Expectant mothers aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for just two, but anything they expose themselves, including alcohol and drugs, is affecting their unborn baby. If an expectant mother is drinking alcohol or taking any kind of illicit drug or prescription drug which can adversely influence their child, including prescription pain medications or sedatives which can be abused non-medically, so is their child. Therefore, it's essential 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 consequences. Becoming sober one one's own, even if one's pregnancy is in danger, isn't as easy as one could think. Being a substance abuser can cloud one's judgment and priorities, and this causes it to be difficult to make the right choices concerning one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will make sure that rehabilitation client is easily detoxed and receives the rehabilitation they have to stay abstinent for the remainder of their pregnancy and beyond that. This can make sure that they are able to be a loving and caring parent for their child after they deliver their baby, and can go on to have an alcohol and drug free life.