at OB appts? I waited an hour and twenty minutes to be called back to the room, and then waited another 20 for the doc to come in, and I had the first appointment of the day. This has happened before, same appt. time, same scenario, with another doc in the same office. And if I have afternoon appts., I wait just as long.
Does my doctor suck monkey nuts, or is this typical of OB offices?
At my last GYN office, I never waited more than 20 minutes. So this practice of waiting an hour + is ridiculous IMO.
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I have waited up to an hour before. ugh
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The first time I went I waited an hour so now I make the first appointment of the day. now I can barely sit down before they call me in.
Yikes. That seems like a long time to wait when you're the first appt... I usually schedule all of my appts for later on, and I've waited up to 40 minutes before when my doctor had to go to the hospital for an emergency surgery. Every other time I've waited no more than 20 min.
The ONE time I had an appt first thing in the AM, they took me back after 10 minutes.
I usually wait about 30min to be taken back and another 15 to see the doctor. It can be longer. Our practice guarantees one of the 3 docs will deliver you, so if there is a delivery then the whole day is thrown off. Usually they will try to reschedule you or have you seen by someone else in the office, but often they try to pretend like they aren't that far behind.
I wish we didn't move, because my old practice was heaven. I never waited longer than 15 min to go back and the doctor was in within 10 min.
WOW.... I had appts at various times and days of the week and I have never waited more than 15 minutes to be called and maybe 5 once in the room for the doctor.
I don't really think its uncommon though, you just obviously go to a very busy OB practice.
I don't really "wait" at my OB appts. After I became a official OB patient, as soon as I sign in, I go straight back to pee in a cup and put the sample in the little lab window. Then sit in chairs near the lab. It's usually 5 mins or so b/f they will call me for bloodwork if needed. If not, it's usually 5 mins or less before my nurse comes to get me. She does the weigh-in and takes the blood pressure and then puts me in the room to wait for the doc. He usually sees me in less than 10 mins.
I've waited a little longer if the doc is out doing c-sections or something, but typically my appts have been around 45 mins or less.
Ugh. I thought my hour long wait today was bad! I waited more than 20 minutes in the waiting room then another half hour in my gown in the appointment room!
I asked the nurse about it before my OB got to me. I was pretty upset. They said my doctor is very popular so she typically runs behind. I told them it would be great to get some feedback and not just sit alone for a half hour. I was obviously upset.
That all changed when my doc came in, because she ROCKS! If I didn't like her, though, I'd go to another practice. You'd think that if it's common for a doctor to run behind, they would have a better way of managing the office. Like say her "last" appointment starts at 3 but she usually doesn't finish until 5, they could space out the appointments more. I could have used that hour to get a LOT Of work done. Next time I'm bringing my computer. I have a 3G internet connection so I can work right in the room.
We have waited an hour before..and on average I would say we wait at least 30 minutes becasue DH goes to all the apts now so we have to go at night. Once I am in the room it is very fast...like 5 minutes til I see the dr.
My first two visits I waited about 10 minutes or so. But at the last one, I waited for a half hour... later I found out the patient before me had an issue and it took longer than expected. I'm flexible now that I'm pregnant.
Before I was planning to conceive, I saw a Gyn only (no OB patients) and never waited long. I think when pregnancy is involved, you have to wait longer?who knows what comes up with the patient before you.
However, I'd ask to reschedule for the next day if my wait ended up to be more than 45 minutes. I schedule appointments around work and even though I have a flexible schedule, my time is precious.
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