3H Enema

HAs anyone ever had the dreaded hospital 3H (high, hot, helluvalot) enema? What was good or bad about the experience. Would it be considered a punishment enema?

Ah, my name sake enema! Hot, High, and Helluva lot.

"Hot" refers to the fact that the water is quite warm (not hot to the point where it is dangerous, but definitely hotter than 'warm'.)

"High" refers to not the height of the bag, but how far up the colon the water goes. As in a 'high enema' - this ties into the next section (e.g. volume)

"Helluva lot" refers to either a) multiple, consecutive enema applications, and/or b) the volume of solution used.

I have never had this type of enema done at a hospital, but have enjoyed them many times. Usually, the first such enema is, in fact, soapy - but not to the point where cramps are going to start immediately upon the first wave of solution entering the colon.

A 'high enema' at one point in time was considered to be 4 quarts.

A 3H hospital enema at age 11 is what got me hooked on enemas FOREVER!

It was after congenital hernia surgery and five days of no BMs. 3 Qts of hot soapy water with a huge colon tube, force-held for 20 min, and then expelled into 3 bedpans full. It was simply AWFULL - and the most marvelous cathartic experience I had ever had (to that time).

As soon as it was finished my only thought was: "Oh my, how can I get someone to do that to me AGAIN!" (Now an unending lifelong goal!) 😮

Thank God for the hospitals that gave so many enjoyable enemas during my twelve years there .As a child at seven years of age,enemas were given before surgeries and for training purposes by the new nurse trainees.By the time my hospital stay was over in 1949 I was hooked to enemas,I just had to explore a way to take enemas on my own,but that's another story.

I had a 3H for the first time in the hospital and have never really forgotten it. it turned out that it was great and the young nurses were very "helpful"in a number of ways. Have had several after that which are really special. Just not something you do every day.

What is the difference between a 3H and a regular enema?

Your ideas please.

It is a regular,depending on your point of view, enema. As I understand it, 3H stands for High, Hot and a Hell-of-a-lot. Or as I once saw a title in a medical journal (regarding enemas for women about to give child birth) High, Hot and Horrible. Most of us would go with the first description since horrible doesn't fit. Maybe wonderul is more like it.

See that I learned something to day .

I did not know the 3h had anything significant

Darwin award: don't think so, I've heard the term too often from nurses, the treatment was used extensively back in the day. BUT if you do not know what is meant by 3H, in terms of a precise measurement and temp, then anything could happen!

Today all thye use is a 1500cc bag or bucket...not a hell of a lot by most standard klismos.....less than 2 qts...if it was on the warm side probably not too uncomfortable...I think the only way nurses today get to 3H a patient is to run the water in without any concern for how hi they hold and the speed in which the enema is administered.

K2mmw,

3-H depends on who you’re talking to.

My aunt Kathy, an RN told me that in the hospital; high meant the enema had to go all the way to the far end of the colon, the cecum. Hot meant 105 to 108 degrees F. and hell of a lot meant giving the entire 2-quart can and having another 2-quart in reserve if the patient was able to tolerate the first 2-quarts and give as much of the second amount that the patient could tolerate, often most of it. This was usually done when enemas till clear was ordered and would be the last of a 3 enema series.

Marlene

Does anyone know the recipe and procedure for this treatment?I would like to know how to do one of these....

3 H can be high, hot and hell of a lot (and another H and its a 4 h for Hold it)

A 1-2-3 enema is 1 oz of Mag Sulfate, 2 oz of glycerine and 3 oz of water, put in an enema bag and given like a regular enema. You can double the recipe and its a 2-4-6 enema, Some nurses swear by these if the pt. has been lacking a BM for several days.

When I was a kid my mother used to give me 1-2-3 enemas of Epsom salts, Glycerine and hot water sometimes using an 8 oz. rectal bulb syringe. My best friend's mother gave them to him and suggested my mother try them on me when I was about 10 years old. They really made my bottom sore and I was glad she only used them once in a while. Much as I hated large soapsuds enemas and the cramping they caused, at least they didn't make my bottom as sore.

Oh yes love the 3h enema fact thats is what i call a real enema .anything less is usaly for the fun of it

That's called a high colonic and they can be very hard to take.

What hospitals still give these??? I've had a few enemas in hospitals over the years and none were pleasurable. The first at about age seventeen was nondescript and given by a bored male nurse. Another was one of several barium enemas given by two young ladies and, being of the "air contrast" variety, was very large and very unpleasant. A third that comes to mind was a Fleet given by a young and inexperienced sort of nurse who made it apparent she did not enjoy her part of the procedure.

The most enjoyable 3H enemas I've had were as a youngster given by my mother, those received by assorted GFs in times past, and those enjoyed solo.

When I was a child they all felt that way, but I am sure they were not 3H's

I did this once kinda by accident. I hung the bag a little too high and the clamp didn't work right. I got most of the bag in before the clamp worked again. Had to try it again.

john

Willing to bet none of you ever experienced a 3H enema unless you got it in a hospital a long time ago.everything I read about them indicates they were given only in extreme cases when nothing else was potent enough, or to induce labor. most of the posts on this site are from people who who are into enemas for sex and pleasure,and I doubt any of you could endure a REAL Hospital enema unless you absolutely had to, and I doubt that you would find them pleasureable,except for the B&D people......

Some 40 years ago I was in a hospital in northern Quebec for a week. A nurse there was really into giving 3H enemas. From day 2, in the morning, she'd arrive with a large enema can filled with hot soapy water and a smile on her face. There was no nozzle on the tube, but it was rounded on the edges and lubricated. She'd insert, then as the solution flowed, she'd work the tube higher and higher into me with a pleasing in and out motion. I really had no idea how far she would get it in, but it was a nice satisfying distance. With the last gurgle, she'd have me role from my side to my back and massage my abdomen. I'd have quite an erection, which embarrassed me, but she'd just glance at it, smile and continue massaging. Even with the tummy rubs, the cramps were wonderful (I was really into cramping then). After a bit, she'd let me expel while she stood at the door and watched. When it seemed I was done, I'd stand while she checked the production. Then I would wipe and get back in bed and masturbate as quietly as I could to fantasizing about my enema nurse. I was to hit the call button when I had follow up visits to get rid of the rest of the morning's enema and so I did and she watched some more. The next morning we'd do it again. Six mornings in a row and then I checked out. I wish I had gotten my nerve up to see if she wanted to play around some more since I was going to be in the neighborhood for another month. But I was chicken and have regretted it ever since. I sure enjoyed it while it lasted.

Anyone can do a 3 H enema. High, Hot (not to hot) and Hell of a lot. Add the 4th H and its Hold it. Usually given in the hospital setting for constipation.

I use my JBL sit down bag with fairly hot water. I set it on a five gallon upside down paint bucket. It has a fat, stubby, nozzle that is hard to get used to when I ease down on it..even though I use liberal amounts of lube. The pressure produced by my full sitting body weight is substantial and propels several quarts of hot , soapy water far into my colon!

Well there's things we dread and there's things we dread but also feel drawn to. I freely admit I've never had one, but if I ever needed it for real, while I"m sure i'd dread it for real, I'd probably also fantasize it afterwards.

I cannot remember receiving enemas from others when I had operations as a child but I'm sure I did. I do prefer the 3H enemas over other types except for a long, warm, and slow colonic

I fantasize about them also. I've never got one and never heard of anyone LIKING one, except a few people who post here. I don't believe ANY of them ever had one. They claim to 'enjoy' 3H enemas, which leads me to believe that you never had a REAL one!! I've read posts on All Nurse sites that indicate they are EXTREMELY Uncomfortable, and are referred to as 'DREADED'. Just sayin.....

I don't know if I ever were given a true one from Mom, but I heard her tell her mother, my grandmother, that she had given me one several times. They were very warm, very large for my size, and one hell-u-va enema that I truely learned to look forward to.

Just be careful! Work up to it SLOWLY!

it's easy to overdo it!

No, and today you probably couldn't pay to get one.

That said, in years past I coned the nurse in to getting a real enema prescribes. She couldn't make the decision herself.

It was a pretty crappy enema but the nurse was AOK. I looked at the hospital bill later and it was only about $3.

As I was tethered to a pump (fell of my bike and broke 2 ribs-punctured a lung) and I had to sit on roll-around toilet.

I remember being at an E-Fest "After Party" in someone's spacious home. I remember a certain man at the party offering to give an old "hospital" styled enema to a certain woman. I'm pretty sure that was really a 3H enema that she received or close enough. I missed out on the event when it actually happened because I was in mid conversation busy with others. Nor was I asked to participate with her receiving her enema. But I overheard the question behind my back, "Would you care to try an old hospital styled enema?" & the woman said, "Yes." & the two of them went off to a more secluded area for the actual enema. About 25 mins. later I seen the same woman after her enema. I could tell she still had cramps, slowly walking hunched over, & her eyes were wide & watery. I have a feeling that she may have been still holding the enema when she had walked by me the 2nd time. I was shocked! That had to have been one hell of an enema!... I later found out from the woman that she had wanted to experience an enema such as that. A long colon tube was fitted to an enema can that held over 2+ quarts of hot soapy water(green hospital soap)without a shut-off clamp. She was positioned in the knee/chest position. At the beginning of the enema the can filled with solution was held very low & raised high very quickly to send the solution into her bottom with great force. I imagine the colon tube was inserted pretty high up into her. But I didn't ask about that. This woman loved enemas. I've seen her at 3 different E-Fests.