STUDY: Low level drinking in pregnancy not associated with higher risk of poor birth outcomes. “’While this study and others finds no evidence of harm from low to moderate alcohol consumption, more research is needed to investigate this contradiction,’ said senior author Michael B. Bracken . . . ‘Our findings also demonstrate alcohol exposure is most prevalent in the first month of gestation, which is typically prior to pregnancy recognition, and a period of early fetal development. Whether these associations of reduced risk are due to healthier lifestyles of women consuming low to moderate alcohol and especially wine cannot be fully ruled out.’”