Switching Doctors... How Long to Get Impatient?

JCWhitey

Long story short, my husband and I are moving from CA to MN in about 4 weeks (or less).  I have decided which hospital I want to birth at and called the clinic to get an appointment with a doctor set-up in advance of us showing up.  I figured it would be good to call and get that set-up now rather than wait until we are there and risk not finding anyone who is available.

So I called and was transferred to the nurse for one of the doctors at the clinic and left a message... four hours ago.  I haven't gotten a call back yet.  I figure they are probably busy, but how long would you wait before you call and just ask for a different doctor?  I pretty much just let the receptionist decide which doctor to transfer me to who was there today so I'm not attached to this doctor at all.  Would Wednesday not be giving this doctor enough time to call me back or reasonable to assume that between Monday morning and Wednesday afternoon they should have had at least a moment to call and say yes or no to taking me on as a new patient.

Oh!  I should also add that I'm flying in to MN next weekend to tour the hospital and meet the doctor so obviously I'd like to have one selected before that happens.  So there is a big tighter of a timeline than 4 weeks.