Time elapsed/remaining checking while baking

Hello everyone!
Suppose we already have some object and image for baking. The only thing has left is push button Bake. So, in script that makes all routine and start baking we are just stating

bpy.ops.object.bake(type = 'COMBINED')

Though, if we are starting this script from console we will not see progress that we usually can see in Blender.
Is there any way to print from time to time progress of baking? I mean, both the possibility (method to do such a thing) and conception (start another thread, for example, that will update progress in console)?