 Well, for anyone battling an addiction, it can be tough, especially if you're pregnant. Haiti Clotter tonight shows us how Sanford Bemidji has a new way to help those women. Expectant mothers seeking help with an addiction will soon have a new way to fight it. The type of person that would succeed in this program is somebody who is motivated to be in recovery and is committed to making this a part of their daily life. The Sanford Bemidji Medication Assisted Therapy Clinic is designed to offer medication and chemical dependency treatment for pregnant women with opioid use. Medication management here at the clinic and then they'd be getting their chemical dependency treatment at Upper Mississippi Mental Health Center. This is the first year for the program and 10 to 15 women can participate at a time. It's free as long as certain requirements are met. Right now we're only taking pregnant patients and every patient that comes through this program is also participating in the First Steps to Healthy Babies program so that's case management and peer support. The women will come into the clinic on a daily basis to receive their medication that helps keep patients safe and avoid diversion in the community. Serious drug use could have severe consequences for the mother and child. Women who are using those kind of things illicitly on the street have a much higher incidence of abruption where the placenta tears away from the side of the uterus and that could be a devastating injury. Services at the clinic are covered through insurance and the length of treatment could be indefinite for each mother. In Bemidji, Haiti Quarter, Lakeland News. The clinic is a part of Sanford's First Steps to Healthy Babies project where more than 200 women have been helped with a healthy and safe delivery. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.