spiral - I've read some new reports online from around the world, not just here, I read the new scientist a lot too and have seen it mentioned briefly in it too. It's more important in early pregnancy as the baby is developing. I wouldn't drink at any stage though. Just because our government hasn't brought it out yet doesn't mean other parts of the world haven't had studies. I'm very cynical of government in general anyway and don't just believe anything they say just because they say it, if you see what I mean. In other countries the advice has been to drink nothing for years too, we're behind on that one. From what I've read personally, there is a risk, and it's the newer studies that point to that.
If you look at it logically too, it must affect the baby, it affects our adult bodies over time and a newly developing body is smaller and more at risk to smaller amounts of poison. The only reason, again from what I've read, that the studies aren't more widely held is because it isn't ethical to test on pregnant women and so the evidence they have to use isn't as freely available. Anyway, I'm happy with what I'm doing. Others need to make their own choices.
Littlesnoo - I don't know, I think the list is there for a reason in that it can harm the baby but isn't always going to. Just because 50 women do xyz and nothing happened doesn't mean that the same would be true for all, it's just risk factors I guess.
I'm just overly cautious maybe when pregnant, as, like I said, with the losses I couldn't cope if I thought I'd caused it by any lifestyle choices. I hasten to add that I'm not like that as a parent in general! Hehe.