The phrase "ask for maternity" is not commonly used in written English and may be unclear without context.
It could be used in situations where someone is requesting information or assistance related to maternity leave or maternity benefits.
Example: "If you have questions about your rights, don't hesitate to ask for maternity support from HR."
Alternatives: "request maternity leave" or "inquire about maternity benefits".
She was told by the school's trustees that she was being "selfish" to ask for maternity leave, since this would mean that funding for other parts of the school would have to be cut back.
In addition, women are seen as more likely to ask for maternity leave than men, meaning that it is more difficult for them to obtain a well paying job, which has negative effects on female employment.
There are various societal pressures that combine to create the double burden, including some economic thinking of domestic work, thoughts about net household gain, and the perceived notion that women are more likely to ask for maternity leave than men.
"A young father came in recently asking for maternity pads for his wife who had just given birth.
One remembers how on the same day she asked for maternity leave, there was so little time that she left the office for good.
"We didn't want to get thrown out on a technicality," Ackerman remembered, "so I officially asked for maternity leave, since that was what it was called, and part of the application was a statement from the doctor who delivered your baby.
Another pregnant friend asked for a maternity coat, but received a fleece poncho that could have enclosed four of her.
All in all, then, the ideal way to eat here is this: strap a giant hot-water bottle to your tummy, stuff yourself silly with those unspeakably delicious breads and amuse-bouches, deploy the winkling pin the moment someone looks poised to take the order, point embarrassedly to the puddle on the floor, and ask for directions to the nearest maternity hospital.
Women undervalue both breast feeding and their own needs compared with the needs of others as a reason to ask for help in the context of overstretched maternity services.
Counterbalancing such deregulation are plans from Michael Gove's education and families department for a bill including more rights to ask for flexible working arrangements, and possibly also transferrable maternity leave between parents.
One woman wished she had "dared" to ask for help but did not because she wanted to prove that she was capable, and she did not want to bother the staff unnecessarily.... sort of want to show how capable they are and therefore don't ask for help too often at the maternity ward.
