It's an unfortunate actuality that even pregnant women have trouble with substance abuse. Often times, the expectant mother had been hooked on drugs or alcohol whenever they became pregnant and merely couldn't stop using no matter how hard they tried, for the sake of their child. Continuing drug abuse during pregnancy is not just likely to result in a dangerous pregnancy, but sometimes also significantly increases instances of miscarriage and babies born dependent to drugs or alcohol. No one wants to see their newborn going through drug or alcohol withdrawal because they didn't put an end to their drug abuse throughout their pregnancy. And nobody wants to have their child taken away from them because they couldn't quit. Programs for pregnant women can offer woman actual solutions to enable them to experience a healthy pregnancy and consequently a healthy infant when it's born. In a rehab for expectant mothers, women can be safely detoxed without uncomfortable side effects that may compromise their own health or the health of their child. They are able to stay in rehabilitation long enough for the support and care that they must to understand their addiction and what prompted it, in order to avoid these scenarios and circumstances in the future so they can be a good mother to their baby.