Seekinghelp - firstly congratulations on your partners pregnancy. It is an amazing journey. I used to work in a special care nursery and often would care for babies who were withdrawing from chemicals. As chelleg mentioned, depending on their 'scores' they may be commenced on oral morphine and slowly weaned off that until they are no longer dependent. The hospital i worked at offered a program that sounded very similar to what chelleg was talking about- there are a lot of supports in the public system (can't speak for private system) for women that are dependent on drugs. Most of the babies that i have cared for, with the appropriate medical attention, have come through fine - although it was a hard battle for them (and their parents). It is great that your partner is attempting to beat the addiction and it sounds like she has a great support person from yourself. Good luck with everything.