Er... hello, everyone. I have a spare two hours today (you know how you have to wait for hospital appointments...(don't worry, nothing too serious)) and I read right through this thread, missing you all, and happy to see you again, at the same time, with certain exceptions!
OiMissus, your news seemed to go from being desperate for DC2 to splitting up with DH, and it was a shock! However, I'm very impressed at the efforts you two have both been making, and know that you will both do a brilliant job of making BOi happy. Hopefully, you will find ways to be happy yourselves, too.
HopAlongOn, I didn't realise, even from the secret FB group, how unhappy you were about DC2. If it makes you feel better, DS and DD are about 3y8m apart, and they truly love each other (despite the natural selfishness of such small small children). HOwever, if that is not to be in your future, either, I do hope counselling will help, perhaps purely from having your feelings acknowledged and experiencing the catharsis of good crying which doesn't hurt anyone or make anyone feel guilty or defensive.
QueenofClean, hope DD is feeling better after her operation. When DD had her op (which was non-invasive, just through the urinary tract), I was terribly disturbed to see her knocked out, and so I wish you a good recovery, too!
PartTimeProcrastinator, I think I know "who" you are, but even if not, it sounds as though you've been having a hard time, with the dramas with DP and the lump on DS's neck. How are you getting on?
Haddocks for your housework-induced fights, too, figgy!
However, CONGRATULATIONS to, I believe, ChipsandSpuds and DrFunkesFamilyBandSolution on being pregant!
Congratulations, too, to mopsytop and TheOnlySeven on pregancy, too, although it seems your joy is unfortunately tempered by pain, with illness and aggro. 
Slightly alloyed congratulations to Aethel, too, on DS's stoicism and elasticity after his accident!
CaffeinatedKitten, what fun to see the O-boy chasing chickens! It's an instinctive thing, isn't it? Both of mine love chasing pigeons. Maybe they're part cat?
Faffin, well done on your own pursuit - of safer roads, by reporting that drink driver. It seems extraordinary that you got such a clear-cut opportunity to do the right thing, but you certainly didn't waste it! 
NorthernChinchilla, that's great news about your house! It sounds a deal better from the start than your last house - I remember being shocked by the tales of the brick wallpaper over the brick wall! 
And, fixyourgardengate, I'm so glad "Aggy" was saved and preserved. My own grandmother was a "Lally" due to a PFGC mispronunciation, and she stayed like that, which was lovely, since it just felt a beautifully affectionate and individual name
We're still renovating our house (slowly turning from an "old house" to an actual "new house"!), and have set the neighbourhood alight with gossip about our (intensely de nos jours) grey-framed windows and pale yellow facade. They'd have a fit to see the pink walls in the kitchen! Some rather surprising things have happened with colour in the house, from the yellow exterior to the light-mocha countertop in the bathroom. We even have some feature walls! 
In about ten years, we may be on a MN Rightmove point-and-laugh thread... DH is, thankfully, not bothered negatively, but does gain some pleasure from the gossip (which helps a bit to offset his stress about the whole matter, poor thing)
I've written the first half of a book set in an alternative history - extended Little Ice Age which has meant Britain's American colonies have failed, and Scandinavia has become depopulated. Do let me know if alt history and steam punk are your thing!
DD is at preschool two mornings a week, and will go every morning from September, which ought to make the writing quicker, not to mention the quest to regain my health: so far, I'm striving through Pilates and aquafit.
Oh, and the house we're living in is a tip, but that is not really news...
Nice to see you all again!
Love, "plu" xx