TMI alert!!

So this might be a little long, but I got my Nexplanon taken out on November 3rd. I wasn't sure if I was going to have a normal cycle anytime soon, but I've heard on here and other places that your body goes back to normal pretty soon. So anyways I had a very short 3 day period on November 5th. (Before I had my first baby, my periods were always regular 28-29 day cycle with a 5 day period.) So if this was a regular cycle, i should have ovulated around the 19th-20th. My hubby and I BD several times that week. So yesterday (the 28th) I was 9ish dpo. I had been having light cramps here and there and later on in the evening, i went to use the restroom and there was nothing on my liner, but when I wiped, there was a light amount of pinkish blood with a little dark red in places.

At first I was so disappointed because I had started AF. But then I remembered that I was supposedly 9 dpo and I thought about implantation bleeding!! But as the night went on, I kept bleeding. And there was no blood on my pad, but every time I'd wipe, there'd be more blood.

So this morning I looked again and there was still blood and so I gave up on the thought of implantation bleeding and put in a tampon and went on with my day. Ive had light cramps here and there (they will come for a minute, then go away) all day with bleeding. And then I read that some women's implantation bleeding was indistinguishable from AF.

Again, if this were a normal cycle, I'd be convinced that it was just implantation. But remember I had my BC removed this month too, so it could have messed up my cycle.

I was wondering if anyone had experience with this... should I hold onto hope or give up and accept that AF has come?