In terms of readying yourself search online about douching and what instrument you need to douche yourself of course if you are doing anal, you guys should be clean and neat to have safe sex experience in anal sex trips.

Lots of straight men crave anal sex because of curiosity, it's not only for gay people it's an activity for heterosexual people also so don't get weird if your partner asks you to try and have anal activities if you want to do anal just try it out first and if it does not suit your taste then you can just tell your partner.

Have to make sure that your asshole is clean and that you've already taken a dump before doing it with him

do you really need a step by step instruction of doing it? Why not just go online and do a google search about it.

True, true, that you have to think of hygiene as you're preparing or readying yourself for the actual contact that you'll be having with your bf and your thinking about the pain. Am I quick to presume that you're being bothered with the pain that you'll be having being a first-timer? But what about pleasure after the pain? the orgasm that is better than vaginal orgasm. I think that you and bf should give it a try. And I tell you, you'll be the one craving to be probed via the backdoor.