just on the off chance that anyone can help...

i am 37 weeks in two days. for the last 12 hours i have had severe backache radiating around to one side a little. i havent been able to hardly sleep and have taken panadol, baths etc. i am exhausted and feel very upset, and nauseous. i have only had what feel like a few contractions - ie pain that has "peaked" and then gone away, most of the time it has just been this back ache.

i am going in to see my midwife in a couple of hours when she gets in at 9am...

from reading on the web over night while ive been on all fours rocking (and wimpering!) i guess my baby is prob in the posterior position and this is prob causing the pain

i guess my question is - am i in labour? ie, do babies in posterior positions cause severe backache even when you are not in labour?

and if im not in labour, does this mean this backache will last the next two - three weeks until i give birth?

any help appreciated