dollygal,
I got too heaty during confinement as well, perhaps I am heaty originally, so all the ginger foods and longan drink, I even got nose bleed. After confinement, if you want to drink, just drink 500ml, unlike confinement, we used it to replace water, so we drink 2L everyday. So, it will not be as heaty.
First AF will report 4-6 weeks after mc. For me, d&c came 6 weeks later, natural mc came 4 weeks later.