Adjusting the thermometer

Every time I had a rectal temp taken, either by mom or my nurses I remember them "adjusting " the rectal thermometer as they waited for it to register. With me on my stomach and the thermometer up my rectum, it would start to "ride -up" in my rear. I would feel my mother's fingers spread my checks and gently push the thermometer gently up my rectum. Often this included "twirling" as she waited. Sometimes if mom used a lot of Vaseline on the thermometer, it tended to slide up and almost out of my anus. Mom would notice this and quickly but the thermometer deep into my rectum for the best reading. Do others recall this?

Mom always held our thermometers in place, whle we were face-down, or over her knee! i do the same thing! -Ruth-Ann

Yes, twirling the thermometer just adds to the sensation

I don't know if it was purly coincidental, but often I do remember the nurse adjusting the thermometer mid-reading. I would be stoic, trying to simply be lost in quiet peace while my temperature was being taken, and feeling the thermometer being slightly pushed in or moved. I also realize at times the thermometer would want to slip upward, so this adjustment was at times necessary. It was by no means sexual, but it did break my concentration and bring me back to the moment. My mother did often move the thermometer if she was present and not preparing something in the bathroom while I was being checked.

My mom never adjusted the thermometer when she took my rectal temperature. During the ages of 3 and 4, I remenber as soon as I dropped my pants and just laid over my mom's lap, she would insert the thermometer and kept it in place and waited for the 5 minutes. Then pull it out real easy. She never moved it around while it was in my hiney.

Yes, I can remember nurses adjusting the thermometer, spreading cheeks open and taking it part way out to check the reading I guess, then slipping it back in real deep. Also the fingers they were holding it in with would move around some.

I have to say for me this is the best part of the whole procedure.My partner often takes my RT as a foreplay and it usually takes 15-20 minutes.I absolutely love it when it takes longer than necessary and i have no idea how much longer i have to endure it.

She usually holds it in place until my rectum relaxes.than she will slightly move it in and out or twist it to be able to se the scale.than again she will keep it still for a few minutes.sometimes she even takes the thermometer out and after she checks reading she will promptly stick it back in and the whole thing continues.

if you have someone to ask for this i strongly recommend it to everyone who enjoys RT taking.

I remember the nurse pushing it back in after it had slipped out a little ways. I loved that part.

I did a demo on a rectal temperature today. I just dropped my pants and laid over a chair and I inserted the thermometer into my rear and I just held it there. I did feel it slide a little during the 5 minutes but, I just pushed back in place twice. It did not slide out and onto the floor. I was being sure that it stayed in to record the reading.

I don't ever remember the thermometer being adjusted, but I do remember that it was held in place.

Lubricant and a patient's breathing may cause a rectal thermometer or probe to begin slipping out. Years ago in the hospital, nurses held the probe in place while it registered. I remember my mother placing her palm on my bottom while holding a glass thermometer between her fingers, or pushing it a little deeper when it was starting to slip. Glass thermometers take longer to register and, obviously, need to be inserted for a longer period.

When i was young temps at the Dr were always rectal. The nurse was very cute. She and my mom would talk as the nurse held the thermometer in me. Sometimes the nurse would laugh and her hand would shake. I felt it so good.

As a child when my mom would take my temperature with me on my stomach bare bottoms up. She would be able to put it in with one swift pleasurable insertion. She kept it in for a full five minutes so the feeling would build up over a long period of time, but she didn't hold it in. As the time past the intensity would increase to the point that pleasurably spasms would hit me right before the five minutes were up. It was like clock work, and i loved it. As an adult my wife holds it in and plays with it, so I can say that is a very nice sensation.

I always move the thermometer when I take my own temp as an adult, never have it done as child.

I do adjust the thermometer

When I was three years old in the hospital I remember the nurse taking it two and both times she adjusted it

After accepting the fact that it will be taken rectally, the next challenge is to convince myself to relax. This is something that seems contradictory to what is about to take place, namely, the nurse or doctor spreading my cheeks so that my anus is in plain sight. A thousand thoughts go racing through my mind at that point. The feel of the KY being dabbed onto my pucker as the tip of the probe enters me causing an immediate sensation that is so unique to what is taking place. The inevitable instruction of "Relax" as the thermometer is fully inserted and subsequently twirled before releasing my butt cheeks. I comply but the thermometer slips some resulting in yet another "adjustment" and the growing awareness that there is this object protruding from my body. In all honesty, and it is a moment of honesty, the sensations endured may make my penis react in either direction. At that time, I am like all the others who had to get an RT and subsequently feel the sticky nature of the KY once I sit up! Thankfully the process doesn't take as long as my description seems to imply but clearly the experience both physically and psychologically is longer lasting!

When i was sick my mom would take my temperature at least 3 times a day until a week after i was feeling better. The first time my aunt was there she asked here to hold or watch the thermometer not to fall out. Ow i will hold it she said. I was lying on my side on the living room couch and she sat next to me. The she would take a hold on the thermometer and started twirling it. My mom never knew. After five minutes she would take it out and tell my mom the temperature. This was the first time of many to follow.

I recall a trip to an ER in the Midwest where I got my temperature taken rectally by a young woman. Not sure if she was a student nurse or not, but anyway, the on duty nurse in her white uniform, complete with white cap and black striping across it, lowered my pants and boxers, and instructed the younger woman to do the temperature taking which she did, and shortly after inserting the thermometer, started to turn it while inserted which got me very aroused. That said, I could never figure out why that was necessary. Considering the accuracy of the rectal method using a glass mercury thermometer, leaving it in place, un touched until the three or four minutes had passed IMO would have gotten the core temperature reading, and no needing for the thermometer to be turned. It's my guess that was done right after insertion to see where the mercury column was at. She'd have seen that after removing it and wiping the thermometer.

I think that once the thermometer goes in that you involuntarily squeeze it with your anal ring. This causes it to creep out. It happens all the time. I never mind pushing it back in or cupping the bottom to hold it. Sometimes a twirl is in order as well.

Sadly my mom never adjusted the thermometer, however I do that every time I get the change when I take my wifes temperature.

My mom never adjusted the thermometer

I also never had a thermometer adjusted. It was always held in place by the nurse, or my mom or dad. Some nurses, whether in a doctor's office or a hospital from time to time would pat my backside and they waited for the thermometer to register. Two or three slight pats then a bit later it was repeated. Not sure why. Maybe it keeps the patient calm.

Just a gentle nudge if needed to keep the bulb of the thermometer inserted far enough into the rectum so it registers accurately – and little love pats and strokes on a bare bottom that shows your caring. I've done this when taking a rectal temperature; I love the feeling when my husband is taking mine, even if I'm sick and feeling lousy.

I had the thermometer adjusted almost every time I had my temperature taken by my parents. It was always greased with Nivea cream and inserted an inch or an inch and a half until it was like a stop. There it was left in place for about a minute to make me used to the feeling of the instrument and hopefully make me more relaxed.

Then the adjustment started in order to get it deeper inside me to obtain such a reliable recording of my temperature as possible. This procedure included turning, pressing and twerling the thermometer trying to get it deeper inside my little twisting, wriggling and squeezing bottom.

When finally on place it was left for an other couple of minutes before beeing withdrawn and controlled. Nearly always it was reinserted a second time "just to be on the safe side". The second insertion was always easier as I was well lubricated at that time.

While the thermometer was inside and the measuring took place I was mostly left alone. However my parents were always close by constantly monitoring the thermometer protruding from my bared hiney. Should it fall out they were quickly there to reinsert it and at several occasions it was simply controlled, corrected and adjusted even though it still remained in place. A few times they stayed beside me holding it in place during the hole measuring. Also then it was slowly turned, twisted and pressed to get the deepest possible recording of my temperature.

The effects of "squeezing" can result in the shifting of the glass rectal thermometer reducing the length of the entry end in the rectal interior. Corrective action should be taken should any observation of cheeks squeezing together and an increase of the length of the non-entry end.