Sometimes babes with an anterior placenta will lie posterior and can stay that way...but don't let anyone put the horrors into you about a posterior babe, even if they're lying that way at the start or during labour they usually rotate anterior...and if they dont that's often because they can fit just fine the way they are.
It's kind of like a corkscrew - the baby will just keep rotating until it can fit through your pelvis. For some babies that will mean rotating right around to an anterior position, others will have enough room and don't need to bother, or at least don't bother until the very endDo what you can OFP wise but if it doesn't happen trust that your baby knows what he's doing
ETA in saying all that, I mean in an active, unmedicated labour where you're free and able to move around as you need to. In situations where you've had an epidural or are stuck on the bed a posterior baby can be more difficult to birth.
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