It is an unfortunate actuality that even mothers-to-be battle with drug abuse. Often times, the pregnant woman is dependent on drugs or alcohol when they became pregnant and simply couldn't stop using regardless of how hard they attempted to do so, for the sake of their child. Continuing drug abuse while pregnant is not just going to result in a risky pregnancy, but tends to also significantly increases rates of miscarriage and babies born dependent to alcohol or drugs. Nobody wants to see their newborn under-going drug or alcohol withdrawal simply because they didn't stop their substance abuse in their pregnancy. And nobody wants to get their child taken away from them simply because they couldn't quit. Facilities for expectant mothers may offer woman real solutions to be able to experience a healthy pregnancy and consequently a healthy infant when it is born. In the rehab for pregnant women, women can be safely detoxed with no negative effects that could compromise their own health or the health of their baby. They are able to stay in treatment of sufficient length for the support and care that they must to understand their addiction as well as what prompted it, in order to avoid these situations and circumstances down the road so they can be a good mother to their child.