It is really an unfortunate actuality that even pregnant women have a problem with substance abuse. Sometimes, the expectant mother is already hooked on alcohol or drugs when they became pregnant and merely couldn't stop using no matter how hard they tried, in the interest of their child. Continuing substance abuse in pregnancy isn't only likely to result in a dangerous pregnancy, but tends to also drastically increases rates of miscarriage and infants born dependent to drugs or alcohol. Nobody wants to see their newborn under-going alcohol or drug withdrawal simply because they didn't put an end to their substance abuse in their pregnancy. And nobody wants to get their infant taken away from them because they couldn't quit. Facilities for pregnant women may offer woman actual solutions in order to have a healthy pregnancy and eventually a healthy baby when it is born. In the center for mothers-to-be, women can be safely detoxed without any unwanted effects which could compromise their own health or the health of their child. They are able to remain in treatment of sufficient length to obtain the support and care that they must to fully grasp their addiction and just what caused it, in order to avoid these circumstances and circumstances down the road so they are a good mother to their child.