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Isn't this the same for every doctor's office, though? We've only had our first appt so far and waited maybe 10 mins in the waiting room, then 5 mins in the exam room.

I tried to schedule my appointments in the morning because if they were in the afternoon they'd have always fallen behind and I had to wait then.

yes, i routinely wait up to an hour in the waiting room, and another half hour in the u/s room to see my OB. i never complain. why do i put up with this? because i LOOOVE my OB (as do his other patients) and he never rushes through any of his appointments. i just remember to bring reading materials with me and factor in a few hours out of my schedule everytime i have an app't.

It was ALWAYS like that with my ob when I was pregnant with DS.

This go round it's not like that at all.... now it may also be that my midwife comes to my house so I'm not exactly set up for an exact appt time.

I try to schedule the first appointment of the day otherwise I am waiting way toooo long! I understand that emergencies pop up but waiting when you are half naked with a sheet covering your lower half is annoying!

Ugh that is SO annoying! I have been surprised at how prompt my doctor's office is. I never have to wait more than 5 mins to be taken to the exam room and there I usually have to wait no more than 5 minutes.

My normal wait time to see my doctor is about 5-10 minutes. And even then, my doctor always apologizes about the wait time!

He's the only doctor I don't experience long wait times for.

Ive been lucky to not have to wait. I usually get called in right on time and sometimes even a bit earlier.

We waited, on average, 30 to 45 minutes in the waiting room and the another 15ish minutes in the exam room during my pregnancy. My husband hated waiting but I didn't mind since I have the wirld's best doc and she never rushed through her appointments. She also apologized every time so that helped. I never complained since I understand it is like that at most doc offices.

The RN I was originally seeing was like this. I ended up leaving their practice due to their non-plussed attitude after I suffered abdominal trauma in a car accident at 11 weeks. The icing on the cake was my hospital required follow up appt with my OB resulted in waiting 1+ hours in the waiting room with my husband. We were finally taken into an exam room only to wait another 30+ minutes and then had to be evacuated for a fire alarm! We also witnessing several patients with later appt times being seen before us. Once the OB made time for me she didnt do an exam, didnt check for heartbeat and basically told me I was SOL due to the baby not being viable. I understood that was the realiy of the situation but this RNs bedside manner was piss poor (pardon my french). After making us wait for nearly 2 hours to not even get looked at they claimed they were waiting for records from the hosital I was at from the car accident. Common courtesy and basic customer service would have you either reschedule the appt or ask your patient if they mind waiting.

Sorry this post is so long, needless to say good for you for complaining. You are paying for a service and shouldnt always get excuses!

I have had to wait at my Dr's office. She practices by herself, so if something comes up, its all up to her. I'm ok with waiting though, I don't really have anywhere to be or anything, but DH is really impatient and can't handle it!

Also, its nice to know that as her patient, if something came up with me, she would take the time to help me.

Last appt. I ended waiting 2 hrs. It's been really frustrating. They ran out of cups, so I was dying of thirst too.