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Tamar Lieb

Bringing Baby Home Instructor

Tamar Lieb is completing her Naturopathic midwifery studies at Bastyr University in June 2011, celebrating the culmination of a 5 year intensive medical program in Naturopathic Medicine, including 3 years of supervised clinical practice and midwifery internships. She chose to become a Naturopathic Doctor because of her desire to provide whole family natural healthcare. She received her Bachelor of Science  in Chemical Engineering from The Cooper Union.

She has a passion for women's health and pediatrics, and has attended over 110 births.  The first birth that she attended (in a doula capacity) was that of a baby goat on a farm that she was living on, an experience that gave her a taste of the miraculous wonder that is birth.   She believes that birth is a natural physiological process that is a life-changing event for the family that is newly being created.  She has trained with several well-known midwives in the Seattle area, and has supported many couples as they make the transition into parenthood. She loves being present to watch a family grow. She is a certified Gottman educator and is trained as a "Bringing Baby Home" facilitator. 

In her free time, you will find Tamar hiking, camping, and cooking with friends in her kitchen.  The most powerful medicine is often the simplest- the woods, good company, and wholesome food.  She has a strong affinity for Western herbal medicine and has spent significant time working on farms and in medicinal herb gardens tending to plants.