Does baby's position effect starting labour?

Rachel

I am getting close to 41 weeks now and no sign of baby yet. My first baby was born on her due date. The difference was that my first baby was in a perfect birthing position at 28 weeks and was low for so many weeks. This one was transverse until 36 weeks until I did some stretching to get her head down. Then she was sunny side up. Now I think she's head down and sideways and I've been trying everything to get her in a better position and tried everything to get labour going. Is her position effecting this ? Is she not low enough or not ready? Has anyone else experienced this?