Great post Tobily, I must share it around first though

Jojo, I have nothing more to add other than "what Tobily said"!

Babies do NOT have to engage for labour to start. Quite often your baby will drop once you go into labour. I too had a client just a couple of weeks back, her bub was posterior, not engaged and giving her alot of grief, pre labour. Anyway, when she did go into labour bub turned on his own into the "perfect" position and was born quickly and safely.

Don't scar your uterus unnecessarily. This is your first baby, once your uterus is scarred you go down the path of all the crap you can get having a VBAC.

As Tobily said though, do what YOU want to do. Don't be scared about anything hun. Don't be bullied into doing anything you don't want to do - that means an unneceasaren, or an induction.

What I would suggest is you relaxing, let yourself come to peace with this babies birth. Enjoy being pregnant, try to stop stressing out so much. Book an outing with your hubby, dinner and a movie ? Babies love to wreck your plans. Have a glass of wine at dinner (yes, it's ok to do) and just kick back. Once your body and mind is relaxed labour will come.

Acupuncture is great for getting bub into the right position. So is moxibustion. Also if bub is post. try getting down onto all 4's, sure it's uncomfortable. But it's not as bad as the back pain you have from a post. bub. Check out the spinning babies website for ideas on optimal fetal positioning.

Goodluck hun and remember this is YOUR body and YOUR baby. Don't let someone steal your birth from you. Do it YOUR way !!

ETA, ok so it would seem I did have more to add