Hi Dearmum welcome!!
I had a TR a while ago now & have had 2 babes since, it took us 12 months to get my first TR babe & only 1 try for the 2nd, so far 11 months for this one. I will say that yes the op is painful however I had a haematoma form so that made mine a bit worse. We had to decide between the TR & IVF we chose the tr so we could have more if we wanted.
I wish you all the very best with you IVF!!