Today I went to my first prenatal appointment i waited literally over an hour for the doctor then she came we talked MAX 5 minutes and done. Am I the only one with this issue?
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It's normal. Get a pregnancy book. What to Expect and 40 Weeks are both sort of dated at this point, but will give you an idea about what's going on in your stage of pregnancy, answer a lot of common questions, and prepare you with a list of things to ask your doctor. I read the physical books (a used copy is fine and less expensive), but there is more up to date content on their websites, and they probably have an app by now, so start there.

They have so many clients, day in day out they don’t have the time to sit there w every client and go through everything …imagine you’re an OB and you have 6-7 clients a day…. It’s up to us- to read and research, then anything we need elaborating or clarified we ask them. I borrow a pregnant book every 2w from library and got most of my info from there. But I also did see a midwife for my prenatal I never waited an hour for a checkup. When I had my baby then I joined all the baby group relevant to me- breastfeeding or cloth diapers or home birth or sensory pages on IG and Fb etc.