Pregnant women aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for 2, but what they expose themselves, including alcohol and drugs, has effects on their unborn child. If a pregnant woman is drinking alcohol or taking any kind of illegal drug or prescription medication which may adversely impact their child, including prescription pain killers or sedatives which can be abused non-medically, so is their baby. Therefore, it is essential that addiction treatment for expectant mothers can be acquired and utilized on an immediate basis, in order that both mother and child 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 one would think. As being a substance abuser can cloud one's decision making and priorities, which can make it difficult to make the right choices concerning one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, rehabilitation counselors will make sure that rehab client is safely detoxed and receives the treatment they need to remain abstinent for the remainder of their pregnancy and beyond that. This will ensure that they can be a competent and loving parent to their child when they deliver their baby, and can continue to have a substance free life.