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By now you probably know what foods raise your BGs unduly. Avoid them. Try to concentrate on as low-carb and nutrition-dense food as possible and maintaining as level a glucose level as you can. Discontinuing birth control pills AND weaning a baby are stressful factors for your body. Both affect your hormone balance, which affects your glucose levels. Adjust your food intake accordingly to minimize the amount of insulin you need and that will also minimize your hypos, highs, and also avoid weight gain. Your A1c was fine before. Try to get it back down below 6%. Complications set in faster when numbers are above. And those complications will be yours and not your doctor's. You are in charge of managing your own diabetes.