their place of work

Home?

which happens to be a lab

I mean, it does house all my code experiments, so I guess it's a lab. The sort filled with abominations begging to be relieved. "Delete me!" I can sometimes hear them cry if I open ~/Projects and linger a little too long.

with your newborn baby and an accident happens

If she carries a baby to term, there have been at least two accidents already, what's one more?

Though I'd probably be saving her instead. Odds are the baby could crawl faster than her after pregnancy is done with her.

Shame about my PC though. I've got all the important stuff backed up, but there's a few code projects I've been meaning to get back to some time...

I believe I would save the baby simply because I can emotionally relate to it and not a flask with some frozen content.

Yeah, I think that's on the mark. I can't in all honesty say I'd stand there rationally weighing the ethics of the situation and morality of the choices. The baby feels "more human" than the jar. It also probably has better chances of surviving the lack of refrigeration.