New Life Birth Services – Cathy Rude LM, CPM

Cathy Rude is a Certified Professional Midwife  and Licensed Midwife that has been serving the Katy area for over 18 years. Having attended over 600 births, she has extensive experience in the field of pregnancy and natural birth.

Services

Cathy offers prenatal care, laboratory services, referrals, post delivery and newborn care, water birth, backup services, childbirth classes, herbs, labor and delivery care, equipment at births, and post partum care.

“I believe  midwifery is a calling and I feel privileged that God has directed me on this path. I trust in Jesus Christ for every birth and for each of the women I serve. I pray for each one and truly feel that I am a handmaiden of the Lord. He is so faithful to lead and direct in every situation and I praise Him for it.” – Cathy Rude LM, CPM.

Education and Experience

Cathy earned her  high school diploma in 1970 at Plainview H.S. in West Texas. She completed over sixty hours of pre-nursing courses at Stephen F. Austin State University, University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University from 1973 through 1977. She completed the Texas Department of Health Basic Midwifery Course and Test in 1993, The Association of Texas Midwives Graduate Midwife Study Course in 1995, and apprenticed with midwife Deborah Perry from 1993-1995. Cathy is licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services and reapplies every two years for relicensure. Cathy took and passed the North American Registry of Midwives Exam in 1999.

Cathy has attended over 600 births and was the primary midwife for 538 as of February 2010. In order to give each woman the time and care she needs and deserves, Cathy tries to limit her practice to about 4 births per month. She is experienced with hospital births, home births, birth center births and water births.

Professional Afflications

The Association of Texas Midwives – Executive Board Member

The Association of Texas Midwives – Executive Board Secretary

The Association of Texas Midwives – Regional Representative – Region 4

Greater Houston Midwifery Alliance – Vice President

Midwives Alliance of North America

Hope Pregnancy Center (Westheimer) – Former Board Member

Doctors & Health Care Midwives