diff --git a/js/birth/birth.js b/js/birth/birth.js
index aba02ea04943bfd42d157aca883366ada2801d2a..3f185a14b92249237b8a02b042cabd5d2b7450f6 100644
--- a/js/birth/birth.js
+++ b/js/birth/birth.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ globalThis.allBirths = function() {
 		const seed = random(1, 100);
 		let csec = 0;
 		let slaveDead = 0;
-		V.birthed = 1;
 		let birthDamage = 0;
 		let _newMother = 0;
 		const dispositionId = _.uniqueId('babyDisposition-');
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ globalThis.allBirths = function() {
 
 
 		function sePrebirthCheck(slave) {
+			V.birthed = 1;
 			/* birth complications calcs */
 			if (slave.counter.laborCount === 0 && slave.counter.birthsTotal === 0) {
 				V.birthDamage += 2;