Mothers-to-be aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for 2, but anything they expose themselves, including alcohol and drugs, is affecting their unborn child. If a pregnant woman is drinking alcohol or taking any type of illegal drug or prescription medication which can adversely impact their baby, including prescription pain killers or sedatives which are often abused non-medically, so is their child. Hence, it is crucial that addiction treatment for expectant mothers is available and utilized on an immediate basis, to ensure both mother and baby can avoid any serious and disastrous effects. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even though one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as simple as you are likely to think. As being a substance abuser can cloud one's decision making and priorities, and this causes it to be difficult to really make the correct choices regarding one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, rehab counselors will ensure that treatment client is safely detoxed and receives the treatment they must have to stay sober through out their pregnancy and beyond that. This will make sure that they are able to be a loving and caring parent for their child when they deliver their baby, and can continue to have a substance abuse free life.