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BIRTH COMPASS: FIELDNOTES

Practice makes prepared.

A 90-day field notebook for staying oriented during pregnancy and practicing Birth Compass before you need it during birth.

90-day physical practice notebook

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PRACTICE BEFORE BIRTH

The middle of an intense moment isn't the time to learn how to find your bearings.

Birth Compass teaches POGS—Pause, Orient, Ground, Step—a simple framework for staying oriented when intensity rises during birth.

Fieldnotes gives you 90 days to practice that process during pregnancy, through simple, repeatable pages designed to make orientation increasingly familiar.

FAMILIARITY MATTERS

You aren't practicing for a perfect birth.

Birth is unpredictable. Practicing orientation isn't about predicting what will happen or rehearsing the “right” response.

It's about becoming familiar with the process of pausing, noticing where you are, reconnecting with your body, and finding one next step.

You can practice finding your bearings without knowing exactly where birth will take you.

90 DAYS OF POGS

Practice the process, not the outcome.

The same four-part framework repeats throughout Fieldnotes, giving you a low-pressure way to make orientation part of everyday pregnancy.

Pause

Practice interrupting momentum long enough to breathe and create a little space.

Orient

Practice noticing what's happening in your body and in the environment around you.

Ground

Practice reconnecting with physical and sensory anchors that help bring your attention back to the present.

Step

Practice identifying one small thing that would support you right now.

INSIDE FIELDNOTES

This isn't a journal you need to complete perfectly.

Each day follows the same intentionally simple structure. Brief prompts, checkboxes, mark-making, and short orientation statements give you enough structure to practice without turning preparation into another thing you have to do right.

A peek inside a daily Fieldnotes practice.

Practice.

Return to Pause, Orient, Ground, Step through a brief, repeatable daily practice.

Notice.

Check in with your body and pay attention to what you're experiencing without needing to fix or judge it.

Prepare.

Connect what you're noticing today with what may help you stay oriented during birth.

WHAT FIELDNOTES IS

Practice without performance.

Fieldnotes isn't asking you to create a perfect streak, predict your birth, or become good at POGS.

It's simply a place to return to the framework again and again so finding your bearings becomes more familiar.

Fieldnotes is:

A 90-day physical practice notebook
A companion to Birth Compass™
Simple and repeatable
Designed for use during pregnancy
A low-pressure way to practice POGS

Fieldnotes isn't:

A journal you need to complete perfectly
A birth plan
A prediction of how birth will unfold
A system for controlling birth
Homework you can fall behind on

PRACTICE MAKES PREPARED

Birth Compass: Fieldnotes

A 90-day field notebook for staying oriented during pregnancy.

Build familiarity with Pause, Orient, Ground, Step through simple daily practices designed to help you return to your bearings and identify a next step.

$16.99 Physical notebook · Shipping included

Get Fieldnotes →

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LEARN THE FRAMEWORK

Birth Compass™

You can navigate even the toughest peaks.

Fieldnotes helps you practice POGS. Birth Compass is the short guided online video that teaches the framework itself and how to return to it during birth.

Explore Birth Compass™ →

PRACTICE MAKES PREPARED.

Practice finding your bearings before you need them.

Ninety days of simple, repeatable practice to help Pause, Orient, Ground, Step become familiar before birth.

Get Fieldnotes — $16.99 →