Mothers-to-be aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for 2, but anything they expose themselves, including alcohol and drugs, is affecting their child. If an expectant mother is drinking alcohol or taking any type of illegal drug or prescription medication which could negatively impact their baby, including prescription pain killers or sedatives which are often abused non-medically, so is their baby. Therefore, it's imperative that addiction treatment for expectant mothers can be acquired 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 in danger, isn't as simple as you are likely to think. Being a substance abuser can alter one's judgment and priorities, which causes it to be difficult to really make the right choices concerning one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will ensure that treatment client is safely detoxed and receives the rehabilitation they have to remain sober for the remainder of 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 continue to have a substance abuse free life.