Bent over the Bathtub

I have tried to fold a towel over the ledge and bend my torso over it, with my legs in the tub, but this is not always the most comfortable position. I've tried a stool on the outside of the tub to support my chest and this helps to some degree.

I do want to note that my over the side of the tub enemas were different than what Willy Nilly describes in that mother used vaseline to lubricate the nozzle and my backside rather than the soap that his aunt used for his cousins. I also want to mention that I never had a bulb enema contrary to what many children experienced.

The way I've heard it described twice was bent over the side, resting elbows (or forearms) on the bottom of the tub. This necessitates the knees being off the floor and no pressure on the abdomen. And it provides a position where gravity helps, as per Liquidsky's question.

It's not the most comfortable position long term, but it can be held for awhile.

Rijames: Do you mean that instead of kneeling on the floor you were kneeling on something elevated, such as a stool?

Pecannutjob: I've never been in that position myself, but from what I understand you start out on your knees, but in order to get your elbows on the floor of the tub, you have to get you knees off the floor, so essentially you're on your forearms and toes.

Give it a try and let us know what it takes. 😃

OK, turns out is you still rest on your tummy. I guess it just gets the hips up in the air further.

You are correct rijames my Mom used this position when I was a child the idea is to get the hips higher, but you are still on your knees your back is straight and you sort of lean over the edge of the bathtub.

I always received my enemas in that manner. It also provided some safety in the event of an accident in the bathroom, by leaking into the tub. Gross but it was a good safety net.

I have tried that position. Really uncomfortable in either case of stomach against tub wall or even chest on top of tub wall. There does not seem much advantage as an adult in this position. The tub is too high for the butt to be elevated and the position makes it difficult to insert the nozzle yourself.

Mine were given to me, just bent-over the toilet, but it seems like I did get an enema, bent-over the edge of the bathtub, too. The whole idea, as mentioned, was to get your butt into the air, so the enema would flow-downward. Also, the stomach needed to be free, so it wouldn't cause pain, as the enema did flow into you. My mother always took hers, laying on the floor, on her side, with a matt under her, there. Many times she left the enema hanging on the towel rack, above, and the matt on the floor, with an open jar of Vaseline, near-by. I walked in on her a couple of times 😃 She forgot to lock the door, and I didn't know what was going on, until we were both embarrassed 😉 OK, for her to see my bare butt,, and privates, but not the other way around. . .not fair, huh? 😃

Actually, if you are bent over one of the old clawfoot bathtubs. very little of your abdomen is pressing against the tub and it is mostly your pelvis pressing against the tub, with most of your abdomen hanging free. I remember standing on a small stool to bend over the edge of one of these old bathtubs and I was so small and lithe it was effortless. Not so now days and it would be very uncomfortable and so that is why I now take my enemas lying on my back in the bathtub.

We always got our enemas in the bathroom, over mom's knee. Three injections of warm soapy water with a bulb syringe. Before the enemas, we usually got our rectal temperatures taken.

I got most of my enemas before 4 yrs over Gradma's lap with the 4 oz bulb. After 4 or 5, she moved me to a footstool so that I could kneel with my chest over a towel on her tub side. I still got the 4 oz bulb, and she slowly increased the number of bulbs. Soon she switched me to the 8 oz adult bulb, and soon I was getting 4 bulbs full. She slowly increased to 8 bulbs, and switched me to the 2 qt bag. By 12, I was enjoying these twice weekly sessions, and started smeaking them when Mom & Grandma weren't home. Ome day, Mom left her 12 oz douche bulb out while they went shopping. I undressed and ran a tubful of warm water, then swished a bath bar of Ivory until it was milky. I lubed the receiving orifice liberally with Vaseline, then that long, curved BIG douche nozzle. I climbed in, filled her douche and eased it home. I got so carried away that I lost count, and eventually the enema had its way with me. I drained the tub, showered and cleaned up her douche bulb. Mom noticed that her bulb was wet, and confronted me. I 'fessed up, and got a stern lecture about cross contamination. Then, she put me over the side of the tub and gave me the best enema ever! Until I left for college, Mom was always ready to use the douche if I asked her. (Of course, she replaced the bulb with a new one for her use only. The old one stayed in the bathroom for our special times) There enemas were just for us...Grandma continued my twice weekly bags over her tub side. Back then, bags routinely held 4 qts, and by college, I was too.

I've found that over the tub is uncomfortable but a towel can help. I prefer them standing with legs spread and hands in tub. This presents a nicely positioned bottom ready for the nozzle. My long term partner would sometimes use a stool in the bathroom and bend over on it. I got similar enemas as a child so that position was pretty hot for me to administer.

As I've gotten older, I've found my best position is to lie on my back, lift my butt in the air and slide a softly padded foot stool under my hips. I can insert my lubed finger and then the nozzle and the solution is forced down into my belly which feels good and cleans me out much better than any other position. It is sometimes difficult to get up from this position as quickly as needed but otherwise it is a very good position. And if needed I can masturbate with ease as the solution does it's work.

After I graduated from over the knees my mother had me bent over the bathtub. Basically chest resting on the rim, hands on the tub floor, tile floor padded with towels. This left my stomach free and without pressure and my butt accessible. Mother sat on the toilet holding the nozzle in place with one hand and controlling the steel clamp with the other hand. The Rexall Victoria syringe hung on the towel rack, but my mother would often raise it to get in the very last of the water.

My mother and her sisters were big believers in the benefits of a good enema and I found myself bent over the tub fairly frequently when growing up.

Yep, @Erwin, that's my preferred position too for the same reasons and with the same difficulty getting up when the time comes. I have often wondered if lying on the edge of a bed mattress that has side stiffeners to keep it from collapsing might not be better with a water proof sheet and towels to lay on and the bag hanging from a portable coat rack or something. I have invented a hanger using a photographers tripod light base and a metal hook in the rod. (This position also brings back warm memories from when Mom would give my two younger brothers their enemas in the position.) I don't remember getting enemas as a kid. I guess I was too healthy and our parents only gave them enemas when they were sick.

When taking an enema, pressure on the lower bowel is never a good thing.

I try to avoid it as much as possible/

That would be a too-obvious cause of lower bowel pressure

This would have been in the 1950s. I friend related this story. She hated enemas and would resist. So her mother would have her grandmother (who lived in the flat upstairs) come down and help. As soon as realized an enema would happen, she'd be told to cooperate. When she refused, she was dragged to the bathroom stripped and draped over the edge of the tub. The grandmother would hold her in place and the mother took a belt and gave her a spanking. Then the nozzle and completed the enema.

She said later she wondered why it took her so long to get the idea to cooperate. She said that she was spanked before an enema dozens of times. Quite frankly, I wasn't as stubborn, I tried to avoid being spanked. so after the first one I'd have cooperated. In those days the parents what they thought best and the child was forced to obey.

Pressure on the abdomen by bending over the edge of the tub, or lying on your belly makes for an uncomfortable enema.

Looking back to bathrooms in the golden years, you will note they were generally smaller than todays. So you could lay down on the floor, with the giver sitting on the toilet. Or turn around, lean on the edge of tub, with your butt now in front of the toilet and your mom. Mom can now comfortably reach and insert the nozzle, hold the bag and fill you. Then as your cramps churn away, she can. get you over the potty, quickly, avoiding any mess. So, I think it had to be the givers comfort, room size and access to potty that had the enema receivers kneeling over the edge of the tub.

To be honest I am not a fun of bathtub enemas, I think the comfort provided by a bed is much, much better.

I understand that some people would want have enemas in the bathtub because of the potential risk of leaking. However, I must say that in many, many years I've never seen leaks that cannot be easily neutralised by a towel spread out on the bed!

To be honest I am not a fun of bathtub enemas, I think the comfort provided by a bed is much, much better.

I understand that some people would want have enemas in the bathtub because of the potential risk of leaking. However, I must say that in many, many years I've never seen leaks that cannot be easily neutralised by a towel spread out on the bed!

When I give enema to patients in my house I ever do them on exam table I have in 1 of my 2 living rooms. That means that I easily can clean table afterwards and it is very comfy for patient to receive an enema.

The first over the side of the tub mentioned by op is how I received my first enemas.

Bending over the side of the tub is not a comfortable position for me. Over the tub and over the toilet enemas were mom's preferred positions of my youth and although I have many fond (and sometimes erotic) memories of those sessions, I prefer a more relaxed position.

I do occasionally enjoy a stimulating tub enema though after I've cleaned out (usually with one soapy fill followed by a clear water rinse). Reclining in warm water while filling and pleasuring myself without concern over making a mess is a great way to relax and enjoy a stimulating enema.

The early 1950's bathtub in the house would have made that a gymnastical nightmare anyway. The top of the bathroom towelchest was improvised into a very effective "enema table". A old blanket covered the top--2 foam pillows at the south end supplied the Dr.advised "butt up" (elevated) position--with a third pillow to lay my head on. My legs dangled down at the south end. It was actually a fairly comfortable position that gave the parental enema giver a lot of control . It was almost like getting any enema "over the lap".

I could imagine bend over bathtub could provide quit erotic view for giver, but then again any position provides great view for giver, well that also depends on shape of receiver bum.

On the other hand it might be not the most comfortable position for receiver, to increase comfort, it would be good to use towel and place it on the floor, so that receiver could knee on it and also to put another towel over the edge of the bath, as edge of the bathtub could be quit cold.

Once I turned 10 or 11 my enemas from mom were over the edge of the tub. A towel under my elbows resting on the edge of the tub and a towel over a bath mat for my knees to rest on. The bathroom was small so mom would sit on the toilet lid holding the bag. Quite enjoyable as she gave them slowly.

The ' bend over the bathtub rim ' was always our ' go to ' position for the ' rinse enema in our home . Mom had a blanket over the rim to fend off the uncomfortable effects of the cold porcelain on my young body . She draped the blanket down into the bottom of the bathtub and also provided a pillow for my head to rest upon and a pillow for my knees with a large towel over the ' knee pillow ' as I was so positioned . All in all , as prepped the ' over the bathtub ' , which was a form of the ' knee - chest ' position , ' bottoms up ' experience was not a bad one . Mom said she could instill most or all of the warm water only enema into my colon when so positioned and yes ………… the feeling of being so ' enemaed ' as per was a wonderful experience to this then growing up boy and into adulthood as well . It was as an adolescent as to the over the bathtub ' knee chest ' position that mom made the transition from the ' adult rectal pipe ' to the much larger ' douche nozzle ' for my rinse enema fanny penetration .

Never had enema in this position, probably that would be quite uncomfortable to lean on. Although I had few enemas in bathroom while being on all fours on the towel, which was left on the floor. Some were given with bulb and other with bag. Some self administered.