Anyone else have low lying anterior placenta in more than one pregnancy?! Desperately want to avoid second back to back labour

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So at my 20 week scan last week the sonographer told me my placenta is anterior, low, and partially covering the cervix. This is exactly what happened with my DD (so much for placenta being in a different place this time round!) I’ve to go back for an internal scan at 32 weeks to see if the placenta has hopefully moved out the way of the cervix as the uterus grows. Luckily with my DD my placenta had moved at this point.
Firstly I’m wondering has anyone else had a low lying placenta in two pregnancies as the sonographer seemed surprised by this?

Secondly, I know anterior placentas make back to back labour more likely as babies apparently like to face the placenta. I had a fairly horrible b2b 38 hour labour with DD ending in episiotomy and emergency forceps delivery - she never turned in labour. It took me a long time to recover (prolapse, opened up episiotomy, painful scar tissue etc.) last time and I found the labour absolutely horrendous. I don’t think I could cope with another B2B labour like that... has anyone got any words of wisdom (I’m going to have a good read of spinning babies website later) and had positive experiences with a subsequent anterior placenta or B2B baby?!

I had a long labour with my first who was back to back and ended in a c section
I had my 20 weeks scan last week and they told me the same as you.
I had already requested a planned c section but maybe that is a route you can go down?

Thanks @LGY1 if my placenta doesn’t move out the way of the cervix I’ll be looking at a planned c-section anyway I guess so the worry over a second B2B labour may be irrelevant anyway. I kind of equally don’t want a c-section either though, the thought really freaks me out. God I just feel all over the place!