Urgent! EEA3 and Maternity Allowances without worker status

[ikat]

I would really appreciate your help please (yet again!). I'M DESPERATE HERE! Many thanks in advance!

I'm just filling my EEA 3 application that I intend to post on 1.9.2014 as that's the day from which I qualify. But now I'm worried that I might not qualify???!! (And my husbands EEA4 depends on this!!!!)

I'm fine with exercising my treaty rights from September 2009 until February 2014. I was either a student (with CSI), a worker, on maternity leave as a worker (and returned to the same job after the mat leave).... BUT! With our second child, I got pregnant just during a short break between two jobs. So with my new employer, I only qualified for Maternity Allowances. Normally not a problem I guess, but the job was on fixed term contract which ended *WHILE* I was on maternity leave!!

So: Employment contract was until February 2014. I was on mat leave and receiving Maternity Allowances from September 2013 until June 2014 (baby was born October 2013).
WHAT WAS MY STATUS FROM FEBRUARY 2014 ONWARDS PLEASE??? What do I put in the eea3 form for this period?? I cannot put self-sufficient as we received partial housing benefit, tax credits and obviously the mat allowances too.
Does this mean that my 5 qualifying years for PR got interrupted??? And that essentially I do not qualify for PR? I'm now a stay at home mum with two kids and my non-EEA husband is meant to apply for PR in June 2015. If I don't get my PR i obviously won't prove the requirements for his EEA4 application either... What will that mean? Him getting deported? Me being here alone with two kids?? (They are both British nationals btw, if that can help in any way...)

Two ideas/options, maybe (??):
1. I'm actually in the UK since 2005 (full time student 2005-08) and I was employed from Sept 2008-August 2009 (two jobs, the second one from February 2009- August 2009) but I did not have WRS then as I didn't know about it. Could I use this second job as qualifying time for the PR since it couldn't have possibly been 12 months for a WRS (sorry, I know, it's probably not making much sense... Desperation here!)

2. What about those 6 months people can take "off" from those 5 qualifying years??? I know that from 14 February until 31st August it's 6.5months... but could I still somehow say I was at home (even in my home EU country) staying with my mum... Prolonged holidays kind of thing... Or those 2 extra weeks would ruin this option? I guess I'd still have to prove I was self-sufficient though?

Please help! This is our family life here at stake, my husband can only get his PR if I get mine!

Thank you!!!

[Obie]

You may qualify under Saint Prix, depending on the circumstance.

[ikat]

I only just saw your response, Obie, thank you! (It was so short I overlooked it while checking the thread several times a day!).
I really appreciate your time reading my question and replying, Thank you.

[isceon]

Hi
Have you applied for your EEA3 yet?