I would also suggest your DP get a second job for a while, until you get back in the workforce.
Even just a few hours a week will help, especially since you will soon have another little mouth to feed, clothe, educate etc.
You are in this together.


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i would be suggesting you get financially counselling before DP jumps into an extra job. in theory, it sounds like the simple way to help you out of a bind but there is a lot to take into account with taking on an extra job
second job will get taxed at a higher rate, and may mean you get a tax bill at the end of the year if first job hasn't been taxed highly enough
taxable income will increase, which will mean potential overpayments of ftb (a and rent) - changing your estimate to reflect the added earnings (which you would need to do) will reduce the income there as well
travel
potential expense for additional "away from home" meals (not necessarily take away, but if he was working two jobs, to get decent meals/snacks/drinks it can mean additional expenses - where you might have a glass of water at home, being out may mean taking cordial or something)

just be REALLY sure of your numbers before you make decisions like that. you want to make sure you are actually bringing in more income otherwise what's the point? i know for us, me working 15 minutes extra each fortnight, we would have $50 less per fortnight of actual cash coming in. given our budget is extremely tight (about $80 for fuel and food most fortnights), that difference is HUGE. yes, i could add a LOT of extra hours, but the net gain just isn't there. sometimes it's better to reign in the budget to the bare basics, shop smart (bulk buys when on special, cook everything from scratch if you can, cook and freeze bulk foods) than to take on more work. the stress of extra hours can be very damaging on the entire family. again, looking at our situation - due to the limits on the type of work DH can now do due to health, if he were to work, by the time we factor in travel, tax, ftb losses - without even having to factor in child care as my mum has DD, it would still cost us money to have him work

really check your numbers before making that decision.


i tend to agree with PZ that you can do meals that are cheap and healthy though - as i said, we're living on about $80 a fortnight - we manage to successfully live on that most of the time (sometimes we buy in bulk so blow that a bit - but the next week it evens out) - we feed two adults and one kidlet 6 nights a week, and a third adult on the seventh night. we always cook extra at dinner time so that we have lunch for the next day. we just make sure there is plenty of veg to bulk things out a bit. tonight we're making fried rice, and will make sure there's enough for tonight, tomorrow lunch and probably tomorrow dinner. we had chow mein the other night, and made enough to freeze three lunch sized meals (for DD and DH) and still had a lunch today for DH and I...