can't tell if i'm on my period?

hi, okay so i get my period like regularly every month, but i recently started birth control (jan 1st) and my last period had really bad cramps and i was bleeding a lot and it lasted eight days (it's normally 5-7)... so i got it yesterday i think, it's been three weeks since my last one though (they're normally four weeks apart). i saw blood in my underwear so i put in a tampon, when i took it out there was no blood, and when i put in another one there was yet again no blood... i have no idea if i'm actually on it or not? this like never happens. and the blood in my underwear was a darker brown than bright read like it usually is. thank you! i hope you can follow this and understand it bc i'm all over the place