Anything that would be offered would probably be gratefully accepted. When you are thrust into the world of bereavement after the loss of a child, you can't focus. You don't even know what is available or how to access what is available. Imagine: Now we can all go to our computers and look up resources. Thankfully, there are some resources available. When we lost our child in 1995, the Internet was something we could only dream about and imagine. It took us two months to find Empty Cradle.
The first group we discovered was something called Compassionate Friends. The main difference between Compassionate Friends and Empty Cradle is that Empty Cradle specializes in pregnancy and infant loss. Compassionate Friends deals with the loss of a child at any age. While we were trying to grieve the loss of a baby we had never even met until she was already deceased, we were confronted by parents who had lost their child to suicide, murder or car accidents. It was extremely traumatic. I believe that set my grieving back considerably, at that point.
To be able to have access to resources, information and compassionate people who truly do understand is very important.