Newborn with Physiological Jaundice , need advice

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I realised my 5 day old Ds was looking yellow yesterday so took him to A&E & I were told he has physiological Jaundice and that he was fine to go home .

They didn't explain to me what Physiological Jaundice was though , just that if he becomes fussy/stops feeding or no wet nappies etc then I'm to take him back .

How I'm supposed to monitor his feeds when he is not yet in a routine with his feeding I'll never know , I'm driving myself insane with symptom spotting and just generally sat watching him .

Does anybody have any advice for me ?

It's very common. Normal, even.

My dd is now 20 days old, but was very jaundiced for the first week.

You need to find a sunny spot by a window and pop baby to sleep there. I walked the dog lots with the sun on her skin.

Lots of sunshine, lots of fluid, and relax. Honestly

And I'm using asda nappies. They have a yellow strip down them that turns blue if baby has had even the smallest wee. Solves all the problems of checking to see if a nappy is wet.

this explains jaundice in newborns know lots of babies who had it all had no further problems

He's definitely wetting his nappies but I'll have a look at the nappies .
I'll pop him by the window when the sun decides to make an appearance

Yes, I had this with DS1, and none of the medical staff were able to explain it properly. It is quite common with newborn babies.
DS, being a winter baby, was given treatment with lights for a few days in his first week. He still had it at 6 weeks but it gradually disappeared.
I have been told that sunshine helps significantly, and that putting the baby in a place where it will be bathed in sunlight ( even through a window) will impact positively. You'd need to keep the baby warm, so in a centrally heated room but maybe under a velux window.
The other thing is plenty of fluids- every few hours. I was told not to leave him to sleep, but to wake him to feed him regularly. If you are breastfeeding, this might involve giving water as well. You might find this impacts on establishing breastfeed, and I found that expressing helped, as it was very difficult to get a sleepy baby to feed enough on fairly engorged breasts.
This was 20 years ago, and advice may have changed.
I'd recommend speaking again to doctor / health visitor. Be aware that different medical people may give conflicting advice, and you just have to sift through it. Keep asking specifically what you should do re feeding, and question them if you don't fully understand the advice.