How times have changed

Curly, it is very unfortunate that some are so close minded about enemas.

klyster3

Mom was made a believer of enemas by her doctor and our pediatrican. Enemas cured everything, even if they didn't we always felt better so we didn't get another one. Never over 2 days without pooping and for a fever over 100f. Mom followed the standards for herself. Found out years later the her doc and my doc were married. Wonder what went on in their home?

Born in 1958 with Spina Bifida enemas were an almost daily issue with me. Received 100's of enemas from a variety of nurses and my Mom. Every nurse at the time knew how to use a variety of enema equipment. Fast forward to today and most nurses don't even know how to give a Fleet let alone a proper SS enema. The drug companies have taken over and it is not for the benefit of the patient but to keep a profitable market feeding their bottom line. I fear that if I were in the hospital now for an extended stay there would be no one that would have a clue how to manage a bowel program that isn't drug based.

We once had an older book written by a doctor pertaining to health practices and treatments administered via the enema. It was as thick as a Farmer's Almanac. Different herbs and tinctures were "prescribed" for common illnesses that were dissolved and then delivered via a bag of warm water and that mixture. And, the prescribtion always did what it was supposed to do. We used it several times to aid when one of us was feeling puny. I cannnot remember the name of the book but this is creating enough curiosity as to where this wonderful treasure my be that I will begin going through packed away items. It must have been packed during a move.

The first enema that I can remember was when I was 20 years old and in labor for my first child. A nurses aid walks into the room where I had been just sitting and waiting to be told what to do next. "Git up here on this table and roll over on your left side." She had said these words so many times to so many different women about to give birth. She seemed indifferent. But I felt terror and humiliation when she raised a large silver can of soapy water and hooked it to a pole. The tubing had no nozzle. This was to be a cleansing process that would take place regardless of the intensity of labor I was already experiencing. She wormed that hose up my anus with no gentleness present in her soul. It was a struggle to hold the fluid but she was "in control" and would bark at me that I had to take the whole can to help the baby be born. The flow was so fast and it intensified the contractions nature had already started.

It took me years to associate pleasure to receving an enema.

I received countless enemas in the 60's as a child. I dreaded them, but found them erotic as well, even as a child. Then started sneaking them when I had the house to myself. I'll never forget the fear and embarrassment when I got caught at age 10.

I was born in 1943, and I can remember when I was a young boy, there was shops in my city selling enema-equipments. You could see it in shopwindows, a lot of bulbs, cans tubes. It was my most exciting shopwindows in all my city, but I was always afraid to be catched or discovered when I took my way in front of the shop, and trow my eys in that direction.

To day there are non shops like that in my city, only farmacies but there are nothing exibited any more.A litle sad, if you ask me.

I have read posts on this site that enemas are all but dead in the medical profession. I have just changed doctors because, unfortunately, the new lady doc they gave me at the clinic would not write a script for a Barium Enema for cancer screening like my last lady doc did.I get very sick from oral laxitives,and wont do a colonoscopy.I only have 1 kidney, and don't want anesthesia, or chemicals in my bloodstream, so, I went to another Doc,(an older Gent close to my age) who's into Natural cures and vitimines,and told him I have no problem with going for another Barium Enema if I can prep for it the old fashioned way ,with Soap Suds Enemas till Clear, like I did the first time 2-1/2 years ago.the only trouble is, no more girlfriend to prep me.he said he was ok with it, and will LOOK FOR SOMEONE TO PREP ME !! needless to say, every time I think about this,my heart pounds, and I get Cotton Mouth.I've been fantasizing about this happening for DECADES,and I pray that he finds a retired nurse who knows how to give an Enema that I'll never forget!! Insurance wont pay for the prep,so I'll have to, but I'll go into DEBT so as not to miss this. I told my doc on my first visit that enemas have been part of my life for 60 yrs, and I tolerate them very well. I also will ask him how big the enemas will be, and inform him that it took my EX 4- 3 1/2liter soapsuds enemas to get me clean for the first BE. I will keep you posted as this progresses....

Yes, times have changed. It isn't that the role of the enema has changed while all else stood still.

The OP asked about the days of Mom administered enemas. I doubt there was much thrill involved. Giving kids, and yes Dad too, was a par of the Mom job description. Just like changing the baby's diaper. Then baby really was a baby. Gender roles were more strictly defined and few questioned them.

Now those gender roles are pretty much gone. Yes, women still have all the babies, but that's about it. And I embrace the changes. But that doesn't mean the enema is out the window.

Yes it is a different world. But we still poop, and have trouble pooping. So we still need the enema.

I found evidence of enemas in use twice back in the 50's. When I was maybe 8 or 9 I went into our bathroom at home and saw the damp enema bag hanging from a wall hook, with hose hanging down. I'm guessing my mother had given herself an enema just before I got home from school and hadn't put the bag away yet. Considering that neither of us made a "scene" indicates that enemas were about as ho-hum as a toothbrush (even though enemas turned me on then). A second time was visiting a friend when I was maybe 15. His father had died so lived alone with mother. On evening I went in their bathroom and there was the enema bag hanging up with a distinct smell of it having just been used by his mother -- the usual "outhouse smell." I figured she just had a cleanout and maybe forgot to put it away? Or was in a rush to get back to her bedroom to finish finding "relief?" Wondered if the adults knew that some of their kids got an erotic thrill from anything to do with enemas -- guessing they did.

When I was about 8 or 9 in the mid fifties, looking in a blanket box, I found an oval box with a label Ingram's Enema. Inside was a higginson type syringe. I don't know who used it. My Mum never gave me an enema, so maybe she took one herself. In England, in those days, enemas were not in evidence or discussed outside hospitals. My Mum never said the word to me, and, to be perfectly honest, I don't know if she knew that had had them quite frequently in hospital. Only twice in my life have I heard them spoken about. Once a lady who we knew had colitis, said that she had been given olive oil enemas. The second time was when a neighbour was talking about her French au pair, who was in dire distress, unable to open her bowels. She said that they would have to call the doctor to give her an enema. I also came across the French propensity to reach for a suppository. My French pen pal wasn't feeling well and announced that she would have a suppository. My Mum's face was a picture as she asked ”Pas pour constipée". But then the English tend to be very buttoned up about their bowels! Back to the Ingram's enema. I had great fun playing with it, but my Mum never caught me. Then it suddenly disappeared.

The Higginson's is still a favorite toy of mine, and it gets much use. I discovered it later in life, as mom was a bag lady. (enema bag) The enema bag was always hanging in the bathroom, and in between routine enemas, I would often sneak one or two, running the risk of being caught. I saw a Higginson's syringe being used in Japanese photo shoot, posted in an enema magazine, and knew I had to get one! Once I found out how versatile they were, I was hooked, and now own several!

Does anybody watch old movies on the tube. The female movie stars, when enemas were in vogue and Mae West was taking at least one a day, had very little butts. Now, when enemas are not near as common, full rounded beautiful and sexy female butts are common. Oh, how I like to see those luscious female behinds.Give a bunch of them mental enemas every day. Oh well, fantasy ain't nothing like the real thing but it beats nothing. (I think)

View6, But we can't make the mental jump to tie cause and effect.

The movie ladies of yester year were cast for those roles.

Their enemas did not lead to them pooping their butts off.

Quincy, I was thinking of their bodies, not the rolls they were cast in.

Enemas were a normal part of our household. My two sisters and I all got them and the enema bag was often seen out drying after use. Nobody gave it much of a second thought. If I happened to be at a friend's house and the bag was out I knew what it had been used for. I suspect that on occasion some of my friends saw our family's bag out, too. I've mentioned elsewhere here that our family had two bags: a combination syringe for enemas and an open top that I later learned was what my mother used for douching. The latter bag was seldom seen so I guess that while the equipment is similar the use is what determined if it was more private or public.

I remember my grandmother back in the 70s when I was a child defrost her freezer with an enema bag and enema nozzle. She had an old refrigerator and didn't care who was there when she used it to melt the ice build up. I guess enemas were a lifestyle and the people of that era didn't feel anything wrong with enemas or the equipment used for them.

I got enemas in 70s too ,a lot

I got many enemas as a child in the 50's and probably the 40's as well. Now parents don't even want to talk about giving enemas.

I don't know exactly when the change started, but I remember that I was in about 12 or so....when my Mother's doctor told her to stop and I mean stop giving me enemas and start giving me oral laxatives instead. About that time, tv became loaded with laxative commercials as well. Mom and I often talked about it as we both grew older. Mom always thought the medical community was in with the pharmacy companies making the laxatives. Both parties became rich from this stupidity. Real Enemas only cost pennies and are quick acting.. Fleet enemas are nothing more than products of the pharmacy industry.....

I grew up in the 60s - 70s and the enema was a everyday fact, when I would stay home from school or had a stomach ache or just didn`t feel good, we received an enema. once our bag had a leak and my mom barrowed our neighbors bag to use, enema bags and bulbs where the norm and where well talked about in the doctors office and public. I was married to someone 3 years younger than me and now date someone 6 years younger than me and they had nothing with enemas or talked about them in they`re lives and only when they had they`re children did they receive enemas, my girl friend now only got the enema with her first of four children which really surprised me, the really don`t use them in the medical field any more.

To update my post,I went back to my Doc a few days ago, and he informed me that he FOUND a NURSE who works in a hospital (didn't say which one) that does side work,and explaned my situation to her, and she has AGREED to prep me for the Barium Enema the old fashioned way with SOAP SUDS ENEMAS till CLEAR!!!!! for the first time in a LOONG time, I got butterflys in my stomach. he gave her my phone no. and I am awaiting her call. I made sure to explain to him that I have been cleansing for decades, and 2 qt enemas would take hours to clean me out enough for the RAD TECHS to do the BE. I also told him that when my EX prepped me for the first BE 3yrs ago, it took her 4- 3 1/2 qt soapsuds enemas to get me clean. I just wanted him to make sure she didn't use 1-1/2 liter kiddie enemas they give you in the hospital nowadays. he will write the order after I talk to her!!! I guess this blows away the Idea that Enemas are dead in the medical field!!! I pray Nurse Nancy makes this the most Challenging event I've ever had!!! I will keep you posted..... :-) I feel like I won the lottery !!!!!!! :-) ......

Born in 1940 I have lived to see the dark years after the Second World War, but I remember even in these severe times in the case of an illness enemas and Castor Oil were aivailable.

I think the 1970's saw the end of the true "golden age" of enemas. Although you could still purchase a good Faultless enema bag well into the 1980's, and could even still buy fetish magazines of enemas, the days of being able to find a selection of enema gear at any pharmacy was well over!!!

Well, my Doc told me my Nurse had surgery, and that's why I haven't gotten the call from her, but he's looking for another. going back to see him Wed, and hopefully will have some good news. keep you posted....

One of the best things about this site is that brings you into contact with a diverse group of people and subject matter. The whole Golden Age of enemas topic was totally unknown to me until I started learning about it here on zity. I grew up just after that time period and so I really never experienced it as a child. As puberty hit, I found myself more and more anal erotic and I discovered my parents enema equipment. That is how my enema adventure started. I can only wonder what it would have been like to be given enemas on a regular basis growing up. I would imagine it would have fanned my anal desires even more.

Yes I missed the Golden Age but I quickly caught up on my own.

I think it's more into eroticism today

I my opinion in all ages there have been individuals sensitive to anal stimulation, which I think is at the base of the erotic use of the enemas.

So they saw the erotic aspect of enemas even though were in common use.

I think they were very lucky people: they had a lot more opportunities in everyday life!

In our modern era the most serious threat to our loved erotic enemas are many vulgar pornographic videos with scenes so fake that they are just ridiculous :-(

Ladies, wouldn't it be a nice surprise when you call your doctor because your spouse is sick in bed with a fever, and the doctor or nurse recommends that you give an enema?

For about 20 years our family doctor was an amazing woman who retired in her late 70s. I remember the first time when I called because my husband was sick, and I knew he had not been to the bathroom. "Men don't like anything in their backsides," Dr. Grams joked. (We called her Grams because she was like a grandmother to us.) "Tell him that he needs to have an enema, and if he doesn't let you give it, I'll come over and do it myself." Beloved Dr. Grams. My husband and I still joke about that!

In a lot of ways I feel lucky not to have lived in the 1950s

My whole profession was not even open to women at the time, and the specific job I have didn't exist.

The girdles I have to wear to work are "killer" by TODAY'S standards, but the models I mostly use date to the Mid 1960s and were NOTHING compared to what many office workers wore then.

Health care, especially for women orbits a different star than it did then.

The only option for a yeast infection was a weeks worth of DAILY iodine douches!! I shudder to think about it!!

With those girdles and many offices being completely unairconditioned, Yeast infections would have been far more common. They aren't rare now!

Even getting to work! Breathing fumes from cars with no emissions controls burning leaded gasoline. Driving a car with drum breaks and carburetors so crude they made things worse. In the 1970s it was discovered that it actually took MORE calorie burn, to drive a "three on the tree" manual transmission than a modern floor-mounted manual transmission.

Dad tells me that when he was a 'teen or early 20-something he heard so many insulting comments about "woman drivers" that if he "had a nickle"for every time he heard it "Warren Buffett, bill Gates and Jeff Bezos would have NOTHING" compared to him!

Yes, I DO very much admire the women of that era! Considering what they had to go through to accomplish ANYTHING other than popping out babies they had to be so strong and determined!

They built the world that made it possible for modern women to do all the things we do.

The author writes of my experiences and view of the decade of the 1950's when I was growing up in our home . The enema was in fact a ' cure all ' in that day readily given / received by kids and adults as well . A passing reference of ' I gave …. I'm going to give or …. I took ' an enema was hardly news in our home or in the homes of my relatives and friends and of course there was a discretion when discussing such matters . Agreed that while not for public discussion at meal time there was an ' openness ' about the subject in that day which seems to be very ' taboo ' today . Thanks to all the ladies and gents who post their personal recollections and present practices here . Always great to hear that I am not alone as to my history and affinity for the enema .