More and more pregnant women are now developing gestational diabetes very early on in the pregnancy, even in the first trimester, and new studies show this trend is rising worldwide, especially in South Asian women. Let's dig deeper... What is early gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) starts off as high blood sugar which appears for the first time during pregnancy, before disappearing after childbirth. The medical condition known as early gestational diabetes (early GDM or eGDM) appears, when doctors find elevated blood sugar levels during the first pregnancy trimester, or before week 20 of pregnancy, instead of the standard screening which takes place between weeks 24 and 28. Doctors use blood tests such as an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) or HbA1c to d

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