It's an unfortunate reality that even pregnant women have a problem with drug abuse. Quite often, the pregnant woman is already hooked on drugs or alcohol when they became pregnant and merely couldn't stop using no matter how hard they attempted to do so, for the sake of their child. Continuing drug abuse while pregnant isn't only likely to result in a risky pregnancy, but sometimes also drastically increases instances of miscarriage and babies born dependent to drugs or alcohol. Nobody wants to see their newborn going through drug or alcohol withdrawal because they didn't put an end to their drug or alcohol use in their pregnancy. And no one wants to have their infant taken away from them simply because they couldn't quit. Programs for mothers-to-be may offer woman genuine solutions to enable them to have a healthy pregnancy and ultimately a healthy baby when it's born. Within a facility for expectant mothers, women can be safely detoxed without unwanted effects which may compromise their own health or the well-being of their child. They can be in rehab of sufficient length to get the support and care that they must to fully grasp their addiction as well as what prompted it, in order to avoid these scenarios and circumstances later on so they are a good mother to their infant.