"i had horrible experiences with birth control pills - i could not handle the hormones in any of them i tried.  i got skyla after my first child was born.  the insertion hurt pretty badly and i was cramping and bleeding for about a month afterwards.  after that month though i stopped getting my period completely, i can handle the hormone levels in it and really the only negative is that i&#039;ve had some very dull, light abdominal pain that comes and goes randomly, which is tolerable in comparison to having a regular period and to what other birth control did to me."