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Permalink Reply by SarahB on August 13, 2012 at 12:02pm

Different doctors will tell you different things, but mine has told me it needs to be at 7 or below. One girl I know had her doctor tell her 6. Somewhere between 6 and 7 would be my best guess.

Permalink Reply by BSP on August 13, 2012 at 12:11pm

My diabetes team at the time (I've since switched teams due to a change in insurance companies) wanted my A1C below 7 for 2 consecutive tests...so for 6 months I needed to be under 7. It was a lot of hard work, a lot of testing, a lot of communicating with my doctors but at the end of the day, it was really great because that's what I was doing for the entirety of my pregnancies.

Permalink Reply by Chelseabetic on August 13, 2012 at 12:33pm

I'm going to the High Risk Ob right now and they told me we can not start trying till i was below 6.5

Permalink Reply by Lisa L. on August 13, 2012 at 1:56pm

Hi Dkinsey! I was told under 7.0 by my high-risk OB in the USA with DD#1 (5 years ago) and just this past year, told under 6.0 by my diabetic specialist in Argentina with DD#2. Our new babe is almost 3 months old now.

Best of luck to you! This is an excellent network of women here. Also check out the 'Oh Baby' group if you haven't already (there are a few exclamation points in the name somewhere).

Permalink Reply by Kristin on August 13, 2012 at 2:02pm

6.5 was my endo's requirement.

Permalink Reply by Heather on August 13, 2012 at 2:51pm

I was told by both my OB and endo for this baby under 6.0. When I had my first child it was under 7.0.

Permalink Reply by Jen G on November 29, 2012 at 9:25pm

My hospital's norm is 5.6%, but accepts 6.0%. I just got mine down from 7.0 to 6.3 in two months. Lots and lots of testing and a number of nasty lows as side affects. But seeing a lot less numbers over 200, which is a nice change.

Permalink Reply by Roop on January 22, 2013 at 7:11pm

Hi, I'm currently pregnant (32 weeks) and they say 6.5% or under.