Another three days later it was time for my third and what turned out to be my final check-up. At this stage I was feeling more bloated and a little uncomfortable, which was backed up by the scan. My larger follicles had zoomed to over 20mm, while I had a few around the 16mm mark and some at 11mm. The image on the screen looked bizarrely like Swiss cheese and the two sides were almost touching. At this point the nurse said that, pending the blood test results, it looked like I was was on course for egg collection to take place 2 days later. I then went in for the blood tests and it was confirmed that I would be booked in for collection 2 days later. That meant that I would take the trigger injection (Ovitrelle) at 9pm that night along with my last nasal spray at 7pm.
Later that afternoon I received another phone call from the clinic and had to make a quick dash down to the pharmacy. My blood test results had shown that my oestradiol levels had shot up to 19000 (from 5000 3 days earlier) and I was put on some tablets to bring this down. These have to be taken at night with or just after food for 8 days. As they can make you drowsy or nauseous I was advised to take them before I went to sleep. Fortunately there was no change in the schedule for the procedure.