There are many other practical strategies that can help you survive in the early weeks. These can include:
Helping each other to learn and adjust to the new role of parenting. This may involve being sensitive to each other's needs and respecting each other as competent carers of your baby. This will foster confidence for both parents and make you both able to take on the role in helping each other. If you constantly correct, or criticise, your partner they may withdraw from wanting to help, or even feel hurt.
Boundaries. Set some boundaries for yourself. This may involve saying that you will spend the first 2 weeks at home doing very little, other than recovering and learning how to care for your new baby. If your partner enjoys inviting friends around, you may need to tell them you are just not up to entertaining friends, quite yet. You don't need to become a recluse, simply place some control over your recovery period. Restrict your visitors, or who visits, however well meaning they are, until you feel stronger.
Stocking up and pre-cooking during the pregnancy seems to work well for many people. You can do this by cooking up double the quantity when preparing meals late in the pregnancy, and freezing the other half. (Most dishes will stay fresh for up to 2 months). You could ask family or friends to do the same thing (or store some for you, if your freezer is small). This can help add to the number (and variety) of prepared meals available to you in the early weeks, after you arrive home.
Some people will 'stock up' on their non-perishable food supplies by adding extra items to the shopping trolley in the months prior to birth. Don't forget the extra soft toilet paper and have plenty of extra baby items (nappies, pins, etc.) This avoids you, or your partner, having to rush out and do the shopping, immediately after you return home! Alternatively, you may want to try shopping on the Internet.