Mothers-to-be aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for just two, but anything 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 illicit drug or prescription medication that may negatively affect their child, like prescription pain medications or sedatives which are often abused non-medically, so is their child. Therefore, it is imperative that addiction treatment for expectant mothers can be acquired and made use of on an immediate basis, to ensure that both mother and baby can avoid any serious and disastrous consequences. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even though one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as easy as you might think. Being a substance abuser can cloud one's decision making and priorities, and this can make it difficult to make the correct choices concerning one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, rehab counselors will make sure that treatment client is safely detoxed and receives the treatment they must have to remain abstinent for the remainder of 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 drug and alcohol free life.