Pregnant women aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for 2, but anything they become exposed to, including drugs and alcohol, is affecting their unborn child. If an expectant mother is consuming alcohol or taking any kind of illicit drug or prescription medication which can negatively impact their child, such as prescription pain killers or hypnotics which are often abused non-medically, so is their baby. Hence, it is imperative that addiction treatment for expectant mothers is accessible and made use of on an immediate basis, so that both mother and baby can avoid any serious and disastrous consequences. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even when one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as simple as you might think. As being a substance abuser can cloud one's decision making and priorities, which causes it to be difficult to make the correct choices concerning one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will guarantee that treatment client is safely detoxed and receives the rehabilitation they have to stay sober through out their pregnancy and beyond that. This can be sure that they can be a competent and loving parent to their child when they deliver their baby, and can continue to have an alcohol and drug free life.