Do you remember pre childbirth enemas?

Thank you all! As you say , some things best forgotten but we all remember the pain. My query has been answered. So thank you!

I seem to have escaped this (1985).

All so undignified. When did the practice cease?

Yes thank you, And shaving

I was a midwife in them there days..
The three Hs were high hot & a helluva lot.

I can remember woman turning up the hospital door requesting the three Hs in the hope they would go into labour ‘naturally’

Oh yes, the shaving for hygiene reasons. Great idea until they cut you, which happened to me! The enema I had just resulted in some interesting musical farts! 🤦‍♀️

1975
Enema tick
Shave tick
Pain tick never forgotten
3 Hs no recall at all

And they use to shave all your pubic hair off and it itched like made when growing back

Oh yes Eva3 I remember having the enema with my 1st in 1975.
That was awful. I don't know which was worse, the labour pains or the gut ache.
I remember the shave as well and all the itching when it was growing back.

Omg, why do discussions on GN always bring back past memories - some of which haunt me to this day? It was my "job" (1980) to administer enemas to ladies who came onto the ante natal ward in a London hospital prior to going into labour. I had to shave the area first, then warm up the enema and insert. I was actually thinking how good I was at it until one day a lady presented with such bad piles I couldn't see what I was doing and I didn't want to hurt her. The trouble was I couldn't leave her on the table to go and get assistance in case she toppled off. I think I eventually accosted someone passing in the corridor to fetch the sister. Embarrassing.
I reckon it was High, Hot and Hope for the best from the operator's pov, but maybe High, Hot, and Horrific for the patient.
Sorry TMI.

Oh, sorry, RM. I've just realised you said you're happy not to know....

Humiliation? My enema caused quite a rapid reaction on a large scale. I was giving birth to twins at the time in a teaching hospital so there were a lot of students in the room watching. I often wonder if any of them gave up there and then!

Yes I had enemas but never heard of the 3 H s

RosiesMaw

NO-why would I want to?
Some things are definitely best forgotten!
(In any case I think it was a suppository, but I’m happy not to know)

Forty-nine years ago, mine was definitely an enema, RM. Euuuurgh. Once had, never forgotten!

I remember the enema for first one but not the 3 Hs.

NO-why would I want to?
Some things are definitely best forgotten!
(In any case I think it was a suppository, but I’m happy not to know)

Sounds right recklessgran! I'll await further responses. My , you Grans are quick off the mark!

Heinous?

Ha1 Eva 0- I remember those well. I think the saying was high, hot and a helluva lot if I remember rightly!