Pregnant women aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for just two, but what they become exposed to, including alcohol and drugs, affects their baby. If a pregnant woman is drinking alcohol or taking any type of illicit drug or prescription medication that may adversely influence their baby, like prescription pain medications or hypnotics which are often abused non-medically, so is their child. Therefore, it's imperative that addiction treatment for expectant mothers is available and made use of on an immediate basis, so that both mother and baby can avoid any severe and disastrous consequences. Becoming sober one one's own, even when one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as easy as one could think. As being a substance abuser can alter one's decision making and priorities, which can make it difficult to really make the correct choices concerning one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will assure that treatment client is easily detoxed and receives the rehabilitation they have to stay abstinent for the remainder of their pregnancy and beyond that. This can be sure that they can be a loving and caring parent for their child when they deliver their baby, and can go on to have a drug and alcohol free life.