I've been pregnant twice and both times my A1C was well beyond what someone should be (11) and I do not know how I even remained pregnant let alone had 2 very healthy children. But I do know that it is of DIRE importance for mom to have a healthy A1C level BEFORE pregnancy. This was a scary lesson for me as we waited and watched my babies develop. I didn't plan on becoming pregnant either time and due to lack of insurance and very big financial problems, my sugars were out of control, and I wound up pregnant with sky high blood sugars. The first 6-8 weeks of pregnancy are the weeks in which babies develop all their organs and everything. With diabetics, we run a higher chance of having babies with heart defects and neural tube defects, so getting a decent hemoglobin going in to a pregnancy is ideal. I beg all women to not play the Roulette game with your blood sugars and pregnancy because it is a gamble that you may or may not win. I am so very grateful to have my precious daughters because with all that could have and should have gone wrong, I am one very blessed woman.
