Mothers-to-be aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for 2, but what they expose themselves, including drugs and alcohol, affects their unborn baby. If an expectant mother is drinking alcohol or taking any type of illegal drug or prescription medication which can adversely impact their baby, such as prescription pain medications or hypnotics which are often abused non-medically, so is their baby. It is therefore imperative that addiction treatment for expectant mothers can be acquired and made use of on an immediate basis, to ensure both mother and child can avoid any significant and disastrous consequences. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even if one's pregnancy is in danger, isn't as simple as one would think. Being a substance abuser can cloud one's judgment and priorities, which causes it to be difficult to really make the correct choices concerning one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will make sure that treatment client is safely detoxed and receives the rehabilitation they need to remain sober for the remainder of their pregnancy and beyond that. This will 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 drug and alcohol free life.