Mothers-to-be aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for 2, but what they expose themselves, including drugs and alcohol, affects their unborn child. If an expectant mother is consuming alcohol or taking any type of illicit drug or prescription medication that may adversely affect their child, such as prescription pain killers or sedatives which are often abused non-medically, so is their baby. Hence, it is imperative that addiction treatment for expectant mothers is accessible and utilized on an immediate basis, to ensure both mother and child can avoid any severe and disastrous consequences. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even though one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as simple as you might think. As being a substance abuser can cloud one's decision making and priorities, and this causes it to be difficult to make the right choices regarding one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will assure that treatment client is safely detoxed and receives the rehab they need to stay sober through out their pregnancy and beyond that. This will be sure that they can be a loving and caring parent to their child once they deliver their baby, and can go on to have a substance free life.