diff --git a/src/js/birth/birth.js b/src/js/birth/birth.js
index 7d375415264255b8e6edf0ae0de2fe5462024053..e39d2c5a327325c7f1734b751bbfec67e03e5e14 100644
--- a/src/js/birth/birth.js
+++ b/src/js/birth/birth.js
@@ -46,16 +46,7 @@ globalThis.birth = function(slave, {birthStorm = false} = {}) {
 		he, his, him, himself, wife, girl
 	} = getPronouns(slave);
 
-	const title = document.createElement("div");
-	if (slave.burst) {
-		App.UI.DOM.appendNewElement("span", title, `Alert! `, ["red", "bold"]);
-		title.append(`Burst report: `);
-	} else {
-		title.append(`Birth report: `);
-	}
-
-	App.UI.DOM.appendNewElement("span", title, SlaveFullName(slave), "coral");
-	el.append(title);
+	el.append(titleText());
 	const postBirthReactionText = postBirthReaction();  // update birthDamage at this time
 	suddenBirthCheck();
 	el.append(preBirthScene());
@@ -82,6 +73,18 @@ globalThis.birth = function(slave, {birthStorm = false} = {}) {
 
 	return el;
 
+	function titleText() {
+		const title = document.createElement("div");
+		if (slave.burst) {
+			App.UI.DOM.appendNewElement("span", title, `Alert! `, ["red", "bold"]);
+			title.append(`Burst report: `);
+		} else {
+			title.append(`Birth report: `);
+		}
+	
+		App.UI.DOM.appendNewElement("span", title, SlaveFullName(slave), "coral");
+		return title;
+	}
 	/**
 	 * birth complications calcs
 	 */