I didn't even know until my ob told me after DD was born that she'd been posterior - the pain level was about what I expected but it was the length of the labour, not the pain, that was the killer.

When people ask me if I had drugs, I say, "yes, after two and a half days with barely any sleep, the epidural looked like a mighty fine idea."

I'm surprised at the quickness of some of the posterior babies on here - I thought they were notoriously slow. As I said, the pain wasn't any worse than I'd expected, just the fact that it went on ... and on ... and on.