yearly contract is ending

Ladies, I just need to get this off my chest. It’s always a risk to get pregnant when you’re on a one-year contract. Your employer can let it expire without reason and not renew it. Of course, they’ll never give the reason “pregnant” as the reason. So I got pregnant while on a one-year contract. I found out I was pregnant at the end of October 2012, and my contract ends in January 2013. Unfortunately, I’ve been told they won’t renew it due to budget cuts. I happen to know this is actually true. My role was already project-based, and I know that on my department, everyone on a temporary contract won’t get an extension. When I accepted the role, they already warned me that it might not be renewed because of the project itself—I wasn’t even pregnant then... In total, 4 people from my department on a one-year contract were told (including myself) that it won’t be renewed. Still, this hits pretty hard. Financially it’s not a big deal since almost my entire salary would go to childcare anyway. My husband and I discussed getting pregnant thoroughly and took the risks into account. So financially it’s not really a problem. But career-wise, I find it quite unfortunate since it’s very hard to find a part-time job and you now have a “gap in your CV.” Because in January I’ll officially no longer be working for the organization... and if I were on maternity leave you could still list the organization on your CV... now there’s nothing. But well, I was wondering if anyone has experience with this? My manager emphasized that my performance was absolutely perfect and that I should keep in touch with him, and if I want to get back to work I can call him, and maybe there will be new positions open for me. But 2013 is a very difficult year for the entire organization but especially for my department. Some projects they’ve just stopped... So I’m not going to pin my hopes on it myself. It’s just over. Had to swallow it...