Uncomfortable Rectal Temp

Rectal temp can not be unconfortable.

I only had an uncomfortable rectal temp once when the nurse hardly used any vaseline. I don't recall any other times. Some people say that they had their underwear pulled up and it pressed against the thermometer. I never had this either. Underwear was always left down until after the thermometer was removed and read.

I was reluctant, shy, embarrassed and really disliked the rectal thermometer. As much and often as it was used on me I should have been an easy target for the cold, greasy instrument. But I wasn´t. I always tried to put up a fight or escape from it in one way or the other. But in the end I always lost.

It was uncomfortable not only because it was humiliating but it also felt strange and hurt a bit. Specially the second insertion after my temp which was always done to be sure to get a reliable value of my temperature as the thermometer was not relubed at that time. Often both of my parents had to cooperate by holding me down, separating my bottom, trying to calm me down and comfort me. All while working with the thermometer in my bottom to get it as deep as possible inside me. It had to be pressed, twisted, screwed sometimes removed and reinserted to find a better angle into my body.

I experienced the rectal temps to be as most uncomfortable around the age of 10-12. Before I didn't think so much about it. I thought it was something that had to be done like this. After I slowly and secretly started to enjoy the sensational feelings around the whole temp taking procedure.

I would love a nice thick glass thermometer. Thick like a first grade pencil and the bulb like a marble. There is nothing better than smooth glass being inserted into your behind. The regular thermometer does nothing for me.

medfedcouple said, The regular thermometer does nothing for me.

Not true! It tells you if you have a fever. Just sayin'! LOL!

Actually, the stubbier and fatter the bulb of the thermometer, the less it hurts going in. For the last couple years, I've been using a vintage B-D Asepto rectal (thick, pear shaped bulb) to take my kids' and husband's rectal temperatures. I've not yet had any serious complaints of discomfort, other than from my hyperactive son who hates having it taken rectally. I think he hates having to actually hold still for 5 minutes more than getting a thermometer stuck up his butt.

LOL! True! But, I meant in the way of sensation. Regular thermometer is just to skinny. Since I never had rectal temps as a child that I remember, I don't have that psychological connection. Maybe, if mom took my temperature rectally, then I might be fascinated by them. But she always did under the arm pit.

It sounds like what you are looking for is a candy thermometer. They used to sell those in the grocery stores...

The best way to get a comfortable rectal temperature on a patient is to try a different position to take a rectal temperature. Like one patient that I know she only gets a rectal temperature in the SIMS position. Because all other positions make the rectal temperature uncomfortable for her.

I lived with my Gran when young. She always gave rectal temperatures with a glass thermometer. It was kept in a small tube type vase on the bathroom window sill. When I wasn't well I had to lie on the padded table in the spare room on my side and she would lube the thermometer and slowly push it in. The only bit to hurt was her spreading my cheeks, she was a bit rough.

I personally like doing a temp first thing. It can be any way they like it but over the knee or knee chest is my favorite. Nothing like spreading the cheeks and slowly burying the thermometer deep in their bottom. Twirling it can be fun and adds to the sensations.

My grandmother lubricated the thermometer before inserting it. Cold and slimy Vaseline gave an unpleasant sensation. With the thermometer in the anus you realized your situation; for your own good you had been penetrated, albeit by a thermometer. What bothered me was the presence of other people, often friends of the grandmother. Fortunately he didn't always do it, but only when I had a very high fever.

I want it to be entirely against my will. I wanted to be held down, spanked, lubed thoroughly and humiliated for having to have it done in my hiney like a child.

No never happened to me all my rectal temps growing did hurt.

I don't think iv ever had an uncomfortable rectal temp. After the insertion you barely realise its there. Embarrassment and exposure aside its much more comfortable then an oral temp.

I can recall several uncomfortable temp sessions at clinics as a child. Now that I know more a out the subject, I’m sure they were caused by nurses who didn’t bother themselves with lubricating the thermometer. I still remember the sting and ache, which wasn’t usually the case.

I've met some women who were very petite, and possibly, their anus may or may not allow for a comfortable rectal temp. One was an Asian woman, barely over 4 feet tall, but very attractive. Hmmm...maybe I should have tried to test that theory !

I guess the adage, "One Size Fits All," doesn't apply! Yeeks! Just slip it in and allow my imagination to do the rest!

To n/a: I've never seen a study which would prove or disprove, that anal or body size is related to rectal temperature discomfort. However, based on others experiences as children, including me, I'm wondering why it was painful then, and isn't now, at least for many adults. And I've met a couple of women who complained of getting their temperature taken rectally as adults in the hospital, and explaining that it hurt. Just food for thougt.

Yes! It was always uncomfortable to me as a little girl. I want to be held down while my pants and undies are yanked down. The thermometer and the lubricant should both be cold. I’d like the room to be cold too to feel it on my bare bottom. I wouldn’t even mind if someone accidentally opened the door and saw me 😃

I would love to submit to something like this. Being told to hold my cheeks wide open to help would just increase the delicious embarrassment. One former girlfriend really knew how to make the procedure shamefully memorable!

Where can I find a large thermometer like that? That sounds fun...

I love uncomfortable rectal temps. I had a playdate recently and for the first time in my life, I had a glass thermometer inserted. I was laying over his lap while he inserted it. It felt weird and uncomfortable. It was amazing

Once that cold glass rod was in, she's twist it back and forth so she'd got an accurate reading.

When I was younger the doctor would say he was taking my temperature but it wasn’t with the same thermometer that he normally used which was usually a little uncomfortable. The first time he did it with the larger thermometer I thought I was gonna like pass out as he pushed it into my bottom, I can still remember laying there on my stomach, he opened my legs a little and then told me that his regular thermometer was broken so he was going to use a new one but that it was larger. He placed some lube on my butt and then slid his finger in before inserting the thermometer. I remember tensing up and clenching my cheeks as he started to insert it, he kept telling me to relax and I was thinking how can I relax because it felt so big.

When younger it was more mentally uncomfortable then physically. Felt to old and mature to be treated like a baby.

I agree with @Charlotte70. For me, the psychological aspect is more important than the physical. Being treated like a child and told I have to have my temperature taken the “baby way”, even though I should be too old for that, is uncomfortable, but also an integral part of the pleasure.

When my current play doctor takes my rectal temperature, it feels really good. But, a while back I had a different play doctor and, although it didn’t really hurt when he was taking my temperature, it was pretty uncomfortable. However, I enjoyed it very much. Add to that the fact that I was lying down on my tummy completely naked on his cold counter while he had his window shades open. The physical and psychological discomfort of submitting to a rectal temperature reading really turned me on.

Nope. Youre not the only one. No lube too, and fresh out of the refridgerator- nice and cold.

I don't know if this is same as uncomfortable that you mean but I have had it taken by doctors, nurses, and pharmacist persons who do it as if they do not care about if it bothers you going in or not. It is not a nice feeling. Be gentle, slow and easy.