Laranna - I'm looking at it the same way most of the time because I was very unhappy in my job and looking to do something else. So I'm going to try to concentrate on studying and being a mum for the time being. I've tried to get some temp work but nothing has come up so far - not sure if my prg has affected my chances. It shouldn't be relevant with temp jobs but some people have strange views on it I guess.

My payout was decent, enough for us to get organised for the new bub and DH has a good wage. I don't *need* to work but we will miss the extra money.

If DH lost his job it would be disasterous - in simple terms we'd probably lose our house if he couldn't get another job quickly.

We've worked hard over the last 12 months to clear all debt except our mortage (still have a bit to go on our cc but that won't take long) so we're not in such a bad situation for the time being.