8 weeks pregnant and worried about high blood sugar

Hi guys,
It's been a long time since I posted on this site - the last time was when I was trying to reduce my HBA1c enough to start trying to conceive. Well..... I managed to get it down to 7.2 last year and we started trying. Life isn't as simple as that though- we struggled to conceive and because of my age ( I'm now 43), we were advised to start looking at fertility treatment. IVF wasn't going to work ( success rate v low for women my age), so we opted for egg donation. Anyway - as we were about to embark on the egg donation journey I found out I was pregnant! They did a scan at the egg donation place and we heard a heartbeat! I'm 8 weeks and delighted but scared - I had given up a little and my blood sugar wasn't quite so well controlled inthe last couple of months. I haven't had a new HBA1c done yet ( scan on Tuesday so they'll prob do it then) but based in my sugar meter I reckon it'll be around the 8 or a little higher mark. I've had periods of crazy highs ( 9-13) especially first thing in the morning and it settles down during the day. Basically I'd say I have been 70 % good and about 30% bad. I'm petrified Ive caused untold damage, does anyone have any advice/experience. Since I found out I've been super good, and sugar is completely under control. Also I've been taking 5mg folic acid since before my pregnancy

Thank you all in advance, I'm really worried

A couple of other vital pieces of information -
I'm not a silly girl for not knowing I wasn't pregnant ( I don't think anyway!) , my periods had been v irregular for a few months - I figured I was pre menopausal. We had sort of given up trying and I was quite down about it all so baby making sex wasn't really on the cards much. The chances of spontaneous pregnancy were so small I didn't even think about it. I was completely wrong. I'm type 2 diabetic on insulin. My worst period of highs in the morning was 4-5 days on the trot due to steroids the GP gave me for an allergy. Turns out the allergy was prob more likely related to the pregnancy. I definitely played a bit fast and loose with my diet at other times though so am still to blame. My estimate of 8ish for my new HBA1c is based on the average readings for the last 30 days on my meter which is 7.9. The last 90 days shows 7.2.

Hi @azure
Thank you for your lovely reply. I'm trying really hard to concentrate on now and moving forward its so hard not to worry though! Driving myself crazy with statistics and am a bit of an emotional wreck ( hormones probably ). It's an amazing surprise, my husband and I couldn't believe it! Can't wait for the 20 week scan when things are clearer - fingers crossed!

@Robinredbreast - thank you for your kind wishes!

Hi @Sarahkylie88 and @Mrsass - thank you both!
My husband said exactly the same i.e had we been trying it wouldn't have happened. I've heard of many people that it's happened to so I guess the body must relax in ways beyond our ken!
Yup, one of the first things I did was phone my diabetic nurse who organised a scan and consultant appointment for me. That's on Tuesday afternoon so fingers crossed!

Thank you all for the advice and support! Will let you know how it goes xx

Hi All,
Thought I'd update you on what happened at my ante natal appointment today - it all went great! Had an ultrasound, saw the heartbeat and I'm estimated 6 weeks 6 days pregnant. In even better news my HBA1c is 6.4!!!! So it's lower than it was last September and despite my crazy highs ( and the worrying!) my overall result is great so I have to focus on that. I have a follow up appointment in 2 weeks . Still early days, but initial bullets have been well and truly dodged.
Thanks again to all of you for your kind words, support and advice - I was really struggling but you all helped so much xx

Thanks all! Yes, they told me above 6 before bed, 2 hours after a meal below 7 and 1 hour after a meal below 8 but I think they'll aim to tighten up on that more in the next few weeks. Between 5 and 6 on waking. Of course, this morning I woke up on a 7.5 but didn't panic, corrected and am moving on! I've to write down meals and insulin doses for the next couple weeks before my next appointment.
Still can't quite believe it - in our house yesterday is now known as "6.4 and a heartbeat" day

Hi everyone,
We had some bad news last week, unfortunately I miscarried. Trying to stay positive but it's hard at the moment. Considering going back to Spain for egg donation but we'll see.

I have another question I'm hoping someone can help me with. I had a really crazy itch ( it turns out, in retrospect, from the moment pretty much to the day, that I conceived). Slowly but surely the itch has turned into a horrid rash over pretty much all my body. Before realising I was pregnant, the doctors gave me steroid tablets, antihistamines, steroid cream etc but nothing had worked. The dermatologist said it "might" be metformin side effects but he was pretty clueless and gave me nothing more than moisturising lotions ( by this point I knew I was pregnant). The itch is driving me crazy, I'm not sleeping and I'm scarring myself all over . Continued trips to the doc are proving fruitless. They checked my LFTs and haemoglobin last week and they were fine
Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice?
Thanks
Xx