31 weeks - working from home

[wasthataburp]

anyone working from home in the last few weeks of work? I am thinking of asking to work from home for the rest of the week. I have a sore back from sitting here all day and I am just exhausted. I have a 1 year old at home but she obviously will be at her childcare so I will have peace to get my work done.

Do you think its reasonable for me to ask?

I think it depends on how many weeks you will be when you start maternity leave?

My maternity leave starts at 39 weeks - I’m 23 weeks now and work from home one day a week, increasing to 2 days a week from 33 weeks and 5 days from home from 37 weeks. Personally my work would not be ok with me doing full time from home for more than a couple of weeks...

I didnt mean full time, just the rest of this week to get a break from sitting here. I am finishing at the end of this month, I have holidays which I am taking before mat leave starts

There's no harm in asking. I'm also 31 weeks and my company are happy for me to do whatever suits me best, if you've got all the set up to work from home and it doesn't massively matter if you're in the office or not then you'd hope they'd consider it!

fingers crossed they say yes!

My employer allowed me to work from home one day a week for the last 4 weeks I was in. It certainly helped.

I worked to 39 weeks and worked from home 1 or 2 days a week from 33 weeks. Any day I had a midwife or hospital appt I worked from home around it too.

For the reasons you state, my employer would not be happy with me WFH. If you have backache sitting at a chair that should have been set up for your needs, you would have worse back ache sitting at home all day at a work station or on a sofa that is not adjusted to your needs.

I would make the assumption that the pain would prevent you from getting much work done and that you'd more likely be resting due to the pain, rather than working as you should be.

Definitely ask, their priority should be making sure you are as comfortable and happy, and therefore as productive, as possible while you're still working.

Obviously it depends on your office culture and tasks whether working from home will be feasible for them.

But you should pitch it that you will be able to take your breaks to lie flat, sit on your ball, do your stretches etc and therefore get through more work for them from home