Hi Lisaandshaun

I have to agree with Tashybabe. In the end Ballarat Base Hospital while large is still a regional hospital and it is more than likely that there was only one Ob there (I happen to know this as one of my cousins is an Ob there) and I would much prefer to wait and have then deal with a woman who needed assistance than to say "opps - sorry - have to go - I have a patient waiting for a checkup" They would not have made you wait on purpose.

And I have a friend who has just had her private Ob move her appointment for the 5th time in two weeks because he has been at births every time. In the end she said "give me a call when he is back and I will be in 10 minutes after that" - and she waited 4 hours for the call. Unfortunately it is just the nature of the system - you can't know when bubs are going to turn up and you don't know who will need assistance.