Thank you that is really helpful. Are the drugs you are on helping to preserve your remaining beta cells then as some stuff I am reading suggests that going to insulin straight away may help to do that. Have been reading the experiences of living with Type I and it has frightened me. Also worried about the stress of going back to work as interestingly my levels were harder to control at work when I had gdm.
I have not had any pregnancies, so I can't comment on that I'm afraid, but you can read up on the drugs here:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-medication/forxiga-dapagliflozin.html
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-medication/diabetes-and-victoza.html
My specialist wanted to prescribe me victoza, but this was after I'd been taking gliclazide for a while. Gliclazide forces the beta-cells to produce extra insulin. I was required to go off the basal insulin in order to take victoza which was something I was absolutely not willing to do, as I could tell that my body's insulin production had plummeted dramatically for a while.
Victoza is only useful if you still have adequate beta-cell functioning left (which is why it's technically only for type 2 diabetics, not type 1). Forxiga will also not cut it if your insulin production is too low. It's speculated that overworking the remaining beta-cells indeed speeds up the transition to insulin dependency, and anecdotal stories on the forum seem to confirm it. I believe it was true for me.
"Have been reading the experiences of living with Type I and it has frightened me."
What about it frightens you? If you are honest, log diligently and are careful with finding your insulin ratio, then there's very little that can go wrong. Living with insulin dependency isn't easy because you have to consider a lot of factors, but it becomes second nature very quickly. Everyone's experience is different though, so what others are going through isn't necessarily what you will go through. I personally have absolutely no issues with insulin dependency whatsoever. I just do what I need to do. I take precautions, I test often, I adjust, and make use of the resources available to me. (I'm very fond of my diabetes phone app because it automates a lot of the process for me.)
I don't stress about it because there's no point. I do what I can do, and that's good enough and all I can ask from myself. It's when you are negligent or in denial that situations become horror stories. It's when you don't give diabetes the space in your life that it needs that it becomes a real tedious struggle.
Just take it one step at a time and stay informed. Knowledge gives you the power to make the right decisions for yourself.