"i had skyla placed dec of 2014. the placement wasn&#039;t too painful but the cramping afterward was pretty rough. i had spotting on and off for 2 months which is normal. then the bleeding stopped all together and i had no period or anything. however, one morning i experienced severe lower abdominal pain and went to the er. turns out i had two cyst, and one had burst (never had a history of cysts before the iud) and also had an ectopic (or tubal) pregnancy. i had to have the iud removed immediately and ended up having laparoscopic surgery. needless to say, getting skyla was definitely not the right choice for me..."