It's great reading all these posts I really struggled with my first child as I had no diabetic pregnant people to talk with and found it so stressful that there was no one who really understood what I was going through on top of the usual pregnancy problems. First pregnancy for me was unexpected and I had a hba1c of 13% (was going through a rebellious in denial about my diabetes phase), as soon as I found out I knuckled down immediately and got really good hba1cs throughout but with ALOT of hard work and lots of hypos. I had my daughter at 37 weeks due to size with a section after a failed induction and she was 7lbs 10oz, she was a typical chubby diabetic baby as the drs would say but she's now a happy healthy 4 year old and bappgot baby number 2 on board. However this time my hba1c was 8% when I conceived however I would have wanted it lower but I didn't think I could pregnant at the time as I wasn't having proper periods. I've not had my hba1c done again since then but I'm sure it will have come down as I'm really focused in my bloods.
My big problem though is that spike in blood sugars after meals but I think it's very hard to get your bloods down after 1 hour when your short acting insulin is peaking at around 2-3 hours. So I don't beat myself up too much and my team focus on my pre meal blood sugars. I have made lots of reductions in my insulin through this pregnancy but first time round my ratios went up to 7:1 for some of my meals so just be prepared. Not sure if you've heard of the mySugr app it's free and I've found it amazing for recording my readings, carb portions, what I've eaten and what insulin I've had. I just print it out and take it to clinic every week where they sit and look and decide what to change. I can't emphasise how important being aware of your carbohydrate intake is in controlling your bloods, there's a brilliant book called Carbs and cals they also have an app where it shows you all different foods and different amounts and what they contain. I'm quite clued up now but it's been a godsend for me to always have that handy, I would have never got my diabetes under control without it!
I've just started with a pump though yesterday so it's been like starting again for me but I'm already loving not having to do proper injections 7-8 times a day. Fingers crossed my bloods keep getting better too!
I'm guessing you already know they don't usually let you go past 38 weeks when your diabetic as the risk of stillbirth is a lot higher past that point (something to do with the placenta not working properly). If there's anything I can do to help or if you want to chat it'd be nice to speak to someone going through similar things to me. Also it's so important to get your eyes screened as things can deteriorate quickly so problems are best caught early. Good luck with your pregnancy x