Mothers-to-be aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for just two, but what they expose themselves, including drugs and alcohol, is affecting their unborn child. If an expectant mother is drinking alcohol or taking any type of illicit drug or prescription medication which could adversely impact their child, including prescription pain killers or hypnotics which can be abused non-medically, so is their baby. It is therefore 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 effects. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even if one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as easy as you are likely to think. Being a substance abuser can alter one's decision making 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 rehab 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 ensure that they are able to be a loving and caring parent for their child after they deliver their baby, and can go on to experience a substance free life.