Age and enema volume

Growing up I always got an enema from a bag. To me, it always looked big and full. But, the bag may have only been half full, and that 1 qt may have been a lot for my 12 year old colon. Today, my enemas are almost always 2-3 qts. I'm curious if others remember how much volume they got? Another way of asking might be how old were you when you got your first full bag, 2 qt, enema. I imagine young ones can't hold as much as older ones.

My enema volume is about 2.5L now, so as I have gotten older my comfortable volume has gone down a bit, but my pleasure and enjoyment have gotten much better over time with more experience.

I got the bulb until age 6 and then one half to one pint from the bag. I increased the volume to two quarts at age 12. Now, I take 2.5 quarts routinely, even with a foot of my colon gone.

I had 9" removed from my colon a few years back because of a non-malignant tumor, but I am able to put in a colon tube more than 2 feet and take 4 quarts without any trouble.

hankb

It was a bulb for me till JH but when i was in 4th i use to do 2 qts 4 oz at a time!!!

The first enema I remember was over my mother's lap, from a children's bulb, so probably 4 ounces of soapy water. As I got older, she would refill the bulb and give me more soapy water; she also introduced me to the 8 oz. adult bulb. I think I was about 8 years old when I first got the bag, half full. We had moved in with my mother's mother, and Grandma was very insistent that my older sister and I keep clean colons. She started Sis with the 2 qt bag, and me with it half full. In about a year, I was getting the full 2 qts. We got a 2 qt soapy and a plain rinse every Wednesday after dinner. Saturday mornings we got soapy enemas til clear, then a rinse. We always got our enemas together in Grandma's big bathroom, alternating with each other, filling and holding while the other released. As Sis went throught puberty, Grandma slowly increased the volumes she received, until by 16, she was getting a full 4 qts. I enjoyed watching her as she developed, marvelling at how her tummy swelled with a full gallon of water inside. I also noticed that she got wet in her crotch sometimes. I had always developed a stiffie as Grandma filled me, and Sis would make fun of it. When she was 16, and I, 14, one day while Mom & Grandma were gone for the day, we were watching TV, when Sis left the room for several minutes, and came back with Grandma's red gallon bag, filled with Ivory soapsuds.She blushed, giggled, and said, "Let's do each other! You give me this one, and I'll give you one." We undressed an d gave to each other right there on the couch, then held our water until we had to run to the bathroom. Grandma had a huge clawfoot tub in the center of the room, with an oval shaped pipe rail suspended from the ceiling for the shower curtain. This is where we got our enemas, kneeling on footstools with our chestes over the railing and hands on the tub floor. That day, Sis sat on the rail with her ass over the tub, and patted the rail beside her. I joined her and she said, "Let's see who can wait longest! Loser buys ice cream." I lost, losing my load into the tub in about five minutes. Sis immediately added hers to the runny brown mess in the tub. We wiped, and giggled about the awful smell, then cleaned the tub. This was the first of many happily shared enemas. When we visit, we still waste no time getting naked and breaking out the bag. NO! We don't do THAT!

That's impressive HankB! I had a similar surgery and was afraid to press my luck in the volume department, but you've inspired me! If it doesn't hurt you, it won't hurt me.

My experiences were similar to yours Enemaboy. All my remembered enemas were from the bag. Through most of my childhood my mom had only a folding douche style bag that used for enemas. It sure seemed to appear full as I peeked at it when brought to the bathroom for my enema. Mom's attitude was "enough for a good cleaning out" but otherwise I had no inkling as to the actual amount of water in the bag.

I do recall the pediatrician advising a soapsuds enema of a pint or so, but I don;t recall if that advice was followed or if that volume was typical of what I was getting anyway. Typically the doctor or his nurse would simply say to give a SSE as needed.

i probably was around eleven years old when I began getting (and sneaking!) the full two quarts of solution.

Most of my enemas were in the two quart range. I started getting the full bag with the douche nozzle at age 8. It was always a soap suds enema and at least two rinses.As I grew older, the nozzles increased in size, but enema volume remained consistent.

There were two exceptions to this where I cannot truly calculate total volume. But it was more than two quarts, I am sure. The first was the few times she used a Higginson pump on me. She always stated before those enemas that I needed more water inside me.

The second was when I was taken to the pediatric enema room at the hospital where my mom worked. That always meant a long and uncomfortable session with colon tubes. Again, I never knew volume, but it was huge for a teenaged rectum and colon.

I have no idea how large that first enema was but it was a long time, probably half an hour before I had an incessant urge to expel. When I did it took some time and it was quite thorough. Most of my enemas now-days are two quarts or slightly more. The current close nema bags hold barely two quarts so If I want more I use a Y-connector and have an extra two quarts in reserve. Also gives me plenty of water to get the air out of the hose.

Generally you want them at least in the early stages of puberty before giving the full 2 US quarts.

I think I was about 7 or 8 when mom took me off the bulb and introduced me to the 2 quart family fountain syringe. Those early enemas were about a half-a-bag fill, expel, then drain the rest with the second fill. As I got older and could tolerate a larger volume, she gave me about 3/4 of the bag and then would "put a little more in" from the bathtub spout for my 2nd fill. I don't think mom ever drained a full bag into me. I know that shortly after I first started self-administering about age 12, I was able to drain the full bag while lying on my back in the bathtub. And shortly thereafter, when my enema/masturbation career started, it was full bags all the time. Then it became full bags followed by a squirt or two from the bulb for good measure. Today a comfortable enema for me (and I'm really into comfortable enemas) is around 3 quarts.

Interesting question. It's tough to recall the exact age I took an entire bag.

Was 'trading' enemas with my half-bro around age 13 and we would routinely quit from discomfort before the 2-qt. combo was empty. I also think there was concern that we might loose control and leak. I'd guess we were approaching the 1.5-qt point.

Fast forward to age 17 and enema play with a g/f. I would overfill the 2-qt. combo bag by at least a pint, do a handstand and she would tease me up to holding a volume between 2.5 and three quarts. Fun.

When giving me bag enemas, my Mom started with 2 cups of Ivory soap solution when I was 4 years old and then increased the amount by 1 cup every 3 years (3 cups when I turned 7, 4 cups at 10, 5 cups at 13, 6 cups at 16, 7 cups at 19, and finally the full 2 quart bagful when I turned 22). She was using instructions that she got from a Home Nursing book. My grandmothers, aunts, and most of my friends' mothers seemed to use similar amounts, although one of my friends swore his mother started giving him the full 2 quart bag when he turned 13.

My early enemas were from a bulb syringe-laying across moms lap and staring at the floor. When she started using the bag on me it seems like it was full, but at that age it looked intimidating when it was empty. I do remember her stopping the flow and letting me go poop, and then starting again to finish the bag.

Only enemas I was given in childhood were in hospital in my ninth year - and obviously I have no idea how much water was in those. But I began to give them to myself in early puberty - say, around 13 for me (late developer) - after reading Yoga texts on enemas. I used a milk bottle (yeah, we had them in the '50's) of one imperial pint (1 1/4 pints, US). I was lying on my side with the plastic insulation off a coaxial cable up my bum and watching the water level in my siphon drop and drop, enjoying the cool sensation of water filling me. I didn't feel full, so refilled the bottle and took a second pint, greatly daring! That felt full-ish, so I stopped and expelled (nice cool arsehole!) and it felt erotic so I masturbated. This was during school holidays, and I had the house to myself. Within a week I had upped the ante to four pints (2 1/2 quarts, US) and enjoyed even more the feeling of my wondrously ponderous belly, that sort of sloshed if I shook it from side to side. I had heard of one gallon enemas in the Yogic texts, but that seriously daunted me!

I can't trace the change in my ability to hold enemas because from childhood on the opportunity to take one got to be a challenge. I do remember at university having a room to myself, and rigging a hose that could be jammed over the cold tap on the basin (sink, US) with the other end up me. No way to measure how much went in, but I do remember the new feeling of being able to shut off the flow when I felt a cramp, and then waiting until it was over before restarting. I had to be careful not to overdo things because the toilets were quite a long walk down the corridor from my room and I needed to be able to stroll casually into a stall with enough time to clean the porcelain, seal my bum on it and then let go silently in case other stalls were occupied. The trials of being kinky are legion!

These days I can take 4,5 litres SSE on a full bowel with a large inflatable nozzle adding about another 800 ml to the load. Assuming 1,5 litres of faeces, this adds up to nearly 7 litres. A rinse enema after this can be up to 8 litres: but that is groaning full - so full that movement is inadvisable at that point. So the rinse is best done in the shower where I can let go at once with no clean up problems. I didn't set out to beat any records - didn't know there were any other weirdos besides me until the Internet enlightened me about ten years ago. I just like really, really full! But I SO appreciate being able to write like this for others.

Johnny

Two ounces per year of age seems to be a starting point for enemas in medical settings. After age 16 you are likely to get a full adult two quarts.

I don't remember the enema volume I got growing up

I didn't get a ton of bag enemas as a kid, but a 1.5 qt bag was used (one of the combination hot water bottle ones). It was filled most of the way (maybe 1.25 qt in total). However as soon as I was 12 or so I started taking the full 2 qt on my own, and then expanded from there.

My mom used a bulb syringe when I was younger (ages 4 through 😎.

When I was eight years old she started using the bag for my enemas.

I'm not sure what the volume was, I just know the bag was always pretty full, and it did quite a good job filling me up.

I enjoyed the closeness that I felt with mom when receiving my enemas as a child.

The fact that I was getting an enema didn't bother me one bit... I just enjoyed being over mom's lap.

C.

I only have the vaguest of memories of my RN mom probably giving me an enema or two in childhood, no idea about bulb or bag. I also had a lot of plastic surgery as a kid up to age 15 and though I don't remember it at all, I suspect I wound up with a few hospital enemas before or after surgery. I started myself at age 15 and probably stayed below 2 quarts until one day after college when I actually was told to clean out for a procedure. Talking on the phone long distance, my surgical RN mom told me to be sure to take a full 2 quarts. Although I gave her a voice of astonishment and dismay when saying "2 QUARTS? Are you SERIOUS?," I was secretly thrilled and completely enjoyed the >2 quarts I gave myself! After that, I just experimented slowly over the years with mostly 2-3 q and finally tried and succeeded with 4 and then 5 quarts last month. Very pleasant.

My mom used the bulb syringe on me as a child. I don't know how much solution was used but it was always more than I wanted. It was always Ivory soapsuds and she would use the syringe on me at least ten times, sometimes more. She wanted to make sure that she had given me enough to thoroughly clean me out. Afterwards she would use the syringe on me an equal amount of times with plain water to rinse me out. I hated those early enemas, but later, out of curiosity, at about age 13 I worked up the courage to use the syringe on myself while home alone. This began my current interest in enemas. My first enema with a bag was later at about age 18 when I purchased a Davol combination water bottle and syringe and self administered. As I filled the bag with the Ivory soap solution I was apprehensive about being able to take the full 2 quarts in one injection since all my enemas had been a bulb at a time. I nervously inserted the nozzle and opened the clamp and to my surprise was able to empty the bag in one continuous injection. I wasn't able to retain it for long, but I remember the sense of accomplishment at being able to take the full 2 quarts at once.

In a modern Basic Nursing Skills Book i have found this table with age/amount of enema fluid correlation.

- Infant: 50 to 150 mL

- Toddler: 250 to 350 mL

- Child: 300 to 500 mL

- Adolescent: 500 to 750 mL

- Adult: 750 to 1,000 mL

Very little enemas compared to those in Golden Ages!

I used to complain a lot and so don't remember my first full bag but it was somewhere in adolescence. Now I work up to a good four quarts after a few smaller in a series of enemas.

When I was 4 or 5, I would lie over my aunt's lap and get an enema using a bulb syringe, and it seemed like I would have to take 8 or syringes before I complained of the pressure. from about 8 yrs. old, I would get the bag, an it sure seemed full--- at least to the point where I would plead for her to stop the water.

When I was a kid I didnt know a pint from a gallon. Moms bag could have held 5 gallons from all I knew back then.

I have no clue as to the volume as I got them from an enamel can, which I think is called a Jones can. The can appeared to be full, so wasn't sure how much it held.

Not sure as to how old I was when the enemas started, but probably around 10, maybe younger.

Never received enemas from a bag, which is what I do now.

To take large volume depends on several things. Practice, position, weight, solution and your colon size and condition to name a few. After gaining 60 lbs I couldnt take nearly the 5qts i could take earlier. Now, after loosing 30lbs, I can get to 3qts. Completely relaxed on my back and cleaned out, I can manage 3qts of warm enema with a little salt. I still want to loose and be able to take the 4qts. ( my title)

Like many others when quite young my enemas came from a small bulb. As I got a little older I was given more than one bulb full until maybe I was 8 years old when mom began using the family enema bag. At the time it seemed like I was given a huge volume, but now when I look back on it my guess is that it was just barely a single quart, if that. But they did work and even now I am of the opinion that a quart of warm soapy water, given slowly, and held for maybe 10 minutes makes for a perfectly acceptable enema that is both comfortable and effective. I"ve learned that a comfortable enema is one that isn't too warm, isn't too much, and isn't too quickly given is just about perfect.

I love Emom's description of a just-about-perfect enema: "I am of the opinion that a quart of warm soapy water, given slowly, and held for maybe 10 minutes makes for a perfectly acceptable enema that is both comfortable and effective. I've learned that a comfortable enema is one that isn't too warm, isn't too much, and isn't too quickly given is just about perfect."

Years ago in my 20s a very skilled home health nurse assured me that she didn't need to get good results from an enema by filling my colon to the size that I looked pregnant. She gave only half to 2/3rds a two-quart (1500ml) bag at a time, and I've remembered that ever since. "Don't traumatize the patient, make them comfortable," she said. Enemas can be embarrassing ... don't frighten your patient with foaming soapsuds overflowing the bag, she joked. I remember she used two words to define a good enema: "high and hold." She recommended a soft rectal tube instead of a nozzle, inject the solution high enough into the descending and transverse colon, and try to retain for 10 minutes.

Funny thing, I remember nurse Angie vividly from 30 years ago and what she taught me during those two weeks, but I can't find my car keys!