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I had to take it early with both pregnancies as well as at the regular time around 26 weeks or so. I passed both early tests. With DD I failed the one hour later in pregnancy but then passed te 3 hour. I am going to have to take it again soon since I am 23 weeks withLO #2.

I took the glucose test at the normal time (28 weeks), but my office does a screening at your first appointment (10 weeks) that gives them a heads up on whether you'll pass or not. It's not the glucose test, but something different. If you fail, they'll just put you on the GD diet right away.

@Mrs.KMM: I'm not sure what test it was. It was a blood test and was with all my other blood tests, but they said it gave them some sort of sugar level for the past 3 months and would give an indication of whether I was at risk for GD or not.

I took and early one! (for both pregnancies) and I passed them both ( I have the same risk factor, along with a family history of diabetes)
You will still have to take the test again at (28 weeks) so keep that in mind!

I had lots of blood work at my first prenatal appointment (6 weeks) which included an A1C. I was diagnosed with GD from that test and made adjustments to my diet. I had no risk factors.

@Mrs.KMM: Just wanted to pop in to say that when you do go for your test, if there's a place that you can walk around, do that after you drink your drink. Exercise will hopefully bring your blood sugar down as you wait for the blood draw. Even if it's walking around the small waiting room...totally worth it!

I have PCOS so I had taken it at the 10/12 week mark, and then had to repeat it at the normal time. Both came back normal for me.