I noticed that a good amount of people on here have mentioned that if you are able to pass gas without having an accident, you are a very lucky person. I thought I would just share with you how I am able to pass gas without an accident (most of the time). So, before having my j-pouch I had an ileostomy for 6 months. I noticed that anytime I needed to empty the air in my bag, I had to tilt the opening upward so that none of the stool would leak out. When I first had my j-pouch, I too struggle with passing gas and not having an accident. My doctor suggested that I lay on my side with my knees to my chest but I still have accidents. Finally, I realized that the only logical way for me to pass gas would be to do like I did with my ileostomy. I needed to point my "opening" upward. So, now, what I do when I feel my stomach start to bubble, is I lay on my back and pull my knees up to my chest (some times I pull back even farther and almost lean back on my shoulders with my legs in the air). This helps to point my butt upward and help to keep any stool from coming out. I obviously can't do this out in public but at home it works like a charm. Maybe try this technique in your bathroom while laying on a towel, first, until you can perfect it but so far this has worked for me almost every time (obviously if my pouch is really full, then I have an accident, but I can usually tell the difference between gas and a full pouch). I hope this helped some people. This trick may already be known to people in this community but I hadn't seen it anywhere so I just thought I'd share 
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