Pregnant women aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for just two, but anything they expose themselves, including drugs and alcohol, is affecting their child. If a pregnant woman is consuming alcohol or taking any type of illegal drug or prescription drug which can negatively impact their baby, including prescription pain killers or hypnotics which are often abused non-medically, so is their baby. Therefore, it is essential that addiction treatment for expectant mothers can be acquired and made use of on an immediate basis, to ensure both mother and baby can avoid any severe and disastrous effects. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even when one's pregnancy is in danger, isn't as easy as one would 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, treatment counselors will make sure that rehabilitation client is safely detoxed and receives the rehabilitation they need to stay sober through out their pregnancy and beyond that. This will make certain that they are able to be a loving and caring parent for their child once they deliver their baby, and can continue to have a drug and alcohol free life.