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Continue reading →: joy & grief exist together.
trigger warning: discussion of living children ahead. Life is ever-evolving, and so is how I show up here. I’ve not been working actively on The River Connection for a variety of reasons, but for the past year that lack of activity has been due to experiencing a successful pregnancy and…
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Continue reading →: your grief matters, no matter what.
For the majority of my adult life, I didn’t want children. That may sound surprising coming from someone campaigning for visibility for mothers of babies lost in pregnancy, but it’s true. It wasn’t until I was 29 that I decided I wanted children, but until then I was very adamant…
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Continue reading →: not quite a mother
With Mother’s Day approaching, it’s difficult to know how to feel as a woman with no living children. Because I do have a child. She made herself at home in my womb for almost two months before we lost her. River may not have made it into our arms, but…
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Continue reading →: welcome to the river connection
My name is Nicole Phung. The River Connection is a project born from my miscarriage experience in August 2021. River is the name my husband and I gave to the sweet soul we lost, after confirming both spiritually and genetically that she was a girl. Although the grief of loss is heavy…
Hello,
Meet Nicole.
I’m Nicole Phung, creator of The River Connection. I’m a miscarriage doula, pediatric speech-language pathologist, climber, and empath. I live in the Phoenix area with my husband, daughter, and two pups. After experiencing a miscarriage in August 2021, I discovered a passion for connecting with other women who have experienced pregnancy loss. My hope is to create a community of support for life after loss through storytelling.
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Whether you’re here as a loss mama or here to learn more about the experience of pregnancy loss, there’s a place for you.
the river connection. 