I think having a separate bereavement benefit would be beneficial for situations such as mine. My husband was forced to go back to work after a week. If there were individual benefits for both parents.... Our hands were tied. They wouldn't sign the forms. We went to see a physician twice in a week and then we just didn't have any more fight left in us. If there was a separate benefit, that would have never happened. I ended up going back to work nine weeks postpartum because he wasn't at home with me.
After you lose a baby, people don't rush to your house to console you. People stay away. You're there by yourself.