Bottoms Up!

I was at a dinner last week, and an emergency room doctor happened to be there. Someone asked her about her most interesting patient. She started talking about this person who came into the emergency room, because they were using a glass vase for anal play, and it had shattered. This is not the only emergency room story that I have heard. I asked another doctor the same question. “What is the most interesting thing that you have seen?” (PS Not even asking about anything anal) He said, “I had to remove a dinosaur toy from a woman’s rectum. She had used it during foreplay, and it had gotten stuck.”

I am 100% for experimentation. Abso-freaking-lutely. I am the last person to espouse the beauty of doing the same thing over and over. For the love of yourself, try new things AND get educated in the process. Because no one wants to be an emergency room story. 

Just to get you started, here are the top seven tips that I have come across from Good Vibrations, EmpowHer, and Nerve:

1.  Make sure that your partner is willing and comfortable. AND that you are willing and comfortable. This will probably require some conversation.
2. Make sure that you and your partner are both well. You want clean digestive tracts during anal play. Sickness = Not fun time
3. USE LUBE. Not spit. Not Olive Oil. Not KY. Not even Astroglide. You need thick, water-based lubricant that will most likely only be found online or at a sex toy shop.
4. Start small and go slowly. Rectal tissue can tear easily, so you want to start with something very small, like a finger, before you move to larger objects.
5. When you are ready, use toys that were designed for anal play. You want something with a larger base so that it does not get easily sucked up into the anus. Don’t use anything that can shatter either.
6. Do not cross anal and vaginal play. Anuses contain bacteria that are harmful to vaginas. Do not mix the two.
7. Use condoms. Rectums are especially susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases, because they are so delicate. 

There are many more things to learn about anal play outside of this list. Tristan Taormino and Nina Hartley have written extensively on the subject. Please read the information and use it. Remember to honor yourself in your play! 

-          Lauren, Droppin knowledge today!