Hi Siobpea
I dont really have any advice, just my current experience. I am interested in your thread as I am T1 who is currently 14 weeks pregnant.
The pregnancy was not planned, but I very much want the baby. I believe I conceived around the 8.2 mark which as we know is quite high, I have since managed to get it down to 6.2 but was gutted to find out yesterday that it went up to 6.4. I must say that trying to get blood within the very tight range is extremely difficult and I dont quite achieve it, as a result of really trying i suffer a lot of hypos, but I dont really know how i can avoid them at the moment. As a result I test many, many times a day (which luckily I can afford to do) and wake up 3 times a night, I feel that my fear of having a very bad hypo during the night is effecting me pyschologically hence why I set my alarm during the night (i must add that I work in a different country during the week so dont have my husband next to me). From a control point of view I believe you would have to test, test and test!
Like you, I do worry about the future, whether I will have a healthy baby, will I survive, will I get lots of complications. At the end of the day, we can only try our best, I believe we can have a successful pregnancy and its this hope that keeps me going. I have faith that when the pregnancy is over, I have enough determination to ensure I get my diabetes back on track and be the best mum I can be. Complications can arise in pregnancy in both diabetic and non-diabetic women, so I think we just need to think positive, stay strong and remain focused! Good luck!