diff --git a/src/pregmod/sePlayerBirth.tw b/src/pregmod/sePlayerBirth.tw
index 536aa671aa52b0045a819bcec0139fe10c81e7a4..3391dec5a345861f6be444e3bee9aa111642568e 100644
--- a/src/pregmod/sePlayerBirth.tw
+++ b/src/pregmod/sePlayerBirth.tw
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ You arrange yourself to give birth, relaxing until your body urges you to begin
 		<<set $gameover = "birth complications", $nextButton = "Have to keep trying!", $nextLink = "Gameover">>
 	<</if>>
 <<else>>
+	<<set $babyGender = either(1,2)>>
 	<<if $Nurse != 0>>
 		Under $Nurse.slaveName's guidance, childbirth is a breeze for you.
 		<<if $PC.pregType == 1>>