Expectant mothers aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for 2, but anything they expose themselves, including drugs and alcohol, has effects on their unborn baby. If a pregnant woman is having a drink or taking any type of illicit drug or prescription medication that may negatively influence their child, such as prescription pain medications or hypnotics which can be abused non-medically, so is their child. It is therefore imperative that addiction treatment for expectant mothers is available and utilized on an immediate basis, in order that both mother and baby can avoid any significant and disastrous consequences. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even though one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as easy as you might think. As being a substance abuser can cloud one's judgment and priorities, and this causes it to be difficult to really make the correct choices concerning one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will assure that rehabilitation client is safely detoxed and receives the rehabilitation they must have to remain abstinent for the remainder of their pregnancy and beyond. This will be sure that they are able to be a loving and caring parent to their child after they deliver their baby, and can go on to have a drug and alcohol free life.