Well I had my egg retrieval on Wednesday. It was not bad at all. No pain at all. Procedure took like 20 minutes and I was awake and out of there about an hour and a half after we got there! I was a little bloated afterwards but I really hardly noticed it. They told me right after I woke up that they retrieved 6 eggs. And I cried. I was like, Only six?! But I got the call yesterday that 4 of them fertilized so now they're incubating until tomorrow's transfer. Though I'm hoping for a call tomorrow morning with news that they want to wait and do a 5 day transfer, but with only 4 embryos I'm not optimistic... Oh, and we did my first progesterone in oil injection last night and it was not bad AT ALL! I seriously think it hurt less than the subcutaneous stim shots! Also I think it was better because I didn't have to do it myself so DH shared in some of the stress
So for all of you about to start IVF, don't worry! It's really not as bad as what you build it up in your mind to be. Just take one day at a time and focus on what you are doing that day and it seems much less daunting!