Mothers-to-be aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for 2, but what they expose themselves, including alcohol and drugs, is affecting their unborn baby. If a pregnant woman is having a drink or taking any type of illegal drug or prescription medication which can adversely affect their baby, such as prescription pain killers or hypnotics which can be abused non-medically, so is their baby. It is therefore essential that addiction treatment for expectant mothers is available and utilized on an immediate basis, to ensure both mother and child can avoid any severe and disastrous effects. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even when one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as easy as you are likely to think. As being a substance abuser can alter one's judgment 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, rehabilitation counselors will make sure that treatment client is safely detoxed and receives the rehabilitation they have to stay abstinent through out their pregnancy and beyond. This will ensure that they can be a loving and caring parent to their child after they deliver their baby, and can go on to have an alcohol and drug free life.