Help- desperate!

Long story short, I am 5 days pp and have been readmitted into hospital due to baby being dehydrated and losing too much weight because she's not feeding/latching well. We have a feeding plan in place, I started pumping lots today and things are getting marginally better.
HOWEVER, due to having to pump and express a lot, I am now having insane uterine contractions (i.e. unbearable agony, the whole ward heard me screaming in pain). I need to keep feeding my baby breast milk but I cannot go through this pain anymore.
I am on morphine, codeine, paracetamol and ibuprofen and it's still agony.
I can supplement with formula and my partner has said he will do the next feed solely with formula so I can get some rest, but in the long run, she needs to get on the boob or take expressed milk as much as poss over the coming days if we want to breastfeed (and we do).

How can I manage this pain?
Help plz I'm desperate!

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