Besides feeling like an absolute freak with my legs up in stirrups and 2 or 3 scientists/nurses in the room as well as my gyno chatting to me between my legs (hows work? nice weather....etc etc) whilst waiting for the anaesthetic to kick in, it wasn't much worse than a looong pap smear. I found it interesting to watch the eggs being sucked up and this distracted me from the uncomfortable feeling. Whenever I winced my Dr upped the drugs but I never really felt out of it - I could have gone home straight away. Plus my DH felt really sorry for me after seeing the massive needle he used and I was treated like a queen for a week after. You betcha I milked too!. But looking back I laugh at the pain - after all I gave birth to one of those little eggs 9.5 months later and bloody hell - now we're talking about pain!!!!