Mothers-to-be aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for just two, but what they expose themselves, including alcohol and drugs, affects their child. If a pregnant woman is consuming alcohol or taking any kind of illegal drug or prescription medication which could adversely impact their baby, including prescription pain killers or hypnotics which can be abused non-medically, so is their child. Therefore, it's essential that addiction treatment for expectant mothers is available and utilized on an immediate basis, so that both mother and baby can avoid any severe and disastrous effects. Becoming sober one one's own, even though one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as simple as one could think. Being a substance abuser can alter one's judgment and priorities, which causes it to be difficult to really make the right choices regarding one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, rehabilitation counselors will make sure that treatment client is easily detoxed and receives the treatment they must have to stay abstinent through out their pregnancy and beyond that. This will be sure that they can be a competent and loving parent to their child when they deliver their baby, and can go on to experience a substance abuse free life.