Period or post-loss bleeding?

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Very long story, I’ll try to condense! After some bleeding and an ultrasound I was told I was having a molar pregnancy, and so I had a D&C right away. 2.5 weeks after the D&C, I got my pathology results back - there were NO pregnancy cells in my uterus. So, OB/GYN suspected an ectopic pregnancy and sent me to the ER because I was having significant cramping and increased bleeding. Bloodwork showed my HCG had doubled since the D&C (suggesting ectopic pregnancy that had continued after my D&C). But they couldn’t find the pregnancy on the ultrasound, so the theory is that the cramping was my body passing it naturally. That was 3 weeks ago.

I’ve bled through this whole time (6 weeks) but it’s been fairly light and mostly brown in colour. Last Sunday I had a sudden huge amount of bright red blood that I thought was a period but then it eased off - my OB/GYN wasn’t concerned and said it probably wasn’t a period but I might have just had some blood pooled in my uterus (I had also just a light jog to catch a ferry). Monday was pretty close to NO bleeding at all, but the last 2 days I’ve had bleeding that is still lighter than a period but more than it has been over the last several weeks, and it’s bright red. I did also try to do exercise for the first time this week but kept it *very* light.

My HCG was at 10 on Monday - so is there a chance that this IS my period returning or should I expect to see heavier bleeding for a period? How do you tell the difference between period or normal post-loss bleeding, or even possibly having overdone it a bit?? I’m really eager to try again so it’s killing me not knowing what my body is doing. Thanks for sticking with me :)