Which way to take a temperature would you prefer?

Rectally would be great, but I'd have to get a broken jaw for that to happen so I think I may just stick to the fantasy.

Rectally with old fashioned glass thermometer.

I want to amend my prior post. I think I might like it taken rectally. As has been said it is so invasive and embarrassing. Short of an enema I would enjoy the embarrassment equally as much.

After I learned about rectal temps and knowing its the most accurate. I take it daily and rectally no other way!

I haven't had my temperature taken rectally since I was a kid but I love anal play, so this has me curious, I might go take it now 😉

But I only have a digital thermometer. Oh well, it could still be fun.

I prefer rectal, butt i am a realist.

At clinics, i settle for anything else, because i must. My second fav is oral, then ear.

It's all done rectally in my household. I take my husband's and two sons' temperatures rectally, as well as my own. Besides being the most accurate method, there's also the benefit of not worrying about coughing or sneezing if the thermometer is up the butt instead of in the mouth. An accurate rectal reading has helped me make the decision whether or not I take a sick kid to the doctor right away.

Retally, of course. Is there any other way? Probably never get a dr or nurse to take that way, but at home, for my wife and me, only rectal will do, whether really sick, or just playing.

Far as I'm concerned rectally is the only way.

I take my temperature rectally in play and when I'm really sick.

I only use other methods when I want to compare the readings.

Definitely rectal.

In my 62 years, I've never been given a choice. Most have been oral, a few by ear. Never to my knowledge rectal, though it is possible that happened when I was an infant or toddler back in the 1950s.

I greatly prefer rectal temps so that's what I do when I'm at home. I definitely prefer it rectally, on my stomach or side. Or on all fours, when it's foreplay. My fiance and I are both big fans of it. In less intimate settings I let whoever the professional is make that decision, almost always oral in my experience.

I like rectally. 😃

I recently switch to rectal when I am sick at home, did it only for play before. Cannot, somehow, imaging getting it taken that way by a real nurse or doctor, but then again you never know what may happen... My fiance, too, does take it for play sometimes, but she not a huge fan I must admit -- maybe just yet...

I prefer taking my temperature rectally - of course. Most often I am lying in on my stomach in my bed with the thermometer half the way in. Then I am holding it in place for at least five minutes before I remove it.

Question: Is it still possible to buy a large rectal thermometer? Who would have them?

Rectal, every time

I prefer oral. If my head is really congested so that I'm breathing through my mouth, then I like having it taken in my ear.

Tarragon asked two weeks ago if it is still possible to buy a rectal thermometer. I think I read in another thread that they can be found at veterinary supply stores.

If that doesn't work, try buying one of the digital quick read thermometers like many medical offices use. These use a disposable sheathe over the probe. I suspect they would work equally well in any orifice of the body.

Vet Supply stores such as Tractor Supply have these thermometers, even with a loop at the end to hold a line so you can't "loose" it in the patient.

Well, I think I like to give and receive rectal temps on hands and knees, bottom way up, just like this nice woman demonstrates in this classic video. .http://xhamster.com/movies/4062561/rectal_temperature_7_mariangiangiangela.html

Rectal temp prone.

Rectal! The only way in my opinion. Pants down, laying on tummy, and red tipped thermometer inserted for a minimum of five full minutes. No other way.

Rectal works well for me both for play and if I'm ill.

At home, my wife and I only do rectal - if alone, on oneself, if we're both in house, the spouse "plays nurse". So if I'm sick my wife has me "roll over" or get over her knee twice a day for temperature time.

At hospitals, nowadays, only tympanic thermometers are still in use, it seems. When I was a kid (in France), the nurse would give the thermometers to the patients, for rectal use (under the sheets to preserve modesty), then collect them a few minutes later (glass thermometers take time to register). More tedious and slow (they had to go twice through the rooms).

I'm glad, and a bit envious... 😉 , that your spouse is happy to play nurse, Pecan nutjob. I especially like your comments about the over-the-knee aspect. My wife has been nice enough to humor me occasionally with an OTK RT, but isn't really into it, so that takes away a bit from the fun.

Rectally

Rectally laying on my tummy.

Rectally lying face down is my preferred option. However, in a non-fantasy clinical setting I'd expect oral/ear/temporal.

Definitely on my tummy, it's how I always had it done as a kid. And when I take someones temp I like to have them on their tummy too.