare me for the exam. I was both a little nervous & excited at the prospect of getting my first hospital enema. On that score, I was not to be dissapointed.

The not unatractive, thirty something, nurse had me change into an examination gown and lie on my left side on the paper covered exam table while she prepared the enema in an adjoing room. On a scale on 1 to 10. This one rated a five in my "I love enemas" memory bank. The one liter of soapy water was admistered perfunctionaly and without comment by the very quiet and businesslike nurse. Once the clear Vinyl bucket that hung a few feet above my hips emptied, she withdrew the tip and ,as she left the room, cautioned me to "hold it in for a few minutes" before using the bathroom. While this enema lacked the drama and excitement of the ones that I got from my mom as a child, they did add to a list of pleasant enema memories.

As an added bonus, as it were, this same nurse assisted the doctor during my proctoscope exam in which I was bent face down over a powered exam table that lifted my bottom up high in the air in an exagerated kneeling position giving clear access to both the doctor and my nurse as they inserted the long, rigid tube up into my Sigmoid flexture.

During an overnight hospitalization last year for a heart exam a very attractive nurse handed me a stool softener pill, which didn't work and wasn't particularly needed anyway. It was a far cry from the enamaled enema can people can remember from years ago.

Kinda on the same subject ...how can you get an emergency room enema? sounds funny but i have tried to say i am constipated or have not been and afraid my hemorr will act up...nothing works...is there something you can say in the emergency room that will get you the enema.... no i am not sick!!! ha

Never had one in the hospital or emergency room, but it just doesn't sound that good to me.

Never had one, but have wondered about the techniques of the procedure. Would probably not enjoy it as my use is pleasure, not medicinal.

E3636....hospital enemas.

I have had many hospital enemas...ER and clinic. In all cases I said that self-enemas didn't work 'cause I'd quit too soon. That would do it....sometimes humorusly, like you won't quit this one! Only once was I handed a couple of Fleets. I simply refused them and left.

Hope that helps you.

the boxcar

During my hospital stay with renal colic(kidney stone)I was given morphine injections in the tush usually by a nice looking nurse. The problem is that I became very constipated , my nurse, after I had completed breakfast,asked me out of the blue if I wanted her to give me an enema. I was in my late twenties, so was she ,I became very flushed I told her I had already used a suppository.If we had been on a date ,and went back to my place it would have been a different story

I had an enema in the hospital back in the day when if you didn't poop for 3 days that is what you got. You never heard of anybody getting a laxative back then. I was around 6 or 7 and I can remember the nurse filling me till it hurt and with me asking her to stop. I certinly don't remember enjoying that at all.

Bill