HEY! I learned something new yesterday! There is a thing called SQAUTTY POTTY, I heard about it on YOUTUBE and the J-pouch woman on YOUTUBE said it helps her empty out her pouch great! Maybe you should try a SQUATTY POTTY if your a J-pucher that has trouble empyting 
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They are helpful. It’s more cost effective to buy a child’s potty stool for $8 in Walmart.
@Former Member posted:They are helpful. It’s more cost effective to buy a child’s potty stool for $8 in Walmart.
Yeah that is what I hear about it being helpful. I do not have any trouble at all, I wanted to share what I found out. I am happy you know about them too!
Do you use it personally???
Instead of lifting your legs up you can just bend your torso down.its alot easier and it's like the pressure on your belly from your knees helps empty the gas.
Lauren, I do use it yes. For me it’s helpful to use with just one foot. I have no idea why.
Toilets come in two common heights, “standard height” (short) and “comfort height” (tall). Human legs come in a wide variety of lengths. Squatty Potty (or a footstool) has no effect on some causes of emptying problems. When it’s helpful at all it’s likely to have the greatest effect for short people with tall toilets.
The product clearly isn't designed for people with J pouches. This is evident from a very superficial reading of the product's website which specifically mentions it is designed for people with colons in the "how it works" section:
"Your body relies on a bend in the colon (where your poop lives) and the anus (where your poop says hi) to keep everything stored until showtime. The posture of the western toilet causes a kink in this tunnel, which leads to major blockage. Squatty Potty undoes this kink so you can do business the way you were meant to."
How it does that is anyone's guess, but one thing is for sure, if you have a J Pouch you don't have a "bend in your colon", or a "kink in the tunnel." Sounds like it's designed for kids with colons, and by my estimate that's about 0% of the readers on this board.
@Former Member posted:Lauren, I do use it yes. For me it’s helpful to use with just one foot. I have no idea why.
I am happy it works for you, that is all that matters
I’m finding as I age, it occasionally takes a bit of ingenuity to empty the pouch. Sometimes, I wind up back on the toilet a minute later. What I’ve found to be helpful is to stand after a bowel movement, bend forward, and sit down again. If anything is still in there, it usually can be pushed out.
@Lisa H posted:What I’ve found to be helpful is to stand after a bowel movement, bend forward, and sit down again. If anything is still in there, it usually can be pushed out.
My surgeon told me to do this from Day 1 after surgery. What I also found helpful is, after the second sit down, to contort/stretch my upper torso sharply to the left as far as it can go. Although twisting to the right might work better for others. Can't hurt to try both. For a person with a J Pouch, what you have suggested will likely work better to assist the emptying process than any particular type of toilet. And it's also free! Woohoo!
@Lisa H posted:I’m finding as I age, it occasionally takes a bit of ingenuity to empty the pouch. Sometimes, I wind up back on the toilet a minute later. What I’ve found to be helpful is to stand after a bowel movement, bend forward, and sit down again. If anything is still in there, it usually can be pushed out.
I am glad you have a method that works for you
