POTD 2nd March 2010 - Pea Pod
Today was Pea Pod day. What's a Pea Pod I hear you ask? It's a capsule type machine that measures BMI for babies. When Olivia was born we were asked if we would like to participate in a research study about gestational diabetes and it's affects on babies growth after birth. We are in the control group and each visit Olivia's length, head & belly circ and weight are taken, then it's into the pea pod she goes to measure her BMI. The pod is sealed, heated and has plenty of air circulating. This is all done at birth (day 3 I think), 6 weeks, 3 months and 4 1/2 months.
It was hard to take these shots, O wouldn't sit still and she's only in there for about 2 minutes. This time she was quite happy to be in there, last time she screamed!
One of the researchers said that the data they are getting from this study is going to really change how they treat women with gestational diabetes - good to know that the study is worthwhile!
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