Pregnant women aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for 2, but what they expose themselves, including alcohol and drugs, is affecting their unborn baby. If an expectant mother is consuming alcohol or taking any type of illegal drug or prescription medication which can negatively affect their child, like prescription pain killers or sedatives which are often abused non-medically, so is their child. Therefore, it's crucial that addiction treatment for expectant mothers is available and made use of on an immediate basis, so that both mother and child can steer clear of any significant and disastrous effects. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even if 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, which can make it difficult to really make the correct choices regarding one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will assure that treatment client is safely detoxed and receives the rehab they have to remain sober through out their pregnancy and beyond that. This will make sure that they can be a loving and caring parent for their child once they deliver their baby, and can go on to have a substance free life.