1st Trimester - high sugar

I’ve had GD in my first pregnancy and I diet controlled and had a healthy baby. I’m currently 13 weeks pregnant, at week 6 my hba1c test was 40mmol. However since then to now my diet has been awful, eaten lots of sugary stuff. Only now I was reading that poor sugar in 1st trimester can cause Congenital Deformities.

Has anyone had this issue? Or am I overthinking it.

Started eating healthy now though.

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