It's an unfortunate actuality that even pregnant women have trouble with drug abuse. Quite often, the pregnant woman was already hooked on alcohol or drugs whenever they became pregnant and couldn't stop using regardless of how hard they attempted to do so, in the interest of their child. Continuing substance abuse during pregnancy is not only likely to result in a risky pregnancy, but sometimes also drastically increases rates of miscarriage and infants 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 get their baby removed from their care simply because they couldn't quit. Programs for expectant mothers will offer woman actual solutions in order to have a healthy pregnancy and consequently a healthy infant when it's born. In a facility for expectant mothers, women can be easily detoxed without the side effects which may compromise their own health or the health of their child. They can stay in rehab of sufficient length to receive the support and care that they need to understand their addiction and what caused it, to prevent these conditions and circumstances down the road so they are a good mother to their infant.