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I see a midwifery practice and usually only wait a few minutes. I did have to wait half an hour once, but it was for an "emergency" exam, AND they were down a midwife, so they were literally squeezing me in between already-double-booked appointments.

Man, the first practice I saw with #2 was so bad. I would always end up waiting at LEAST 20 minutes after the start of my appointment time just to be called back. Spend two minutes with the nurse, and then wait another 20-30 minutes for the OB, who brushed off my questions and was in and out in less than 5. I felt like a burden on them. I started dreading going...I kept trying to justify skipping appointments! (I never did, but I HATED it).

I ended up switching practices halfway through the pregnancy, and it was such a great decision. The longest I ever had to wait was 15 minutes after the nurse left, and in that time the nurse popped back in twice to let me know the doctor was delayed because of a problem with another patient. I'm a little bummed I won't have another pregnancy with them, the whole practice just felt like a big, warm hug.

I usually try to get an early morning appt so it's like 15 mins or less waiting (actual appt is like 2 mins long... And almost an hour spent driving to the appt then another hour home!)

I've had friends wait there for about two hours for an appt later in the day.

I try to get early appointments. This pregnancy, since I'm high risk, I would have an ultrasound & dr appointment. The entire process took at least 2 hours. I usually wait @30 min to be seen.

My last appointment was at 9:30 and I didn't get out of there until almost 12:30. I had the anatomy scan but still was waiting for well over an hour before my scan and then 20 minutes to see the MFM doctor and another 15-20 minutes before my appointment (which lasted about 5 minutes). It was really frustrating but I was told that it was only because MFM was in the office that day and usually it is not as bad. I hope it doesn't continue because I don't have time to deal with that!

I'm a teacher so I can't go to appointments early in the day without taking off a full or half day but I could make appointments later in the day without taking any time off, so that's what I did. Which also meant I spent a lot of time waiting. They were usually pretty timely calling me back but then I never knew how long it'd be from then. If they were running behind I wish they'd have me wait in the waiting room longer because I had a tendency to worry they'd forgotten about me in the exam room!

It's frustrating bc I didn't love the office or any of the providers I saw, it isn't super well located for me BUT they signed off on the max FMLA I could be paid for so I will stay with them for baby #2 based on that fact only.

Not more than 10-15 minutes. If the OB was running extremely behind (1hr+), usually due to an emergency, I would get a phone call and they would reschedule me. I think that only happened twice.

Usually not long. At most 10 minutes in the waiting room and 5-15 minutes in the exam room.

I highly recommend calling ahead and asking if the doc is running on time. I did this most of the time and the nurses were great about telling me if I should come a little late.

I wait close to 1 hour. And I see my OB for less than 5 minutes.

I used to always try for the first appointment of the day, but I found that they were somehow running late. My ob had 3 kids so that could be to blame, which I get it... but it was annoying. I would typically get called back on time, but then be sitting in the dang room staring at the walls for like 20-30 minutes.

My OB always double and sometimes triple booked appt so it always took forever, however I didn't mind because I really like him and I work at the hospital where his office is so I could just walk over during working hours and sometimes still get work done while waiting. When my husband came with me though he would get so annoyed and lose patience with how long it took.

Every time I went to an OB (MFM or regular, across multiple practices in multiple states) it was at least a 45 minute wait. The midwives are sometimes waiting on me (if I have paperwork to fill out). Guess which I prefer.

At my new dr, 5 or 10 minutes at most from the time I sign in. (One visit took longer but that was the exception, not the rule). At my last ob, it was no less than an hour. I'll be sticking with my current dr!!

This is probably one of the only negatives about my OB. A "shorter" time to wait is 20 minutes, and it's been up to 45 or an hour (but that's rare). He's almost always running behind, BUT, the reason he's running behind (and he knows this and admits it) is that he spends ample time with each patient, and always makes us feel like we are listened to, cared for, and considered deeply. Morning appointments are typically a shorter wait time, but I just tell myself it will likely take longer than I think and plan for it. His time and attention are worth it, so I put up with it!

Usually about 20 min. 5-10 in the waiting room and 10-15 after the nurse is done with me. I talk to the doctor for about 5 min. This is why I hate how frequently they want me to go in. And they are pretty inconsistent so even though I have another doctor to see in the same building, I can't schedule appointments on the same day.

First practice, 5-10 minutes. Second was regularly 30 minutes-1.5 hours. I'm moving but I wouldn't use the second practice again.

I see a midwife for my regular appointments, but then we see the high risk doc a few times too.... I have asthma and endo, so I'm not technically high risk and will probably only see him a total of 3 times for the whole pregnancy. His office is bad... Last time, we were the first appt of the day and we waited an hour. I complained to the nurse but she couldn't really do anything. As for the midwives, I've never had to wait long, maybe 20 minutes max! I think I waited 20 mins the day I had to be squeezed in bc I had a sinus infection. I honestly couldn't handle waiting that long for appointments. I work 45-55 hours a week and DH works 40-50. We also live and work a good 30 minute drive from the office/hospital. I usually have to squeeze my appt into the very beginning or end of my day.

Oh man with my first baby I regularly waited an hour + to finally get called back, then another 30 minutes in the room. My current practice is so much better, it's never more than 10-15 minutes past my appointment time that I'm in the room with the Doctor.

I recently waited 2 hours combined- 30 minutes for the ultrasound tech and 1.5 hours for the OB/GYN... with my 2 year old. Her dad took the wrong morning off of work and I unexpectedly had to bring her. Luckily she was an angel since they had a huge basket of books she's never read but I was really mad. I usually wait 30 minutes or so. I miss my old OB/GYN, but we moved too far to use her this time. We can't switch because this is the only practice where you deliver at the "good" hospital (our city has one huge hospital affiliated with the local university that has lots of med students/ nursing students rotating through where you share rooms or there is a really nice private hospital with private rooms).