Do you have access to a fit ball? Draping your arms over it, resting your head on it, letting your belly hang, and some pillows under your knees might be more comfortable then actually on your hands and knees
As others have said not all babies engage prior to labour.
Instead of putting your hands on the floor and thus causing pressure on your wrists try using a pillow on the floor for your head but still with your bum up in the air. (I hope that makes sense).
I don't have any advice but just wanted to offer and wish you well, I really hope things turn out the way you want them to.
Try not to feel stressed/upset about it, as hard as that will be! Being scared and stressed can make labour longer and more painful, I'm sure you know this. Don't think of things as going "belly up", even if the birth doesn't happen the way you planned, I'm sure you're in the best of hands, and at the end of the day, a healthy bub is the only outcome that matters! Try to stay positive about it all.
My DS was also posterior & did not engage until my waters broke, at which point I was already in hospital at 8cm dilation. Which is exactly what my midwife had said would happen!
So please don't worry that this means you won't go into labour naturally. It's quite normal! Good luck!
My DD was posterior at my last appointment (Wednesday) and I was booking into be induced due to PE on the Sunday. My ob said the same thing, labour was probably not getting off the ground because of DD being posterior. I remember feeling the same as you have described.
Good news was that when I went in to have the gels inserted she had turned and we were all ready to go! I had one session of acupuncture on the Friday, not sure if that got her moving or she just got into position herself, but just wanted to say there is still time for your little one to turn around.
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and wish you well, I really hope things turn out the way you want them to.
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