Not to put a dampner on this but would it affect your maternity leave (if your company has a mat leave "program") at all? I also work in HR and we our policies are quite strict re working whilst on paid leave - even if the CEO has tapped someone on the shoulde...
It is a small company and has no paid mat leave program - I am the only HR person in the company and even though I tried to get paid mat leave in the policies it didn't happen