Pregnant women aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for just two, but what they expose themselves, including drugs and alcohol, affects their baby. If an expectant mother is consuming alcohol or taking any kind of illegal drug or prescription medication which can negatively impact their child, like prescription pain killers or sedatives which are often abused non-medically, so is their child. Therefore, it is crucial that addiction treatment for expectant mothers is available and made use of on an immediate basis, to ensure that both mother and baby can avoid any severe and disastrous effects. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even if one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as easy 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 make the correct choices regarding one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, rehab counselors will assure that rehab client is easily detoxed and receives the treatment they have to remain abstinent through out their pregnancy and beyond that. This will make certain that they are able to be a competent and loving parent to their child once they deliver their baby, and can go on to have a drug and alcohol free life.