Wait time at doctors

missyjg · March 2013

Does your doctors office run on time, or within 15 minutes of your appt. time? No matter what time I make my appointments for, I always seem to wait at least an hour past my appt. time. It's so annoying. I was one of 3 people waiting in the office this morning and my appointment was at 9:30. I didn't get called back until 10:15 and then I sat and waited in the room for another 20 minutes. I find myself becoming less patient as this pregnancy progresses so I didn't say anything. I'm just wondering if this is the norm for people.

shara3333 · March 2013

I'm often waiting 45 minutes. Monday my appt is at 9am, which is the earliest I've had, so we'll see how that one goes...hopefully shorter.

gutsymama · March 2013

juliedave151:
I'm very lucky with my doc. I usually get called back within a few minutes and then nurse does urine sample and

BCsSweetness · March 2013

juliedave151:
I'm very lucky with my doc. I usually get called back within a few minutes and then nurse does urine sample and

PrimRoseMama · March 2013

My doctor's office is pretty good about it. Then again I fight for the morning appointments so I can get in and out before DD's nap. Usually if you are first in the morning it goes pretty quick.

blueturkey12 · March 2013

Mine depends on the day. A couple of times I've only had to wait a few minutes but my last appointment was supposed to be at 3:30 and the doctor didn't come in the room until 4:20 : / She said the appointment before me was a FTM with a LOT of questions so

fabk · March 2013

I always seem to wait forever. I am used to it now, but it annoys the heck out of mh. I rarely leave home without a book, but I always make sure I have one when I am heading to the Doctors.

atlvol · March 2013

juliedave151:
I'm very lucky with my doc. I usually get called back within a few minutes and then nurse does urine sample and

kalemi · March 2013

The longest I waited was about 25 minutes once. But my dr's office is pretty good about getting you back there within 5 minutes of your scheduled appt time

melissabshelton · March 2013

This time I'm using a Kaiser facility. I'm back on time or usually no later than 5 minutes past my appointment time. They've sometimes caught me before I've even had a chance to pee in a cup if there was a line. Pregnancy before this I u

bobcee · March 2013

mimi4347:

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sparkymcgeee · March 2013

For the most part I don't have to wait long. The times it pisses me off is when you get there five minutes before your appointment like you're supposed to and the some lady shows up and she's fifteen minutes late for her appointment. So they take her firs

Erinm278 · March 2013

I usually only wait about 5 minuites at the Doctor. The only exception is when we went in for our a/s. They had to do an emergency u/s for another patient that day and the tech got backed up. We ended up waiting an hour to for the u/s.&n

dreadiemama · March 2013

This is what my old OB office was like. It was horrible. I would make an appointment and know it would be at least an hour, maybe 1.5 until I was seen. Thankfully I always brought a book but bleh.

My MW office is really good about it. I'm usually

Abeille · March 2013

juliedave151:
I'm very lucky with my doc. I usually get called back within a few minutes and then nurse does urine sample and

angelsnight · March 2013

My office is awesome, I think the longest I've waited to see the doctor was maybe 10 minutes (longer for NT and AS scan but of course that's not a reg appt).

The other day I walked in, signed in, headed toward a chair but as I was walking the nur

JCWhitey · March 2013

10 minutes was my longest wait, but I was also five minutes early. I go to a small midwifery practice. My appointments are always about an hour and they space them out 1hr and 15min so there's plenty of wiggle room.

KikiCohen · March 2013

That would frustrate me for sure. I can understand it happening once or so, but it sounds like this is the norm. I usually have my appts first thing in the morning, so I haven't experienced this. If they're that behind at 9:30, I'd

babystoli · March 2013

Today was the longest I had to wait- and it was maybe 10 minutes. They are super efficient, despite one of the doctors leaving the practice in December.

My PCP is in the same larger group- and the same holds true for anyone I'

alexandra1818 · March 2013

My OB was consistently 1.5-2 hours late. The doctor was great, but it drove me absolutely crazy!

Thankfully, I ended up getting transfered to a High Risk OB at the hospital instead, and their appointments have so far been a few minutes

cburitz · March 2013

It completely depends on the day and the doctor I'm seeing. I have "my" OB but there are 4 other OBs in the practice and you have to alternate doctors throughout your pregnancy. My doctor is really popular and I've had to wait an hour after my appointment

missyjg · March 2013

Ugh, my OB is the only one in his office along with a NP. I have trust issues with doctors so I won't change, guess I'll have to deal with the waits. It's just frustrating. I guess if I just expect it, I won't be as annoyed. I'm counting the days until Ju