"i had my skyla iud put in in august of 2014. it was the best decision i ever made. the cramps were not bad at first.. it took a few days for the cramps to happen, then it was just slightly worse than normal period cramps.. they only lasted for a couple of days. it took me about 8 months until my period completely disappeared. from september and onward my periods were lighter. i did experience some in between spotting, but it wasn&#039;t anything major and happened maybe 3 times tops and the spotting lasting for 2-4 days. again, not major and not unusual. now, i did have a weird smell down there that my ob gyn said was a build up of bad bacteria. i was prescribed a vaginal cream which was similar=for yeast infection, it went away in 1 week"