Digital photography

Anyone know any decent clued up camera specialists for a little pickle I've got myself in....

Basically, I used up a memory card an didn't have any others to swap. I went in the camera menu to try and 're-size' the card to get more space for more pics. I went to 'format memory card' and clicked 'low level'....
Went back to main page and it said 'no images' but the card had all it's memory and space back.
Gutted as it's basically full of pics of my Mrs with our baby boy....
Is there anyway I can get the images back or does anyone know anywhere I can take it where they can try and recover them?

It's just a cheapo Canon IXUS

MrSmyth recommended a recovery application a while ago, have a search for that

meanwhile, don't use the card in any way. And read up on what apps works best before you attempt any recovery so you don't make it worse