A lightbulb came on :)

One of the most annoying parts of UC, for me anyway, has been the morning elimination routine.
I get out of bed half hour before I need or want to, just to get it all out over 3-5 bathroom visits all within this first half hour.

WHY can't I just get it all out at once? Literally, I will leave the bathroom, come sit down to watch the news and 60 seconds later I have to go again. Repeat, repeat, repeat. I haven't even got the post-wash lotion rubbed into my hands before I have to go again.

Well, I might have figured it out!

When I sit down in the living room, I sit down on the couch leaning more on one hip, with knees bent at a sharp angle, feet also on the couch tucked up under butt. I think this is posture must be much like the "squatty potty" pose, at least functionally.

I am going to get a little step or makeshift riser and see if that helps things move along without repeated trips.

I am anxious to see if this theory pans out, and somewhat amused by it all.

I use a step stool when I go to the toilet too - it's a more natural position and I find it more comfortable. I know what you mean about hugging knees to the abdomen helping - although it doesn't stop me from going a few times in succession during a flare.

There are also yoga moves for trapped wind that involve hugging one or both knees(maybe not during a flare up!):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1udKnNcPSzk

I use a small step stool in the bathroom (after tipping over the garbage can too many times :D )

I also have many Toilet Yoga moves ive been meaning to get on my YouTube.

I spend a decent amount of time, 15mins or so... stretching, twisting, bending... and sometimes after wiping but before washing... ill do some standing up stretches and twisty bende... even squats.... then hop back on the toilet for more! This is helpful for stubborn gas too!!
and saves on soap/lotion and some tp.

I usually call these trips the dreaded Double or Triple poop.

it doesnt always work but usually helps a lot!! :)

It's really just the nature of the beast of IBD, even laying in bed has caused many of us to poop, so it's not about gravity when we first get out of bed, if we stayed laying in bed, eventually we'd literally crap the bed too...it's just gonna come out, no matter what position your body is in cuz that's the nature of this beast.

I do the same as Path does - and with the same results.

I wonder if others have noticed this as well. Except I take mine with a tablespoon of Potato Starch mixed in with the water most of the time. But regardless of which way I take it (with or without Potato Starch) it generally result sin better morning stool.