"i am 20 years old and have been on birth control pills since i was 16. because i suffer from chronic migraines and an aura, i could no longer be on the pill and so my doctor recommend skyla. he said it would be a little uncomfortable and mostly quick and painless. so i had skyla placed on friday and today is monday. however, the insertion was extremely painful. i didn&#039;t take anything prior to appointment as i see many other people did and i wasn&#039;t numbed in any way. the procedure itself took around 7 minutes but afterwards i felt extremely light headed and almost passed out, so i had to lay down for quite a few minutes and vomited. the initial cramps were pretty bad 7/10 in pain but after about an hour they stopped. i have felt great since!"