My baby decided to enter the world at 39 weeks. I had not felt any particular pain prior to going into labour. I didn't have any braxton hicks either.

In the morning I woke up to little kicks... thought they may be BH. But as the morning progressed.. the kicks turned into labour... and within hours it turned into excrutiating pain. We drove to the hospital, and I was sure that I would have the baby in the car. When I got to the hospital, I was only 3cm dialated...and I thought OMG... I have to suffer this pain for another 7cm!!!!

Doctor recommended an epidural, and I can't tell you the relief that it bought. I had 11 hours of labour - which ended in an emergency ceasar.

I don't know if my baby was always posterior... or was turned that way when I went into labour. My obstet never mentioned it prior to going into labour.

Hopefully you have quite a few weeks for your baby to turn around and get into the right position. I think the doctors can also turn the baby manually during labour (not sure on that though - as they didn't try it with me).

As Aurora says... check out some of the threads on BB to get some tips.

Good luck, and congratulations.