Pregnant women aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for 2, but what they expose themselves, including drugs and alcohol, is affecting their unborn child. If an expectant mother is drinking alcohol or taking any type of illicit drug or prescription medication that may adversely impact their child, including prescription pain medications or hypnotics which are often abused non-medically, so is their baby. Therefore, it is imperative that addiction treatment for expectant mothers can be obtained and made use of on an immediate basis, to ensure both mother and baby can avoid any significant and disastrous effects. Becoming sober one one's own, even when one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as easy as you are likely to think. As being a substance abuser can alter one's decision making and priorities, and this causes it to be difficult to make the correct choices concerning one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, rehab counselors will make sure that treatment client is safely detoxed and receives the treatment they have to stay sober for the remainder of their pregnancy and beyond that. This will ensure that they can be a competent and loving parent to their child once they deliver their baby, and can go on to have an alcohol and drug free life.