Pregnant women aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for just two, but what they become exposed to, including drugs and alcohol, has effects on their unborn baby. If an expectant mother is having a drink or taking any type of illicit drug or prescription drug that may negatively influence their child, such as prescription pain killers or hypnotics which are often abused non-medically, so is their baby. Therefore, it's crucial that addiction treatment for expectant mothers is available and utilized on an immediate basis, to ensure both mother and child can avoid any serious 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. As being a substance abuser can alter one's decision making and priorities, which causes it to be difficult to really make the right choices concerning one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, rehabilitation counselors will guarantee that rehab client is easily detoxed and receives the rehabilitation they must have to remain abstinent through out their pregnancy and beyond that. This will ensure that they can be a competent and loving parent for their child when they deliver their baby, and can go on to have a drug and alcohol free life.