About Us
Kate Fawley, CPM
I am the mother of two wonderful boys. My first son was born in 1998. I went into the birth anticipating that if I took a childbirth education class, hired a doula and wrote a birth plan I could have a natural birth in a large teaching hospital. After the birth, I was struggling to figure out how, instead, my experience included every intervention except for a cesarean section. I felt my baby and I were both harmed, physically and emotionally by this experience. I was introduced to a midwife and began the process of learning about birth. In 1999 I began attending midwifery classes at The Art of Midwifery School in Media, PA with Joanne Dozor,CPM and completed the 3 year program in 2002.
In 2000, my second son was born at home into the hands of a loving midwife. The difference between the management of my pregnancies and births cemented my calling to provide home based midwifery care to other families. I attended births with midwives in the area gaining hands on experience and increasing my skills. In 2003, I began practicing independently and opened the first Rising Moon office. I earned the CPM (Certified Professional Midwife) credential through the National Registry of Midwives (NARM) in February of 2006.
Jane Cruice, CPM
I am the mother of 2 naturally born children. The birth of my first child in January 1998 changed my life, in a lot of ways; most notably I became a natural birth advocate. My son's hospital birth inspired me to help other women in their desire to achieve a natural birth. I began my career in birth services as a childbirth educator and labor doula in 1999. This new passion grew after I had a homebirth with my daughter in 2002. It was this experience that called me to become a homebirth midwife. I attended midwifery classes at The Art of Midwifery School in Media, PA, finishing in May 2006. I went on to complete the necessary requirements to achieve the CPM (Certified Professional Midwife) credential through NARM (North American Registry of Midwives) in February 2008. I have been working with Kate Fawley since 2004 and look forward to being a member of your birth team.
Kate and Jane's training has been based on the belief that birth is a normal, physiologic process that women experience best with little intervention. Rising Moon also feels that it is important for skills to be passed from experienced midwives to those seeking to learn the craft of midwifery, and work with apprentices learning the craft of midwifery. Rising Moon has tremendous birth outcomes and we welcome you to contact former clients to find out about their experience with the Rising Moon practice. Contact information available upon request.