you could be having "Dawn Phenomenon" its your Liver dumping glucose in the morning for you to get ready for day of hunting and gathering.
what ever time you normally get up set your alarm for 2 hours ahead and take a BG reading, then try to go back to sleep LOL
Forgot to mention that i am not taking any meds at this point, trying to lose weight and go back in three months for another A1C test. My last A1C # was 6.6