Expectant mothers aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for two, but what they become exposed to, including alcohol and drugs, has effects on their unborn baby. If an expectant mother is consuming alcohol or taking any type of illicit drug or prescription medication which could adversely influence their baby, including prescription pain medications or hypnotics which are often abused non-medically, so is their child. It is therefore essential that addiction treatment for expectant mothers can be acquired and utilized on an immediate basis, so that both mother and baby can avoid any severe and disastrous effects. Becoming sober one one's own, even if one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as simple as one could think. Being a substance abuser can cloud one's judgment 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 have to stay sober through out their pregnancy and beyond that. This can be sure that they can be a competent and loving parent for their child once they deliver their baby, and can go on to have a substance free life.