Pregnant women aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for 2, but anything they expose themselves, including alcohol and drugs, affects their unborn child. If an expectant mother is drinking alcohol or taking any type of illicit drug or prescription medication which could negatively impact their baby, like prescription pain medications or sedatives which can be abused non-medically, so is their baby. It is therefore imperative that addiction treatment for expectant mothers can be obtained and made use of on an immediate basis, to ensure both mother and baby can avoid any serious and disastrous consequences. Becoming sober one one's own, even when one's pregnancy is in danger, isn't as simple as you are likely to think. As being a substance abuser can alter one's decision making and priorities, and this can make it difficult to really make the right choices regarding one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will make sure that treatment client is easily detoxed and receives the rehab they need to remain abstinent for the remainder of their pregnancy and beyond that. This will ensure that they can be a loving and caring parent for their child when they deliver their baby, and can continue to have a substance abuse free life.