diff --git a/src/js/birth/birth.js b/src/js/birth/birth.js
index cf023f27a6aa8959ece8009eddc7392a684321ed..773834b200fb0fcc82bf7098781d0f1b786ff899 100644
--- a/src/js/birth/birth.js
+++ b/src/js/birth/birth.js
@@ -5538,7 +5538,6 @@ globalThis.birth = function(slave, {birthStorm = false, cSection = false} = {})
 	function ampBirth() {
 		const el = document.createElement("p");
 		let He2, he2, his2;
-		let bw;
 		const r = [];
 		const babies = slave.pregType > 1 ? `babies` : `baby`;
 		const children = slave.pregType > 1 ? `children` : `child`;
@@ -5586,7 +5585,7 @@ globalThis.birth = function(slave, {birthStorm = false, cSection = false} = {})
 
 				case "be a subordinate slave": {
 					const domSlave = getSlave(slave.subTarget);
-					if (bw) {
+					if (domSlave) {
 						({he2} = getPronouns(domSlave).appendSuffix("2"));
 					}
 					if (slave.fetish === "mindbroken") {