Mothers-to-be aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for just two, but anything they become exposed to, including alcohol and drugs, has effects on their unborn child. If an expectant mother is consuming alcohol or taking any kind of illicit drug or prescription drug which could negatively impact their child, including prescription pain medications or sedatives which are often abused non-medically, so is their baby. It is therefore imperative that addiction treatment for expectant mothers is available and made use of on an immediate basis, to ensure both mother and child can avoid any significant and disastrous effects. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even when one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as easy as one could think. Being a substance abuser can alter one's judgment and priorities, and this can make it difficult to make the correct choices regarding one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, rehab counselors will ensure that rehab client is safely detoxed and receives the rehabilitation they must have to stay abstinent through out their pregnancy and beyond that. This will make sure that they can be a loving and caring parent to their child after they deliver their baby, and can continue to have a substance free life.