Period or placenta haemorrhage?

I'm 5 weeks pp, 2 days ago I noticed my milk supply had dropped significantly, still enough for my girl, but I usually have an over supply. Then yesterday I started bleeding along with cramps ( felt like period cramps) but today the bleeding has got heavier. I was breast feeding but due to oral thrush I started pumping and giving it in a bottle. I thought if you were breast feeding you didn't get your period for months. The blood is bright red so in my head if it was placenta it would be old blood by now ?? Anyone else experienced this ?

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I follow a midwife on insta who said you can only rely on breastfeeding as contraception if you're exclusively using breast. She said if you pump any breastmilk then you cannot rely on it for contraception - if this is true then it makes sense your period has come since you've began to pump?

I’ve breastfed both my babies, my first baby I didn’t get my period for like eight months! I’ve just had my second and I’ve got it after four weeks!

Breastfeeding for contraception as a myth, I have a friend who got pregnant after eight weeks PP due to this myth!

I had my period the whole time I breastfed. I think my supply dropped that week, but not majorly

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