Compassionate leave for Miscarriages

[Hol1st]

My employer has refused my request for paid compassionate leave due to a miscarriage at 8 weeks. She was aware of my pregnancy and I only took two days off despite having a sick note for two weeks. Apparently compassionate leave and bereavement leave aren’t to be used under these circumstances and I don’t get paid for sick leave so I’ll lose the wages. I feel so under appreciated and gutted despite all my hard work and value I’ve brought to the company, two days off isn’t approved. AIBU to be upset by this or is it normal practice?
i really really hope the new proposals for paid compassionate leave to be available under these circumstances goes ahead soon

I’m frankly astonished that a bereavement policy conflates miscarriage and stillbirth. Having experienced both there’s no comparison in the impact. Two weeks for a stillbirth is appalling.

I believe that in England you are legally entitled to full maternity leave/pay (whatever you would ordinarily be entitled to) if you have a still birth (being a birth after 24 weeks of pregnancy).

That’s helpful. My experience was in the days before maternity leave.

As a previous poster says, if it’s after a certain week, maternity leave also kicks in. Just we have up to 2 weeks of compassionate leave as well