Please limit restraints on pregnant inmates, especially during labor, delivery and the postpartum period.  This time is very difficult on women and their children.  The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association oppose the practice of shackling inmates due to the health risks it poses to the life of the mother and her child. State-run correctional facilities have already enacted limitations on this practice; local and regional facilities should do the same.  Please consider the child being born and the challenges of pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period for the mother.  As a mother myself, I can not imagine how difficult pregnancy, labor, delivery and the postpartum time would have been for both myself and my child had I not had freedom of movement to assist the baby in his progress.  While the woman is an inmate, no child should be born an inmate.  Please, please consider this subject and whenever possible please limit the use of restraints on pregnant, laboring and postpartum women.  Please give them the freedom they need to be able to care for their child in the most healthy and humane way possible.  If mothers are given freedom of movement, they may better bond with their child both before and after birth.  This bonding has been proven to lower the rate of abuse of children, improve breathing, heart rate and body temperature in the infant, and lead to overall a much healthier adult when the infant is grown.  Healthier children who have bonded with their mothers hold the promise of a better future.