"i had the skyla iud placed about 4 days ago and i feel great. i had read all these horror stories but i&#039;m here to say its not as bad as the make it out to be. although everyone is different so maybe i just got lucky. when it was placed i just experinced really bad cramps that made me hold my breath. but nothing unbearable. all together it took about 7 mins. a lot of that was her talking at the beginning. about an hour after i had bad cramps and that lasted two days. overall, i think its great."