"my experience with skyla has been rough. for the record, i&#039;ve never had kids and am fairly petite.the insertion process was, as most people have said, fairly painful. maybe a 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. i took ibuprofen before the insertion, but my obgyn accidentally clipped my cervix, which led to some bleeding. the cramps after the insertion got increasingly bad. i&#039;ve had ulcers, and i can say these cramps were the worst pain i have ever been in. these cramps have continued almost every day for the past 6 weeks, and have severely impacted my life. my last period lasted 12 days with heavy  and it&#039;s starting again 15 days later with terrible cramping. if you have another option (which i don&#039;t), i would not recommend this insertion."