Meta Description After a single embryo transfer at our Las Vegas fertility center, this couple got twice what they were expecting: Identical twin girls.
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Single Embryo Transfer IVF Success Story
Single embryo transfer leads to twice the fun for Campbell family
For one Las Vegas couple, a single embryo transfer at our Las Vegas fertility center led to one of the biggest – and happiest – surprises of their lives.
Gina Campbell, a middle school dean of students, and her husband, Michael, a police sergeant, chose to delay growing their family until their early 30s, after Gina …show more content…
“It was an early miscarriage. Then, six months later, I had an ectopic pregnancy in my right fallopian tube. My third pregnancy was three months later. That one made it to my uterus, and I had a positive pregnancy test. But at eight weeks, there was no heartbeat. We decided to see a specialist because we thought we needed a little science.”
After researching and visiting Las Vegas-area fertility specialists, Gina and Michael chose The Fertility Center of Las Vegas.
“We just fell in love with Dr. Shapiro, from his bowtie to his smile,” she remembers. “He literally said to us, ‘What is your objective?’ By then, I was 33, and we wanted to get pregnant as quickly as possible. He looked us in the eye and said, ‘I will get you there.’ We were sold.”
The first step was comprehensive fertility testing for both partners, which revealed no major fertility problems other than tubal damage from the ectopic pregnancy. While surgery to repair the tube was an option, the couple didn’t want to wait any longer. Together, Dr. Shapiro, Gina and Michael decided to go straight to IVF with a single embryo transfer to reduce the risk of a twin